Sterling College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $328,055 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $157,120 |
How much does Sterling College spend on women's tennis?
Sterling College reported $157,120 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #534 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Sterling College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Sterling College's athletically related student aid averaged about $6,676 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Sterling College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Sterling College reported $3,888 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Sterling College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Sterling College reported $328,055 in total men's tennis expenses and $157,120 in total women's tennis expenses.
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Sterling College women's tennis roster?
Sterling College listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the NAIA median of 9.
Sterling College'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 | 2 |
| 2021 | 5 | 2 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2 |
| 2023 | 6 | 1 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
How many coaches does Sterling College women's tennis have?
Sterling College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the NAIA median of 5, by 47%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Sterling College spend on women's tennis?
Sterling College reported $157,120 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 12% above the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $140,876.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $838 per player in 2025, well below the NAIA median of $1,900, by 56%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $31 per female athlete in 2025, well below the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference median of $81, by 62%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 95% between 2020 and 2025, from $80,583 to $157,120.
NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
What is Sterling College like academically?
Sterling College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 48% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,185 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $22,371 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
41% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 50% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,846, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Sterling College?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 20% of degrees, followed by Education (14%) and Parks, Recreation & Fitness (11%).
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, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other (18 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (16 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (13 degrees)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (12 degrees)
- Psychology, General (10 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (9 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (7 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (7 degrees)
- Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (6 degrees)
- Biology, General (5 degrees)
What is Sterling, KS like to live in?
Sterling College sits in Sterling, a rural area of about 2,396 people in Rice County, Kansas.
Household incomes in Sterling, a median of about $51,304, sit far below the Kansas median and likewise far below the national one, 35% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $130,200, 36% below the Kansas median and a typical rent of $618 a month is 40% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 16% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 13% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.1 times the national share, and the median age of 28 is younger than the country's 39.
What other teams does Sterling College field?
Sterling College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NAIA |
|---|---|
| Conference | Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Sterling, KS |
| Enrollment | 538 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Sterling College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Sterling College fields a NAIA women's tennis team in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Sterling College women's tennis?
- Sterling College competes in NAIA in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. NAIA programs may award athletic scholarships, and NAIA eligibility rules differ from the NCAA’s.
- How does the Sterling College women's tennis roster compare with other NAIA programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Sterling College is 11% below the NAIA median of 9, based on 99 NAIA programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Sterling College women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 2.7 players per coach, 47% below the NAIA median of 5.
- How much does it cost to attend Sterling College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,185 a year, and an average net price of $22,371 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Sterling College?
- Sterling College is in Sterling, KS, in the Plains region, in what the Department of Education classes as a rural area.
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