Kentucky Wesleyan College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $73,206 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $54,001 |
How much does Kentucky Wesleyan College spend on women's tennis?
Kentucky Wesleyan College reported $54,001 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #851 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Kentucky Wesleyan College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Kentucky Wesleyan College's athletically related student aid averaged about $9,038 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Kentucky Wesleyan College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Kentucky Wesleyan College reported $8,486 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Kentucky Wesleyan College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Kentucky Wesleyan College reported $73,206 in total men's tennis expenses and $54,001 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Kentucky earn NIL money?
Kentucky permits college NIL (first via a 2021 executive order), and a March 2025 state law additionally allows schools to enter NIL deals directly with their athletes. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://khsaa.org/common_documents/handbook/2024-2025/2024-25%20Handbook-02-Bylaws.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Kentucky Wesleyan College women's tennis roster?
Kentucky Wesleyan College listed 6 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 33% below the Great Midwest Athletic Conference median of 9.
Kentucky Wesleyan College's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 6 players in 2025, down from 9 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 | 9 | 2 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 |
| 2023 | 7 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 |
How many coaches does Kentucky Wesleyan College women's tennis have?
Kentucky Wesleyan College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
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 Kentucky Wesleyan College spend on women's tennis?
Kentucky Wesleyan College reported $54,001 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 70% below the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,974 per player in 2025, 25% below the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Against the Great Midwest Athletic Conference median it is in line with the Great Midwest Athletic Conference median of $2,085.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $87 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division II median of $120, by 27%.
Total women's tennis expenses fell 31% between 2020 and 2025, from $78,218 to $54,001.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Kentucky Wesleyan College like academically?
Kentucky Wesleyan College is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 72% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1044.
The full cost of attendance is around $46,203 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,131 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 63% of the sticker price on average.
50% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
47% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 53% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $46,747, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Kentucky Wesleyan College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 18% of degrees, with Parks, Recreation & Fitness, Visual & Performing Arts 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.
- Business/Commerce, General (23 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (18 degrees)
- Psychology, General (18 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (12 degrees)
- Zoology/Animal Biology (11 degrees)
- Chemistry (11 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (9 degrees)
- History (8 degrees)
- Design and Applied Arts (8 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (8 degrees)
What is Owensboro, KY like to live in?
Kentucky Wesleyan College sits in Owensboro, a small city of about 60,000 people in Daviess County, Kentucky.
The median household in Owensboro earns about $53,295, which is below the Kentucky median ($62,417) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $162,900, 15% below the Kentucky median and rents are typical for the state, about $900 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 24% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Kentucky Wesleyan College field?
Kentucky Wesleyan College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Great Midwest Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Owensboro, KY |
| Enrollment | 842 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Kentucky Wesleyan College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Kentucky Wesleyan College fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and reported 6 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Kentucky Wesleyan College women's tennis?
- Kentucky Wesleyan College competes in NCAA Division II in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Kentucky Wesleyan College women's tennis roster compare with other Great Midwest Athletic Conference programs?
- With 6 players in 2025, Kentucky Wesleyan College is 33% below the Great Midwest Athletic Conference median of 9, based on 8 Great Midwest Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Kentucky Wesleyan College women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 6 players per coach, 20% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Kentucky Wesleyan College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $46,203 a year, and an average net price of $17,131 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Kentucky Wesleyan College?
- Kentucky Wesleyan College is in Owensboro, KY, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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