Southwest Baptist University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $197,628 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $171,436 |
How much does Southwest Baptist University spend on women's tennis?
Southwest Baptist University reported $171,436 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #505 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Southwest Baptist University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southwest Baptist University's athletically related student aid averaged about $9,796 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Southwest Baptist University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Southwest Baptist University reported $13,978 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Southwest Baptist University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Southwest Baptist University reported $197,628 in total men's tennis expenses and $171,436 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Missouri earn NIL money?
Missouri's college NIL law (HB 297, 2021, expanded by HB 417 in 2023) allows college athletes to earn NIL compensation and lets schools facilitate deals. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.mshsaa.org/activities/Eligibility/EligibilityStandards.aspx.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Southwest Baptist University women's tennis roster?
Southwest Baptist University listed 7 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 22% below the NCAA Division II median of 9.
Southwest Baptist University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020.
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 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 8 | 3 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3 |
| 2023 | 7 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2 |
How many coaches does Southwest Baptist University women's tennis have?
Southwest Baptist University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.5 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division II median of 5, by 30%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Southwest Baptist University spend on women's tennis?
Southwest Baptist University reported $171,436 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, in line with the NCAA Division II median of $181,331.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,427 per player in 2025, in line with the Independent median of $2,689.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $80 per female athlete in 2025, well above the Independent median of $45, by 78%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 17% between 2020 and 2025, from $147,096 to $171,436.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Southwest Baptist University like academically?
Southwest 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 1088.
The full cost of attendance is around $40,301 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $21,677 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 46% of the sticker price on average.
55% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 65% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $43,112, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Southwest Baptist University?
Health Professions dominates: it accounts for 43% of degrees awarded, with Education a distant second at 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.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (63 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (28 degrees)
- Psychology, General (26 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (25 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (22 degrees)
- Theological and Ministerial Studies (20 degrees)
- Biology, General (20 degrees)
- Computer Science (18 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (15 degrees)
- Social Work (12 degrees)
What is Bolivar, MO like to live in?
Southwest Baptist University sits in Bolivar, a town well outside any metro area of about 11,000 people in Polk County, Missouri.
Household incomes in Bolivar, a median of about $44,603, sit far below the Missouri median and likewise far below the national one, 43% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $188,700, 12% below the Missouri median and a typical rent of $833 a month is 16% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 23 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 15% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.2 times the national share, and the median age of 33 is younger than the country's 39.
26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Missouri average of 32%.
What other teams does Southwest Baptist University field?
Southwest Baptist University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division II |
|---|---|
| Conference | Independent |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Bolivar, MO |
| Enrollment | 1,341 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Southwest Baptist University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Southwest Baptist University fields a NCAA Division II women's tennis team in the Independent and reported 7 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Southwest Baptist University women's tennis?
- Southwest Baptist University competes in NCAA Division II in the Independent. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Southwest Baptist University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division II programs?
- With 7 players in 2025, Southwest Baptist University is 22% below the NCAA Division II median of 9, based on 196 NCAA Division II programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Southwest Baptist University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 3.5 players per coach, 30% below the NCAA Division II median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Southwest Baptist University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $40,301 a year, and an average net price of $21,677 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Southwest Baptist University?
- Southwest Baptist University is in Bolivar, MO, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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