Missouri Baptist University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $416,038 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $314,993 |
How much does Missouri Baptist University spend on men's tennis?
Missouri Baptist University reported $416,038 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #149 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Missouri Baptist University offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Missouri Baptist University's athletically related student aid averaged about $21,231 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Missouri Baptist University spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Missouri Baptist University reported $19,655 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Missouri Baptist University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Missouri Baptist University reported $416,038 in total men's tennis expenses and $314,993 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Missouri earn NIL money?
Missouri's college NIL law (HB 297, 2021, expanded by HB 417 in 2023) allows college athletes to earn NIL compensation and lets schools facilitate deals. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.mshsaa.org/activities/Eligibility/EligibilityStandards.aspx.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Missouri Baptist University men's tennis roster?
Missouri Baptist University listed 12 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the NAIA median of 11.
Missouri Baptist University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 12 in 2025.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 1 |
| 2021 | 5 | 1 |
| 2022 | 7 | 1 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 |
How many coaches does Missouri Baptist University men's tennis have?
Missouri Baptist University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 6 players per coach, 14% below the NAIA median of 7.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Missouri Baptist University spend on men's tennis?
Missouri Baptist University reported $416,038 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 134% above the NAIA median of $178,009.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $2,279 per player in 2025, well above the Heart of America Athletic Conference median of $1,550, by 47%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $40 per male athlete in 2025, 22% below the NAIA median of $51.
Total men's tennis expenses rose 154% between 2020 and 2025, from $163,615 to $416,038.
NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
What is Missouri Baptist University like academically?
Missouri Baptist University is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 69% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 910.
The full cost of attendance is around $49,257 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $27,006 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
48% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 65% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $46,660, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Missouri Baptist University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Health Professions, is 18% of degrees, with Business, Management & Marketing, 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 (80 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (48 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (28 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (21 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (20 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (19 degrees)
- Psychology, General (19 degrees)
- Behavioral Sciences (17 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (17 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (17 degrees)
What is Clayton, MO like to live in?
Missouri Baptist University sits in Clayton, a suburb of a large city of about 17,000 people in St. Louis County, Missouri.
Household incomes in Clayton, a median of about $128,898, sit far above the Missouri median and likewise far above the national one, 64% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Missouri: a typical home is valued around $799,200, 271% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,648 a month is 65% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 12% of workers walk and 19% work from home.
The population skews young, with a median age of 29 against 39 nationally and 18% under 18.
84% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Missouri average of 32%.
What other teams does Missouri Baptist University field?
Missouri Baptist University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NAIA |
|---|---|
| Conference | Heart of America Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Saint Louis, MO |
| Enrollment | 1,488 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Missouri Baptist University have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Missouri Baptist University fields a NAIA men's tennis team in the Heart of America Athletic Conference and reported 12 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Missouri Baptist University men's tennis?
- Missouri Baptist University competes in NAIA in the Heart of America Athletic Conference. NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
- How does the Missouri Baptist University men's tennis roster compare with other NAIA programs?
- With 12 players in 2025, Missouri Baptist University is in line with the NAIA median of 11, based on 92 NAIA programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Missouri Baptist University men's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 6 players per coach, 14% below the NAIA median of 7.
- How much does it cost to attend Missouri Baptist University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $49,257 a year, and an average net price of $27,006 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Missouri Baptist University?
- Missouri Baptist University is in Saint Louis, MO, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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