Wittenberg University
Springfield, OH · private, nonprofit · 1,215 undergraduates
Wittenberg University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Wittenberg University listed 5 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Wittenberg University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,545 per men's player, 33% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $2,914 per women's player, 63% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Wittenberg University, in Springfield, OH, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the North Coast Athletic Conference.
Wittenberg University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 5 players in 2025, down from 12 in 2020. Wittenberg University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, in line with the NCAA Division III median of 5.3.
Wittenberg University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020. Wittenberg University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, well above the North Coast Athletic Conference median of 3.8, by 57%.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Wittenberg University fund its athletes?
Wittenberg University reported 641 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 430 men and 211 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $41,513 for men's sports and $22,636 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $97 and $107 per athlete.
What is Wittenberg University like academically?
Wittenberg University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 72% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1179, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $57,799 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $18,649 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 68% of the sticker price on average.
53% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 63% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $54,947, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Wittenberg University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 20% of degrees, followed by Parks, Recreation & Fitness (13%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (11%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (34 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (32 degrees)
- Biology, General (28 degrees)
- Marketing (26 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (23 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (22 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (21 degrees)
- Psychology, General (18 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (14 degrees)
- Sociology (13 degrees)
What is Springfield, OH like to live in?
Wittenberg University sits in Springfield, a small city of about 58,000 people in Clark County, Ohio.
Household incomes in Springfield, a median of about $45,883, sit far below the Ohio median and likewise far below the national one, 42% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $107,600, 46% below the Ohio median and a typical rent of $805 a month is 19% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 24% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Ohio average of 31%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Wittenberg University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Wittenberg University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, North Coast Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, North Coast Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Wittenberg University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Wittenberg University listed 5 players on the men's tennis roster and 6 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division III medians of 12 and 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Wittenberg University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Wittenberg University reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Wittenberg University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $2,545 per men's player, 33% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $2,914 per women's player, 63% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Wittenberg University?
- Wittenberg University is in Springfield, OH, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Wittenberg University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $57,799 a year, and an average net price of $18,649 after grants and scholarships.