Northwestern College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $98,095 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $89,964 |
How much does Northwestern College spend on men's tennis?
Northwestern College reported $98,095 in total men's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #565 of 962 men's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Northwestern College offer athletic scholarships for men's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Northwestern College's athletically related student aid averaged about $6,736 per men's athlete across all men's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Northwestern College spend on recruiting men's athletes?
Northwestern College reported $19,658 in total recruiting expenses for men's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all men's sports).
How does Northwestern College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Northwestern College reported $98,095 in total men's tennis expenses and $89,964 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Iowa earn NIL money?
Iowa's college NIL law (Iowa Code chapter 261I, effective July 1, 2021) permits college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.iahsaa.org/handbook/name-image-likeness-guidance/.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Northwestern College men's tennis roster?
Northwestern College listed 11 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 11.
Northwestern College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 10 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 10 | 1 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 |
How many coaches does Northwestern College men's tennis have?
Northwestern College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 11 players per coach, well above the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5.8, by 91%.
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 Northwestern College spend on men's tennis?
Northwestern College reported $98,095 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 45% below the NAIA median of $178,009.
Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $620 per player in 2025, well below the NAIA median of $1,746, by 64%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $49 per male athlete in 2025, well below the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of $83, by 41%.
Total men's tennis expenses rose 78% between 2020 and 2025, from $55,019 to $98,095.
NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
What is Northwestern College like academically?
Northwestern College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 80% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $49,783 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $25,907 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 48% of the sticker price on average.
66% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 74% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $49,802, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Northwestern College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Education (20%) and Health Professions (12%).
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.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (49 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (28 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (27 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (26 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (16 degrees)
- Biology, General (14 degrees)
- Social Work (8 degrees)
- Psychology, General (8 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (7 degrees)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (7 degrees)
What is Orange City, IA like to live in?
Northwestern College sits in Orange City, a town well outside any metro area of about 6,312 people in Sioux County, Iowa.
The median household in Orange City earns about $81,667, which is above the Iowa median ($73,147) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing costs more here than in most of Iowa: a typical home is valued around $245,300, 25% above the state median and a typical rent of $815 a month is 14% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 10 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk and 17% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 14% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Iowa average of 31%.
What other teams does Northwestern College field?
Northwestern College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NAIA |
|---|---|
| Conference | Great Plains Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Men's Tennis |
| Location | Orange City, IA |
| Enrollment | 1,175 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Northwestern College have a men's tennis team?
- Yes. Northwestern College fields a NAIA men's tennis team in the Great Plains Athletic Conference and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Northwestern College men's tennis?
- Northwestern College competes in NAIA in the Great Plains Athletic Conference. NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
- How does the Northwestern College men's tennis roster compare with other Great Plains Athletic Conference programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Northwestern College is in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 11, based on 8 Great Plains Athletic Conference programs that reported men's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Northwestern College men's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 11 players per coach, 91% above the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5.8.
- How much does it cost to attend Northwestern College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $49,783 a year, and an average net price of $25,907 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Northwestern College?
- Northwestern College is in Orange City, IA, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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