Florida Southern College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $361,550 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $362,987 |
How much does Florida Southern College spend on women's tennis?
Florida Southern College reported $362,987 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #265 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Florida Southern College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Florida Southern College's athletically related student aid averaged about $11,974 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Florida Southern College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Florida Southern College reported $22,966 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Florida Southern College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Florida Southern College reported $361,550 in total men's tennis expenses and $362,987 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Florida earn NIL money?
Florida's SB 646 (2020, effective July 2021) granted college athletes NIL rights and was amended in 2023 to let schools facilitate deals. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://fhsaa.com/sports/2024/8/12/ABOUT_NILResources.aspx.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Florida Southern College women's tennis roster?
Florida Southern College listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9.
Florida Southern College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 9 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025.
A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 9 | 3 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 12 | 3 |
| 2023 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 |
How many coaches does Florida Southern College women's tennis have?
Florida Southern College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, well below the Sunshine State Conference median of 6, by 39%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Florida Southern College spend on women's tennis?
Florida Southern College reported $362,987 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 100% above the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,598 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622, by 37%.
Against the Sunshine State Conference median it is in line with the Sunshine State Conference median of $3,598.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $107 per female athlete in 2025, well below the Sunshine State Conference median of $176, by 39%.
Total women's tennis expenses have stayed close to $362,987 a year since 2020.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Florida Southern College like academically?
Florida Southern College 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 1252, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $60,768 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $28,551 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
71% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 80% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $55,294, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Florida Southern College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 25% of degrees, followed by Biological & Biomedical Sciences (18%) and Visual & Performing Arts (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.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (120 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (50 degrees)
- Psychology, General (48 degrees)
- Biology, General (47 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (43 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (31 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (31 degrees)
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology (31 degrees)
- Computer Science (26 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (23 degrees)
What is Lakeland, FL like to live in?
Florida Southern College sits in Lakeland, a mid-sized city of about 117,000 people in Polk County, Florida.
Household incomes in Lakeland, a median of about $60,947, sit below the Florida median and likewise below the national one, 22% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $229,100, 30% below the Florida median and a typical rent of $1,299 a month is 17% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 24 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 40, with 19% under 18 and 22% aged 65 or over.
28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Florida average of 33%.
What other teams does Florida Southern College field?
Florida Southern College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Sunshine State Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Lakeland, FL |
| Enrollment | 2,656 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Florida Southern College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Florida Southern College fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Sunshine State Conference and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Florida Southern College women's tennis?
- Florida Southern College competes in NCAA Division II in the Sunshine State Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Florida Southern College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division II programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Florida Southern College is 22% above the NCAA Division II median of 9, based on 196 NCAA Division II programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Florida Southern College women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3.7 players per coach, 39% below the Sunshine State Conference median of 6.
- How much does it cost to attend Florida Southern College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $60,768 a year, and an average net price of $28,551 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Florida Southern College?
- Florida Southern College is in Lakeland, FL, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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