Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $163,447 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $147,103 |
How much does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College spend on women's tennis?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College reported $147,103 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #552 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's athletically related student aid averaged about $3,216 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College reported $9,885 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College reported $163,447 in total men's tennis expenses and $147,103 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Mississippi earn NIL money?
Mississippi's Intercollegiate Athletics Compensation Rights Act (SB 2313, 2021) permits college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2026/html/HB/1400-1499/HB1400IN.htm.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College women's tennis roster?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 20% above the NJCAA median of 8.
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College's women's tennis roster has held at 9 players in every filing since 2020.
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 | 9 | 2 |
| 2021 | 9 | 1 |
| 2022 | 9 | 1 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 |
How many coaches does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College women's tennis have?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, in line with the NJCAA median of 4.5.
What does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College spend on women's tennis?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College reported $147,103 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 123% above the NJCAA median of $65,827.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,668 per player in 2025, well above the NJCAA median of $1,618, by 65%.
Against the national median it is in line with the national median of $2,681.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $77 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NJCAA median of $27, by 185%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 100% between 2020 and 2025, from $73,422 to $147,103.
Two-year programs are a common route into a four-year team; junior-college eligibility rules are their own and worth checking with the coach.
What is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College like academically?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a mid-sized public two-year college.
The full cost of attendance is around $12,978 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $6,962 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 46% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $4,250 for MS residents and $7,850 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $33,017, below the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?
Health Professions is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (17%) and Engineering Technologies (10%).
The associate'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.
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (280 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (173 degrees)
- Education, General (126 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (123 degrees)
- Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies (121 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (121 degrees)
- Engineering, General (107 degrees)
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (78 degrees)
- Psychology, General (62 degrees)
- Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians (59 degrees)
What is Perkinston, MS like to live in?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College sits in Perkinston, a rural area in Stone County, Mississippi.
The median household in Stone County earns about $59,307, which is about the Mississippi median ($54,915) but below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Mississippi, around $163,300 and rents are typical for the state, about $839 a month.
Commutes run long, about 37 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 39, with 22% under 18 and 17% aged 65 or over.
15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Mississippi average of 24%.
What other teams does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College field?
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NJCAA |
|---|---|
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Perkinston, MS |
| Enrollment | 6,353 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Associate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College fields a NJCAA women's tennis team and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College women's tennis?
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College competes in NJCAA. Two-year programs are a common route into a four-year team; junior-college eligibility rules are their own and worth checking with the coach.
- How does the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College women's tennis roster compare with other NJCAA programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is 20% above the NJCAA median of 8, based on 52 NJCAA programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4.5 players per coach, in line with the NJCAA median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $12,978 a year, and an average net price of $6,962 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College?
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is in Perkinston, MS, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a rural area.
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