Friends University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $159,438 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $89,720 |
How much does Friends University spend on women's tennis?
Friends University reported $89,720 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #684 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Friends University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Friends University's athletically related student aid averaged about $5,289 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Friends University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Friends University reported $25,462 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Friends University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Friends University reported $159,438 in total men's tennis expenses and $89,720 in total women's tennis expenses.
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Friends University women's tennis roster?
Friends University listed 6 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 33% below the NAIA median of 9.
Friends University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 13 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 | 13 | 2 |
| 2021 | 9 | 3 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 |
How many coaches does Friends University women's tennis have?
Friends University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 5, by 40%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Friends University spend on women's tennis?
Friends University reported $89,720 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 40% below the NAIA median of $148,491.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,900 per player in 2025, well above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $1,130, by 68%.
Against the NAIA median it is in line with the NAIA median of $1,900.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $83 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NAIA median of $61, by 37%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 42% between 2020 and 2025, from $63,197 to $89,720.
NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
What is Friends University like academically?
Friends University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 55% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1080.
The full cost of attendance is around $50,482 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $27,715 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
43% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 65% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,113, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Friends University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 26% of degrees, followed by Liberal Arts & Sciences (12%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (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 (51 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (39 degrees)
- Psychology, General (27 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (16 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (15 degrees)
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management (15 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (11 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (11 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (8 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (8 degrees)
What is Wichita, KS like to live in?
Friends University sits in Wichita, a large city of about 396,000 people in Sedgwick County, Kansas.
Household incomes in Wichita, a median of about $63,072, sit below the Kansas median and likewise below the national one, 20% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $179,500, 12% below the Kansas median and rents are typical for the state, about $960 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 25% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Kansas average of 35%.
What other teams does Friends University field?
Friends University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NAIA |
|---|---|
| Conference | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Wichita, KS |
| Enrollment | 1,048 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Friends University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Friends University fields a NAIA women's tennis team in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference and reported 6 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Friends University women's tennis?
- Friends University competes in NAIA in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
- How does the Friends University women's tennis roster compare with other NAIA programs?
- With 6 players in 2025, Friends University is 33% below the NAIA median of 9, based on 99 NAIA programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Friends University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 3 players per coach, 40% below the NAIA median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Friends University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $50,482 a year, and an average net price of $27,715 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Friends University?
- Friends University is in Wichita, KS, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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