Berea College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $28,659 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $30,172 |
How much does Berea College spend on women's tennis?
Berea College reported $30,172 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #992 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Berea College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Berea College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Berea College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Berea College reported $3,224 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Berea College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Berea College reported $28,659 in total men's tennis expenses and $30,172 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 Berea College women's tennis roster?
Berea College listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 18% below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 11.
Berea College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2021 and as high as 11 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 9.
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 | 9 | 2 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 |
How many coaches does Berea College women's tennis have?
Berea College 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 III median of 5, by 80%.
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 Berea College spend on women's tennis?
Berea College reported $30,172 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 50% below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $60,488.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,139 per player in 2025, 20% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Against the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median it is in line with the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $2,165.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $33 per female athlete in 2025, well below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $129, by 74%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 184% between 2020 and 2025, from $10,631 to $30,172.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Berea College like academically?
Berea College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 19% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1249, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $60,718 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $6,106 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 90% of the sticker price on average.
84% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
58% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $43,150, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Berea College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Computer & Information Sciences, is 11% of degrees, with Visual & Performing Arts, Business, Management & Marketing 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 Administration, Management and Operations (24 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (22 degrees)
- Biology, General (21 degrees)
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (19 degrees)
- Psychology, General (17 degrees)
- Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General (17 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (15 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (15 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (14 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (12 degrees)
What is Berea, KY like to live in?
Berea College sits in Berea, a town well outside any metro area of about 16,000 people in Madison County, Kentucky.
The median household in Berea earns about $56,484, which is about the Kentucky median ($62,417) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Kentucky, around $178,000 and a typical rent of $806 a month is 14% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive, though 8% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 11% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.6 times the national share, and the median age of 34 is younger than the country's 39.
What other teams does Berea College field?
Berea College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Berea, KY |
| Enrollment | 1,513 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Berea College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Berea College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Berea College women's tennis?
- Berea College competes in NCAA Division III in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Berea College women's tennis roster compare with other Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Berea College is 18% below the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 9 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Berea College women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 9 players per coach, 80% above the NCAA Division III median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Berea College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $60,718 a year, and an average net price of $6,106 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Berea College?
- Berea College is in Berea, KY, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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