Ferrum College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $26,594 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $26,673 |
How much does Ferrum College spend on women's tennis?
Ferrum College reported $26,673 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #1007 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Ferrum College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Ferrum 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 Ferrum College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Ferrum College reported $21,492 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Ferrum College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Ferrum College reported $26,594 in total men's tennis expenses and $26,673 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Virginia earn NIL money?
Virginia Code Section 23.1-408.1 protects college athletes' NIL rights, and 2024 amendments allow institutions to directly compensate athletes for NIL. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.vhsl.org/vhsl-nil-policy-digital-course/.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Ferrum College women's tennis roster?
Ferrum College listed 3 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 70% below the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Ferrum College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 3 players in 2025, down from 12 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 | 12 | 1 |
| 2021 | 10 | 1 |
| 2022 | 11 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
How many coaches does Ferrum College women's tennis have?
Ferrum College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the Conference Carolinas median of 6, by 50%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Ferrum College spend on women's tennis?
Ferrum College reported $26,673 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 88% below the Conference Carolinas median of $214,675.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,989 per player in 2025, 17% below the Conference Carolinas median of $2,411.
Against the NCAA Division III median it is 11% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $187 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Conference Carolinas median of $100, by 86%.
Total women's tennis expenses have swung between $26,673 (2025) and $37,865 (2023) without a clear direction.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Ferrum College like academically?
Ferrum College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 89% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $54,526 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,082 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 63% of the sticker price on average.
54% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
32% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 64% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $44,296, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Ferrum College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 19% of degrees, with Homeland Security & Law Enforcement, Education 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.
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (26 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (19 degrees)
- Biology, General (13 degrees)
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research (10 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (8 degrees)
- Security Science and Technology (7 degrees)
- Agriculture, General (7 degrees)
- Social Work (7 degrees)
- Psychology, General (6 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (6 degrees)
What is Ferrum, VA like to live in?
Ferrum College sits in Ferrum, a rural area of about 1,622 people in Franklin County, Virginia.
Household incomes in Ferrum, a median of about $31,750, sit far below the Virginia median and likewise far below the national one, 60% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $202,500, 44% below the Virginia median and a typical rent of $662 a month is 56% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 21% of workers walk and 20% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 33% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 5.1 times the national share, and the median age of 22 is younger than the country's 39.
28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Virginia average of 42%.
What other teams does Ferrum College field?
Ferrum College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Conference Carolinas |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Ferrum, VA |
| Enrollment | 699 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Ferrum College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Ferrum College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Conference Carolinas and reported 3 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Ferrum College women's tennis?
- Ferrum College competes in NCAA Division III in the Conference Carolinas. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Ferrum College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 3 players in 2025, Ferrum College is 70% below the NCAA Division III median of 10, based on 313 NCAA Division III programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Ferrum College women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 3 players per coach, 50% below the Conference Carolinas median of 6.
- How much does it cost to attend Ferrum College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $54,526 a year, and an average net price of $20,082 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Ferrum College?
- Ferrum College is in Ferrum, VA, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a rural area.
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