Louisiana State University-Shreveport
Investment & Impact
How much does Louisiana State University-Shreveport spend on women's tennis?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport reported $71,869 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #761 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Louisiana State University-Shreveport offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Louisiana State University-Shreveport's athletically related student aid averaged about $5,836 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Louisiana State University-Shreveport spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport reported $2,191 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
Can college athletes in Louisiana earn NIL money?
Louisiana's Act 479 of 2021 (La. R.S. 17:3703) permits college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.lhsaa.org/siteuploads/lhsaa/20583_pdf_eccker-sports-partner-lhsaa-release.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Louisiana State University-Shreveport women's tennis roster?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the NAIA median of 9.
Louisiana State University-Shreveport's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 6 players in 2020 to 8 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 | 6 | 1 |
| 2021 | 6 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 10 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 |
How many coaches does Louisiana State University-Shreveport women's tennis have?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NAIA median of 5, by 60%.
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 Louisiana State University-Shreveport spend on women's tennis?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport reported $71,869 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 52% below the NAIA median of $148,491.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,307 per player in 2025, well below the NAIA median of $1,900, by 31%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $46 per female athlete in 2025, 25% below the NAIA median of $61.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 143% between 2020 and 2025, from $29,596 to $71,869.
NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
What is Louisiana State University-Shreveport like academically?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 51% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1090.
The full cost of attendance is around $19,461 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $7,022 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 64% of the sticker price on average.
38% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 83% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $47,477, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Louisiana State University-Shreveport?
Business, Management & Marketing dominates: it accounts for 46% of degrees awarded, with Liberal Arts & Sciences a distant second at 13%.
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 (87 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (53 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (37 degrees)
- Psychology, General (35 degrees)
- Biology, General (31 degrees)
- Marketing (27 degrees)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General (23 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (22 degrees)
- Public Health (22 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (18 degrees)
What is Shreveport, LA like to live in?
Louisiana State University-Shreveport sits in Shreveport, a mid-sized city of about 183,000 people in Caddo Parish, Louisiana.
The median household in Shreveport earns about $48,465, which is below the Louisiana median ($60,023) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $178,100, 15% below the Louisiana median and rents are typical for the state, about $980 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 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 17% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Louisiana State University-Shreveport field?
This is the only Louisiana State University-Shreveport team with a public profile here so far.
Program Info
| Division | NAIA |
|---|---|
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Shreveport, LA |
| Enrollment | 2,153 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Louisiana State University-Shreveport have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Louisiana State University-Shreveport fields a NAIA women's tennis team and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Louisiana State University-Shreveport women's tennis?
- Louisiana State University-Shreveport competes in NAIA. NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
- How does the Louisiana State University-Shreveport women's tennis roster compare with other NAIA programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Louisiana State University-Shreveport is 11% below the NAIA median of 9, based on 99 NAIA programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Louisiana State University-Shreveport women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 8 players per coach, 60% above the NAIA median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Louisiana State University-Shreveport?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $19,461 a year, and an average net price of $7,022 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Louisiana State University-Shreveport?
- Louisiana State University-Shreveport is in Shreveport, LA, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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