Ouachita Baptist University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $336,660 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $221,292 |
How much does Ouachita Baptist University spend on women's tennis?
Ouachita Baptist University reported $221,292 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #416 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Ouachita Baptist University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Ouachita Baptist University's athletically related student aid averaged about $5,045 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Ouachita Baptist University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Ouachita Baptist University reported $30,326 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Ouachita Baptist University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Ouachita Baptist University reported $336,660 in total men's tennis expenses and $221,292 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Arkansas earn NIL money?
The Arkansas Student-Athlete Publicity Rights Act (2021, amended 2023) allows college athletes to earn NIL pay, and a 2025 law exempted certain NIL income from state income tax. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://cdn1.sportngin.com/attachments/document/3383-3461344/2025-2026__AAA_Handbook.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis roster?
Ouachita Baptist University listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the Great American Conference median of 9.
Ouachita Baptist University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 11 in 2025.
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 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 10 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 |
How many coaches does Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis have?
Ouachita Baptist University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 11 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division II median of 5, by 120%.
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 Ouachita Baptist University spend on women's tennis?
Ouachita Baptist University reported $221,292 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 22% above the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $6,087 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622, by 132%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $120 per female athlete in 2025, 18% above the Great American Conference median of $102.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 39% between 2020 and 2025, from $158,659 to $221,292.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Ouachita Baptist University like academically?
Ouachita Baptist University is a small private, nonprofit 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 1211, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,321 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,409 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
61% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 83% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $51,673, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Ouachita Baptist University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 18% of degrees, with Health Professions, Biological & Biomedical Sciences 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.
- Biology, General (32 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (30 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (24 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (21 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (20 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (18 degrees)
- Psychology, General (17 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (17 degrees)
- Religion/Religious Studies (15 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (15 degrees)
What is Arkadelphia, AR like to live in?
Ouachita Baptist University sits in Arkadelphia, a town well outside any metro area of about 10,000 people in Clark County, Arkansas.
Household incomes in Arkadelphia, a median of about $42,430, sit far below the Arkansas median and likewise far below the national one, 46% lower than the country as a whole.
Home values are in step with the rest of Arkansas, around $176,000 and a typical rent of $741 a month is 19% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 16 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 9% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 23% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.6 times the national share, and the median age of 23 is younger than the country's 39.
32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Arkansas average of 25%.
What other teams does Ouachita Baptist University field?
Ouachita Baptist University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Great American Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Arkadelphia, AR |
| Enrollment | 1,602 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Ouachita Baptist University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Ouachita Baptist University fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Great American Conference and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis?
- Ouachita Baptist University competes in NCAA Division II in the Great American Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis roster compare with other Great American Conference programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Ouachita Baptist University is 22% above the Great American Conference median of 9, based on 6 Great American Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Ouachita Baptist University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 11 players per coach, 120% above the NCAA Division II median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Ouachita Baptist University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,321 a year, and an average net price of $22,409 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Ouachita Baptist University?
- Ouachita Baptist University is in Arkadelphia, AR, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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