Bellarmine University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $255,415 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $417,337 |
How much does Bellarmine University spend on women's tennis?
Bellarmine University reported $417,337 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #216 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Bellarmine University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bellarmine University's athletically related student aid averaged about $17,414 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Bellarmine University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Bellarmine University reported $68,943 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Bellarmine University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Bellarmine University reported $255,415 in total men's tennis expenses and $417,337 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Kentucky earn NIL money?
Kentucky permits college NIL (first via a 2021 executive order), and a March 2025 state law additionally allows schools to enter NIL deals directly with their athletes. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://khsaa.org/common_documents/handbook/2024-2025/2024-25%20Handbook-02-Bylaws.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Bellarmine University women's tennis roster?
Bellarmine University listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Bellarmine University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 |
How many coaches does Bellarmine University women's tennis have?
Bellarmine University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 125%.
More players per coach generally means practice time is shared more widely and an assistant or volunteer coach carries more of the day-to-day work.
What does Bellarmine University spend on women's tennis?
Bellarmine University reported $417,337 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 23% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $10,650 per player in 2025, in line with the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Against the national median it is well above the national median of $2,681, by 297%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $392 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 62%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 207% between 2020 and 2025, from $135,825 to $417,337.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Bellarmine University like academically?
Bellarmine University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 86% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1210, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $61,691 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $21,499 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 65% of the sticker price on average.
64% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 75% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $62,069, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Bellarmine University?
Health Professions is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (17%) and Psychology (11%).
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.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (113 degrees)
- Psychology, General (76 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (61 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (53 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (42 degrees)
- Biology, General (30 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (25 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (21 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (18 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (18 degrees)
What is Louisville, KY like to live in?
Bellarmine University sits in Louisville, a large city in Jefferson County, Kentucky.
The median household in Jefferson County earns about $67,849, which is about the Kentucky median ($62,417) but below the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Kentucky: a typical home is valued around $237,200, 23% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,097 a month is 18% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 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 22% under 18 and 17% aged 65 or over.
37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Kentucky average of 27%.
What other teams does Bellarmine University field?
Bellarmine University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1] |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Louisville, KY |
| Enrollment | 2,161 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Bellarmine University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Bellarmine University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1] and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Bellarmine University women's tennis?
- Bellarmine University competes in NCAA Division I in the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1]. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Bellarmine University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Bellarmine University is in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9, based on 305 NCAA Division I programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Bellarmine University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 9 players per coach, 125% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Bellarmine University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $61,691 a year, and an average net price of $21,499 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Bellarmine University?
- Bellarmine University is in Louisville, KY, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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