Gardner-Webb University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $295,692 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $406,660 |
How much does Gardner-Webb University spend on women's tennis?
Gardner-Webb University reported $406,660 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #226 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Gardner-Webb University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Gardner-Webb University's athletically related student aid averaged about $19,106 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Gardner-Webb University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Gardner-Webb University reported $57,558 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Gardner-Webb University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Gardner-Webb University reported $295,692 in total men's tennis expenses and $406,660 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in North Carolina earn NIL money?
North Carolina has no college NIL statute; college NIL is governed by the Governor's Executive Order 223 (2023), which permits and protects school-facilitated NIL activity. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/interscholastic-athletics.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Gardner-Webb University women's tennis roster?
Gardner-Webb University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Gardner-Webb University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2024 and as high as 9 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 8.
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 | 8 | 1 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 |
How many coaches does Gardner-Webb University women's tennis have?
Gardner-Webb University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, in line with the Big South Conference median of 4.
What does Gardner-Webb University spend on women's tennis?
Gardner-Webb University reported $406,660 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 25% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $4,566 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 55%.
Against the Big South Conference median it is in line with the Big South Conference median of $4,566.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $301 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 71%.
Total women's tennis expenses have swung between $292,199 (2023) and $406,660 (2025) without a clear direction.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Gardner-Webb University like academically?
Gardner-Webb University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 77% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1113, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,091 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,674 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 62% of the sticker price on average.
55% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 55% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $48,039, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Gardner-Webb University?
Health Professions is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (20%) and Psychology (14%).
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.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (96 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (55 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (43 degrees)
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (43 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (36 degrees)
- Psychology, General (27 degrees)
- Biology, General (24 degrees)
- Computer Science (22 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (22 degrees)
- Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences (21 degrees)
What is Boiling Springs, NC like to live in?
Gardner-Webb University sits in Boiling Springs, a rural area of about 4,625 people in Cleveland County, North Carolina.
Household incomes in Boiling Springs, a median of about $98,796, sit far above the North Carolina median and likewise far above the national one, 26% higher than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of North Carolina, around $236,800 and a typical rent of $897 a month is 23% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.5 times the national share, and the median age of 23 is younger than the country's 39.
46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the North Carolina average of 35%.
What other teams does Gardner-Webb University field?
Gardner-Webb University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Boiling Springs, NC |
| Enrollment | 1,856 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Gardner-Webb University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Gardner-Webb University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Big South Conference and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Gardner-Webb University women's tennis?
- Gardner-Webb University competes in NCAA Division I in the Big South Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Gardner-Webb University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Gardner-Webb University is 11% 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 Gardner-Webb University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4 players per coach, in line with the Big South Conference median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Gardner-Webb University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,091 a year, and an average net price of $17,674 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Gardner-Webb University?
- Gardner-Webb University is in Boiling Springs, NC, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a rural area.
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