Harding University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $204,123 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $229,658 |
How much does Harding University spend on women's tennis?
Harding University reported $229,658 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #401 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Harding University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Harding University's athletically related student aid averaged about $12,379 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Harding University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Harding University reported $17,140 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Harding University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Harding University reported $204,123 in total men's tennis expenses and $229,658 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Arkansas earn NIL money?
The Arkansas Student-Athlete Publicity Rights Act (2021, amended 2023) allows college athletes to earn NIL pay, and a 2025 law exempted certain NIL income from state income tax. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/3383-3461344/2025-2026__AAA_Handbook.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Harding University women's tennis roster?
Harding University listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Great American Conference median of 9.
Harding University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 13 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 |
How many coaches does Harding University women's tennis have?
Harding University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division II median of 5, by 80%.
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 Harding University spend on women's tennis?
Harding University reported $229,658 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 27% above the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,590 per player in 2025, 16% below the Great American Conference median of $3,097.
Against the NCAA Division II median it is in line with the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $129 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Great American Conference median of $102, by 26%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 63% between 2020 and 2025, from $140,922 to $229,658.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Harding University like academically?
Harding University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 71% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1182, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $39,534 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,130 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 44% of the sticker price on average.
69% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 86% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,876, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Harding University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 16% of degrees, with Education, Health Professions 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.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (69 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (46 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (40 degrees)
- Psychology, General (39 degrees)
- Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication (36 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (34 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (33 degrees)
- Social Work (30 degrees)
- Computer Science (30 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (28 degrees)
What is Searcy, AR like to live in?
Harding University sits in Searcy, a town well outside any metro area of about 23,000 people in White County, Arkansas.
The median household in Searcy earns about $50,896, which is below the Arkansas median ($58,773) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Arkansas, around $176,200 and rents are typical for the state, about $849 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone, though 5% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 31 is younger than the country's 39.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Arkansas average of 25%.
What other teams does Harding University field?
Harding University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Great American Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Searcy, AR |
| Enrollment | 3,382 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Harding University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Harding University fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Great American Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Harding University women's tennis?
- Harding University competes in NCAA Division II in the Great American Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Harding University women's tennis roster compare with other Great American Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Harding University is in line with the Great American Conference median of 9, based on 6 Great American Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Harding University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 9 players per coach, 80% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Harding University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $39,534 a year, and an average net price of $22,130 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Harding University?
- Harding University is in Searcy, AR, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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