Drake University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $354,089 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $313,811 |
How much does Drake University spend on women's tennis?
Drake University reported $313,811 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #301 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Drake University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Drake University's athletically related student aid averaged about $17,611 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Drake University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Drake University reported $67,528 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Drake University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Drake University reported $354,089 in total men's tennis expenses and $313,811 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Iowa earn NIL money?
Iowa's college NIL law (Iowa Code chapter 261I, effective July 1, 2021) permits college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.iahsaa.org/handbook/name-image-likeness-guidance/.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Drake University women's tennis roster?
Drake University listed 7 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% below the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Drake University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 9 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 | 9 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 |
How many coaches does Drake University women's tennis have?
Drake University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 75%.
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 Drake University spend on women's tennis?
Drake University reported $313,811 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 42% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $7,592 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 26%.
Against the Missouri Valley Conference[FB 9] median it is in line with the Missouri Valley Conference[FB 9] median of $7,592.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $359 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 66%.
Total women's tennis expenses fell 25% between 2020 and 2025, from $418,426 to $313,811.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Drake University like academically?
Drake University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 64% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1292, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $64,835 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,127 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.
74% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 84% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $71,901, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Drake University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Education (8%) and Visual & Performing Arts (8%).
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.
- Marketing (60 degrees)
- Psychology, General (48 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (47 degrees)
- Non-Professional Legal Studies (46 degrees)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (41 degrees)
- Data Analytics (40 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (34 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (34 degrees)
- Journalism (32 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (31 degrees)
What is Des Moines, IA like to live in?
Drake University sits in Des Moines, a mid-sized city of about 212,000 people in Polk County, Iowa.
Household incomes in Des Moines, a median of about $63,966, sit below the Iowa median and likewise below the national one, 19% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Iowa, around $183,700 and a typical rent of $1,054 a month is 11% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 20 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 23% under 18.
What other teams does Drake University field?
Drake University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference[FB 9] |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Des Moines, IA |
| Enrollment | 2,543 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Drake University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Drake University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Missouri Valley Conference[FB 9] and reported 7 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Drake University women's tennis?
- Drake University competes in NCAA Division I in the Missouri Valley Conference[FB 9]. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Drake University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 7 players in 2025, Drake University is 22% below 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 Drake University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 7 players per coach, 75% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Drake University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $64,835 a year, and an average net price of $29,127 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Drake University?
- Drake University is in Des Moines, IA, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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