Southern Arkansas University Main Campus
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $184,652 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $214,950 |
How much does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus spend on women's tennis?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus reported $214,950 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #428 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's athletically related student aid averaged about $5,008 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus reported $10,205 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus reported $184,652 in total men's tennis expenses and $214,950 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 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus women's tennis roster?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, in line with the Great American Conference median of 9.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 9 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 1 |
| 2021 | 11 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 | 1 |
| 2023 | 10 | 1 |
| 2024 | 11 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 |
How many coaches does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus women's tennis have?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, well below the Great American Conference median of 8.5, by 47%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus spend on women's tennis?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus reported $214,950 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 19% above the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,603 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622, by 37%.
Against the Great American Conference median it is 16% above the Great American Conference median of $3,097.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $65 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division II median of $120, by 46%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 77% between 2020 and 2025, from $121,752 to $214,950.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Southern Arkansas University Main Campus like academically?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 75% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1047.
The full cost of attendance is around $24,951 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,027 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 44% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $9,960 for AR residents and $15,690 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
48% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
49% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 66% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $42,386, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus?
Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest field at 24% of degrees, followed by Education (15%) and Business, Management & Marketing (15%).
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/Commerce, General (87 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (54 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (48 degrees)
- Biology, General (34 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (33 degrees)
- Physics (31 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (28 degrees)
- Agricultural Business and Management (28 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (25 degrees)
- Visual and Performing Arts, Other (24 degrees)
What is Magnolia, AR like to live in?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus sits in Magnolia, a remote town of about 11,000 people in Columbia County, Arkansas.
Household incomes in Magnolia, a median of about $42,188, 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 $166,500 and a typical rent of $622 a month is 32% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 18 minutes against a national average near 27, and nearly everyone drives alone.
It reads as a college town: 15% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.3 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Arkansas average of 25%.
What other teams does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus field?
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 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 | Magnolia, AR |
| Enrollment | 2,708 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Southern Arkansas University Main Campus have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Great American Conference and reported 9 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Southern Arkansas University Main Campus women's tennis?
- Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 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 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus women's tennis roster compare with other Great American Conference programs?
- With 9 players in 2025, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is in line with 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 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4.5 players per coach, 47% below the Great American Conference median of 8.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Southern Arkansas University Main Campus?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $24,951 a year, and an average net price of $14,027 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Southern Arkansas University Main Campus?
- Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is in Magnolia, AR, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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