Eastern Kentucky University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $329,024 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $409,456 |
How much does Eastern Kentucky University spend on women's tennis?
Eastern Kentucky University reported $409,456 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #223 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Eastern Kentucky University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Eastern Kentucky University's athletically related student aid averaged about $18,097 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Eastern Kentucky University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Eastern Kentucky University reported $94,216 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Eastern Kentucky University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Eastern Kentucky University reported $329,024 in total men's tennis expenses and $409,456 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 Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis roster?
Eastern Kentucky University listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2] median of 9.
Eastern Kentucky University's women's tennis roster has held at 11 players in every filing since 2023.
A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis have?
Eastern Kentucky University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 38%.
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 Eastern Kentucky University spend on women's tennis?
Eastern Kentucky University reported $409,456 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 24% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $5,945 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 42%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $632 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 39%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 50% between 2023 and 2025, from $272,968 to $409,456.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Eastern Kentucky University like academically?
Eastern Kentucky University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 78% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1149, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $23,735 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $11,040 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $10,320 for KY residents and $21,230 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
41% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
50% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 77% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,795, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Eastern Kentucky University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 16% of degrees, with Health Professions, Homeland Security & Law Enforcement 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.
- Psychology, General (203 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (180 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (164 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (141 degrees)
- Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians (120 degrees)
- Biology, General (90 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (86 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (85 degrees)
- Social Work (78 degrees)
- Homeland Security (77 degrees)
What is Richmond, KY like to live in?
Eastern Kentucky University sits in Richmond, a town well outside any metro area of about 35,000 people in Madison County, Kentucky.
The median household in Richmond earns about $48,223, which is below the Kentucky median ($62,417) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Kentucky, around $205,900 and rents are typical for the state, about $860 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 24 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 18% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.7 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Kentucky average of 27%.
What other teams does Eastern Kentucky University field?
Eastern Kentucky University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2] |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Richmond, KY |
| Enrollment | 12,318 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Eastern Kentucky University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Eastern Kentucky University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2] and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis?
- Eastern Kentucky University competes in NCAA Division I in the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2]. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis roster compare with other Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2] programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Eastern Kentucky University is 22% above the Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2] median of 9, based on 4 Atlantic Sun Conference[FB 1][C 2] programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Eastern Kentucky University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 38% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Eastern Kentucky University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $23,735 a year, and an average net price of $11,040 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Eastern Kentucky University?
- Eastern Kentucky University is in Richmond, KY, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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