Austin College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $53,588 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $62,907 |
How much does Austin College spend on men's tennis?
Austin College reported $53,588 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #726 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Austin College offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Austin College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Austin College spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Austin College reported $13,036 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Austin College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Austin College reported $53,588 in total men's tennis expenses and $62,907 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Texas earn NIL money?
Texas Education Code Section 51.9246 (2021) governs college NIL and was expanded by HB 126 (2025) to allow universities to pay athletes directly, with contracts permitted at age 17 or older. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.uiltexas.org/policy/2025-26-policy-info/nil-information.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Austin College men's tennis roster?
Austin College listed 6 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 50% below the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 12.
Austin College's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 14 in 2020.
A smaller squad usually means each recruit is closer to the lineup, and one injury or transfer changes the team's season more.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 14 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 |
How many coaches does Austin College men's tennis have?
Austin College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3, by 44%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Austin College spend on men's tennis?
Austin College reported $53,588 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 29% below the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $75,339.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $3,659 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, by 91%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $51 per male athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division III median of $120, by 58%.
Total men's tennis expenses rose 59% between 2020 and 2025, from $33,631 to $53,588.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Austin College like academically?
Austin College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1212, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $61,607 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $21,107 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 66% of the sticker price on average.
67% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $61,296, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Austin College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Biological & Biomedical Sciences, is 18% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, Psychology and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.
- Business/Commerce, General (44 degrees)
- Psychology, General (39 degrees)
- Biology, General (33 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (26 degrees)
- Economics (25 degrees)
- Public Health (23 degrees)
- History (20 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (19 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (14 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (13 degrees)
What is Sherman, TX like to live in?
Austin College sits in Sherman, a small city of about 45,000 people in Grayson County, Texas.
Household incomes in Sherman, a median of about $60,935, sit below the Texas median and likewise below the national one, 22% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $219,300, 16% below the Texas median and a typical rent of $1,177 a month is 12% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 24 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 25% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Texas average of 33%.
What other teams does Austin College field?
Austin College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Sherman, TX |
| Enrollment | 1,165 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Austin College have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Austin College fields a NCAA Division III men's tennis team in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference and reported 6 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Austin College men's tennis?
- Austin College competes in NCAA Division III in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Austin College men's tennis roster compare with other Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs?
- With 6 players in 2025, Austin College is 50% below the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 12, based on 7 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Austin College men's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 3 players per coach, 44% below the NCAA Division III median of 5.3.
- How much does it cost to attend Austin College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $61,607 a year, and an average net price of $21,107 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Austin College?
- Austin College is in Sherman, TX, in the Southwest region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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