Southern Virginia University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $81,811 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $78,965 |
How much does Southern Virginia University spend on women's tennis?
Southern Virginia University reported $78,965 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #730 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Southern Virginia University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southern Virginia University's athletically related student aid averaged about $27 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Southern Virginia University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Southern Virginia University reported $18,445 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Southern Virginia University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southern Virginia University reported $81,811 in total men's tennis expenses and $78,965 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Virginia earn NIL money?
Virginia Code Section 23.1-408.1 protects college athletes' NIL rights, and 2024 amendments allow institutions to directly compensate athletes for NIL. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.vhsl.org/vhsl-nil-policy-digital-course/.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Southern Virginia University women's tennis roster?
Southern Virginia University listed 11 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% above the USA South Athletic Conference median of 9.
Southern Virginia University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 11 in 2023 and as high as 15 in 2024, and ended 2025 at 11.
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 | 12 | 2 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2 |
| 2024 | 15 | 2 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2 |
How many coaches does Southern Virginia University women's tennis have?
Southern Virginia University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the USA South Athletic Conference median of 4.5.
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 Southern Virginia University spend on women's tennis?
Southern Virginia University reported $78,965 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 36% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $1,387 per player in 2025, 22% below the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $81 per female athlete in 2025, well below the USA South Athletic Conference median of $141, by 43%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 20% between 2020 and 2025, from $65,922 to $78,965.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Southern Virginia University like academically?
Southern Virginia University is a small private, nonprofit college whose highest award is the bachelor's degree that admits 96% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $34,431 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,213 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 35% of the sticker price on average.
45% of undergraduates receive federal Pell grants, a sign the school enrolls many families with limited income.
33% of students finish their degree within six years, in the bottom quarter nationally and 74% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $50,002, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Southern Virginia University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 21% of degrees, followed by Psychology (15%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (14%).
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 (42 degrees)
- Psychology, General (27 degrees)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology (21 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (18 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (11 degrees)
- Music (9 degrees)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General (8 degrees)
- Biology, General (8 degrees)
- Philosophy (5 degrees)
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (5 degrees)
What is Buena Vista, VA like to live in?
Southern Virginia University sits in Buena Vista, a town well outside any metro area of about 6,612 people in Buena Vista city, Virginia.
Household incomes in Buena Vista, a median of about $54,458, sit far below the Virginia median and likewise far below the national one, 31% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $153,500, 57% below the Virginia median and a typical rent of $1,067 a month is 30% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 22% under 18 and 18% aged 65 or over.
25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Virginia average of 42%.
What other teams does Southern Virginia University field?
Southern Virginia University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | USA South Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Buena Vista, VA |
| Enrollment | 936 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Bachelor's |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Southern Virginia University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Southern Virginia University fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the USA South Athletic Conference and reported 11 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Southern Virginia University women's tennis?
- Southern Virginia University competes in NCAA Division III in the USA South Athletic Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Southern Virginia University women's tennis roster compare with other USA South Athletic Conference programs?
- With 11 players in 2025, Southern Virginia University is 22% above the USA South Athletic Conference median of 9, based on 7 USA South Athletic Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Southern Virginia University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the USA South Athletic Conference median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Southern Virginia University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $34,431 a year, and an average net price of $22,213 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Southern Virginia University?
- Southern Virginia University is in Buena Vista, VA, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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