Tarleton State University
Investment & Impact
How much does Tarleton State University spend on women's tennis?
Tarleton State University reported $617,650 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #136 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Tarleton State University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Tarleton State University's athletically related student aid averaged about $13,463 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Tarleton State University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Tarleton State University reported $278,789 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 Tarleton State University women's tennis roster?
Tarleton State University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Tarleton State University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025.
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 | 7 | 1 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 |
How many coaches does Tarleton State University women's tennis have?
Tarleton State University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 4.
What does Tarleton State University spend on women's tennis?
Tarleton State University reported $617,650 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 14% above the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $14,889 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 45%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $1,507 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 44%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 190% between 2020 and 2025, from $212,896 to $617,650.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Tarleton State University like academically?
Tarleton State University is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 90% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1075.
The full cost of attendance is around $24,100 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,783 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 14% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $8,302 for TX residents and $18,142 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
48% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 70% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,040, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Tarleton State University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 19% of degrees, with Agriculture, Parks, Recreation & Fitness 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 (260 degrees)
- Business/Commerce, General (229 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (209 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (207 degrees)
- Psychology, General (172 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (168 degrees)
- Animal Sciences (121 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (111 degrees)
- Agriculture, General (88 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (84 degrees)
What is Stephenville, TX like to live in?
Tarleton State University sits in Stephenville, a remote town of about 21,000 people in Erath County, Texas.
Household incomes in Stephenville, a median of about $55,504, sit far below the Texas median and likewise far below the national one, 29% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $226,300, 13% below the Texas median and a typical rent of $1,128 a month is 16% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 16 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 7% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 19% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.9 times the national share, and the median age of 26 is younger than the country's 39.
What other teams does Tarleton State University field?
This is the only Tarleton State University team with a public profile here so far.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Western Athletic Conference[FB 1][C 1] |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Stephenville, TX |
| Enrollment | 12,673 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Tarleton State University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Tarleton State University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Western Athletic Conference[FB 1][C 1] and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Tarleton State University women's tennis?
- Tarleton State University competes in NCAA Division I in the Western Athletic Conference[FB 1][C 1]. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Tarleton State University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Tarleton 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 Tarleton State University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4 players per coach, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Tarleton State University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $24,100 a year, and an average net price of $20,783 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Tarleton State University?
- Tarleton State University is in Stephenville, TX, in the Southwest region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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