Stephen F Austin State University
Investment & Impact
How much does Stephen F Austin State University spend on women's tennis?
Stephen F Austin State University reported $457,386 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #195 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Stephen F Austin State University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Stephen F Austin State University's athletically related student aid averaged about $8,447 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Stephen F Austin State University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Stephen F Austin State University reported $154,710 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
Can college athletes in Texas earn NIL money?
Texas Education Code Section 51.9246 (2021) governs college NIL and was expanded by HB 126 (2025) to allow universities to pay athletes directly, with contracts permitted at age 17 or older. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.uiltexas.org/policy/2025-26-policy-info/nil-information.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Stephen F Austin State University women's tennis roster?
Stephen F Austin State University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Stephen F Austin State University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 9 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 | 9 | 1 |
| 2021 | 7 | 1 |
| 2022 | 8 | 1 |
| 2023 | 8 | 1 |
| 2024 | 8 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 |
How many coaches does Stephen F Austin State University women's tennis have?
Stephen F Austin State University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NCAA Division I median of 4, by 100%.
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 Stephen F Austin State University spend on women's tennis?
Stephen F Austin State University reported $457,386 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 15% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $11,746 per player in 2025, well above the Southland Conference median of $6,720, by 75%.
Against the NCAA Division I median it is 15% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $571 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 45%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 43% between 2020 and 2025, from $320,099 to $457,386.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Stephen F Austin State University like academically?
Stephen F Austin State University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 94% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1066.
The full cost of attendance is around $25,791 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,260 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 45% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $11,128 for TX residents and $23,426 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
53% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 72% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $49,634, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Stephen F Austin State University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 19% of degrees, with Multidisciplinary Studies, Health Professions 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.
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (278 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (149 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (136 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (133 degrees)
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (106 degrees)
- Social Work (92 degrees)
- Psychology, General (88 degrees)
- Music (76 degrees)
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (74 degrees)
- Fine and Studio Arts (73 degrees)
What is Nacogdoches, TX like to live in?
Stephen F Austin State University sits in Nacogdoches, a remote town of about 32,000 people in Nacogdoches County, Texas.
Household incomes in Nacogdoches, a median of about $38,855, sit far below the Texas median and likewise far below the national one, 51% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $173,200, 33% below the Texas median and a typical rent of $921 a month is 31% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 17 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 6% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 20% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.0 times the national share, and the median age of 25 is younger than the country's 39.
29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Texas average of 33%.
What other teams does Stephen F Austin State University field?
This is the only Stephen F Austin State University team with a public profile here so far.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Nacogdoches, TX |
| Enrollment | 8,728 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Stephen F Austin State University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Stephen F Austin State University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Southland Conference and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Stephen F Austin State University women's tennis?
- Stephen F Austin State University competes in NCAA Division I in the Southland Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Stephen F Austin State University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Stephen F Austin State University is 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9, based on 305 NCAA Division I programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Stephen F Austin State University women's tennis team have?
- 1 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 0 assistant), about 8 players per coach, 100% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Stephen F Austin State University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $25,791 a year, and an average net price of $14,260 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Stephen F Austin State University?
- Stephen F Austin State University is in Nacogdoches, TX, in the Southwest region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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