Longwood University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $278,681 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $412,036 |
How much does Longwood University spend on men's tennis?
Longwood University reported $278,681 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #261 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Longwood University offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Longwood University's athletically related student aid averaged about $15,191 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Longwood University spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Longwood University reported $108,061 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Longwood University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Longwood University reported $278,681 in total men's tennis expenses and $412,036 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Virginia earn NIL money?
Virginia Code Section 23.1-408.1 protects college athletes' NIL rights, and 2024 amendments allow institutions to directly compensate athletes for NIL. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.vhsl.org/vhsl-nil-policy-digital-course/.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Longwood University men's tennis roster?
Longwood University listed 9 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10.
Longwood University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025.
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 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 3 |
| 2025 | 9 | 4 |
How many coaches does Longwood University men's tennis have?
Longwood University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.3 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 50%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Longwood University spend on men's tennis?
Longwood University reported $278,681 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 36% below the NCAA Division I median of $435,301.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $3,705 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, by 65%.
Against the Big South Conference median it is 11% below the Big South Conference median of $4,154.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $745 per male athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,534, by 51%.
Total men's tennis expenses have swung between $202,771 (2021) and $281,237 (2023) without a clear direction.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Longwood University like academically?
Longwood University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 90% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1120, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $34,588 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $19,066 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $15,744 for VA residents and $27,978 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
61% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 80% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $52,347, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Longwood University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 15% of degrees, with Health Professions, Education 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 Administration, Management and Operations (144 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (71 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (64 degrees)
- Psychology, General (58 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (57 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (56 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (49 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (31 degrees)
- History (30 degrees)
- Sociology (30 degrees)
What is Farmville, VA like to live in?
Longwood University sits in Farmville, a town well outside any metro area of about 7,613 people in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
Household incomes in Farmville, a median of about $40,282, sit far below the Virginia median and likewise far below the national one, 49% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $223,700, 38% below the Virginia median and a typical rent of $865 a month is 43% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 21 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 12% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 25% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.8 times the national share, and the median age of 27 is younger than the country's 39.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Virginia average of 42%.
What other teams does Longwood University field?
Longwood University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Farmville, VA |
| Enrollment | 3,015 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Longwood University have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Longwood University fields a NCAA Division I men's tennis team in the Big South Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Longwood University men's tennis?
- Longwood 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 Longwood University men's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Longwood University is 10% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, based on 237 NCAA Division I programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Longwood University men's tennis team have?
- 4 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 3 assistant), about 2.3 players per coach, 50% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Longwood University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $34,588 a year, and an average net price of $19,066 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Longwood University?
- Longwood University is in Farmville, VA, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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