Northern Kentucky University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $191,107 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $275,866 |
How much does Northern Kentucky University spend on women's tennis?
Northern Kentucky University reported $275,866 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #345 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Northern Kentucky University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Northern Kentucky University's athletically related student aid averaged about $9,193 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Northern Kentucky University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Northern Kentucky University reported $79,921 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Northern Kentucky University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Northern Kentucky University reported $191,107 in total men's tennis expenses and $275,866 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Kentucky earn NIL money?
Kentucky permits college NIL (first via a 2021 executive order), and a March 2025 state law additionally allows schools to enter NIL deals directly with their athletes. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://khsaa.org/common_documents/handbook/2024-2025/2024-25%20Handbook-02-Bylaws.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Northern Kentucky University women's tennis roster?
Northern Kentucky University listed 6 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 33% below the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Northern Kentucky University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 6 in 2020 and as high as 9 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 6.
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 | 3 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2 |
| 2022 | 6 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 7 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3 |
How many coaches does Northern Kentucky University women's tennis have?
Northern Kentucky University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 50%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Northern Kentucky University spend on women's tennis?
Northern Kentucky University reported $275,866 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 49% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $6,304 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 38%.
Against the Horizon League median it is 18% below the Horizon League median of $7,715.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $354 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 66%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 12% between 2020 and 2025, from $246,270 to $275,866.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Northern Kentucky University like academically?
Northern Kentucky University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 68% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1087.
The full cost of attendance is around $19,725 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $8,191 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 58% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $11,088 for KY residents and $21,912 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
52% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 76% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $50,220, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Northern Kentucky University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 23% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (19%) and Computer & Information Sciences (7%).
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 (409 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (274 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (125 degrees)
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (114 degrees)
- Psychology, General (101 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (82 degrees)
- Social Work (80 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (63 degrees)
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General (62 degrees)
- Human Resources Management and Services (61 degrees)
What is Highland Heights, KY like to live in?
Northern Kentucky University sits in Highland Heights, a suburb of a large city of about 6,531 people in Campbell County, Kentucky.
The median household in Highland Heights earns about $52,437, which is below the Kentucky median ($62,417) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $148,600, 23% below the Kentucky median and a typical rent of $1,101 a month is 18% over the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 19% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.9 times the national share, and the median age of 30 is younger than the country's 39.
40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Kentucky average of 27%.
What other teams does Northern Kentucky University field?
Northern Kentucky University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Horizon League |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Highland Heights, KY |
| Enrollment | 8,246 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Northern Kentucky University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Northern Kentucky University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Horizon League and reported 6 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Northern Kentucky University women's tennis?
- Northern Kentucky University competes in NCAA Division I in the Horizon League. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Northern Kentucky University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 6 players in 2025, Northern Kentucky University is 33% below the NCAA Division I median of 9, based on 305 NCAA Division I programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Northern Kentucky University women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 2 players per coach, 50% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Northern Kentucky University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $19,725 a year, and an average net price of $8,191 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Northern Kentucky University?
- Northern Kentucky University is in Highland Heights, KY, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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