Longwood University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $278,681 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $412,036 |
How much does Longwood University spend on women's tennis?
Longwood University reported $412,036 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #219 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Longwood University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Longwood University's athletically related student aid averaged about $20,910 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Longwood University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Longwood University reported $84,084 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women'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 women's tennis roster?
Longwood University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 25% above the Big South Conference median of 8.
Longwood University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025.
A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 1 |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 4 |
How many coaches does Longwood University women's tennis have?
Longwood University lists 1 head coach and 3 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.5 players per coach, well below the Big South Conference median of 4, by 38%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Longwood University spend on women's tennis?
Longwood University reported $412,036 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 24% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,248 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 68%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $522 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 50%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 87% between 2020 and 2025, from $220,092 to $412,036.
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 | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Farmville, VA |
| Enrollment | 3,015 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Longwood University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Longwood University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Big South Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Longwood University women'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 women's tennis roster compare with other Big South Conference programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Longwood University is 25% above the Big South Conference median of 8, based on 5 Big South Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Longwood University women's tennis team have?
- 4 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 3 assistant), about 2.5 players per coach, 38% below the Big South Conference median of 4.
- 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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