Northeastern State University
Investment & Impact
How much does Northeastern State University spend on women's tennis?
Northeastern State University reported $200,885 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #447 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Northeastern State University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Northeastern State University's athletically related student aid averaged about $8,482 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Northeastern State University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Northeastern State University reported $17,783 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
Can college athletes in Oklahoma earn NIL money?
Oklahoma's Senate Bill 48 (2021) allows college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.ossaa.net/docs/2022-23/MiscForms/MF_2022-23_NILGuidelines.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Northeastern State University women's tennis roster?
Northeastern State University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 9.
Northeastern State University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 in 2020.
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 | 9 | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 |
How many coaches does Northeastern State University women's tennis have?
Northeastern State University 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 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 4.5, by 78%.
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 Northeastern State University spend on women's tennis?
Northeastern State University reported $200,885 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 17% below the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of $242,112.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,902 per player in 2025, 11% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Against the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median it is in line with the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of $2,845.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $214 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division II median of $120, by 78%.
Total women's tennis expenses fell 11% between 2020 and 2025, from $226,449 to $200,885.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Northeastern State University like academically?
Northeastern State University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 100% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1049.
The full cost of attendance is around $21,551 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $12,710 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 41% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $7,810 for OK residents and $17,290 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
45% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
35% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 61% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,379, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Northeastern State University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 17% of degrees, with Psychology, 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.
- Research and Experimental Psychology (149 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (97 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (97 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (86 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (81 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (75 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (73 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (60 degrees)
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (60 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (48 degrees)
What is Tahlequah, OK like to live in?
Northeastern State University sits in Tahlequah, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Cherokee County, Oklahoma.
The median household in Tahlequah earns about $48,515, which is below the Oklahoma median ($63,603) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Oklahoma, around $182,800 and a typical rent of $794 a month is 19% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 16% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.4 times the national share, and the median age of 31 is younger than the country's 39.
35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Oklahoma average of 28%.
What other teams does Northeastern State University field?
This is the only Northeastern State University team with a public profile here so far.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Tahlequah, OK |
| Enrollment | 4,772 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Northeastern State University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Northeastern State University fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Northeastern State University women's tennis?
- Northeastern State University competes in NCAA Division II in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Northeastern State University women's tennis roster compare with other Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Northeastern State University is 11% below the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 9, based on 9 Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Northeastern State University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 8 players per coach, 78% above the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Northeastern State University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $21,551 a year, and an average net price of $12,710 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Northeastern State University?
- Northeastern State University is in Tahlequah, OK, in the Southwest region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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