Wake Forest University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $2,421,436 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $1,481,442 |
How much does Wake Forest University spend on women's tennis?
Wake Forest University reported $1,481,442 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #33 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Wake Forest University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Wake Forest University's athletically related student aid averaged about $46,592 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Wake Forest University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Wake Forest University reported $490,796 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Wake Forest University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Wake Forest University reported $2,421,436 in total men's tennis expenses and $1,481,442 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in North Carolina earn NIL money?
North Carolina has no college NIL statute; college NIL is governed by the Governor's Executive Order 223 (2023), which permits and protects school-facilitated NIL activity. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://www.dpi.nc.gov/districts-schools/interscholastic-athletics.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Wake Forest University women's tennis roster?
Wake Forest University listed 10 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9.
Wake Forest University's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 8 in 2023 and as high as 10 in 2020, and ended 2025 at 10.
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 | 10 | 2 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2 |
| 2023 | 8 | 3 |
| 2024 | 10 | 3 |
| 2025 | 10 | 3 |
How many coaches does Wake Forest University women's tennis have?
Wake Forest University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, 17% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Wake Forest University spend on women's tennis?
Wake Forest University reported $1,481,442 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 174% above the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $15,236 per player in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 49%.
Against the Atlantic Coast Conference median it is well below the Atlantic Coast Conference median of $29,198, by 48%.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $3,048 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 192%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 47% between 2020 and 2025, from $1,007,835 to $1,481,442.
Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
What is Wake Forest University like academically?
Wake Forest University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 22% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1475, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $87,499 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $28,719 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 67% of the sticker price on average.
89% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 93% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $78,158, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Wake Forest University?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Social Sciences (21%) and Biological & Biomedical Sciences (9%).
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 (154 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (147 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (133 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (130 degrees)
- Economics (120 degrees)
- Psychology, General (115 degrees)
- Biology, General (92 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (75 degrees)
- History (52 degrees)
- Computer Science (49 degrees)
What is Winston-Salem, NC like to live in?
Wake Forest University sits in Winston-Salem, a large city of about 251,000 people in Forsyth County, North Carolina.
The median household in Winston-Salem earns about $57,673, which is below the North Carolina median ($69,904) but far below the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $208,200, 20% below the North Carolina median and a typical rent of $1,033 a month is 11% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 22 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 24% under 18 and 15% aged 65 or over.
What other teams does Wake Forest University field?
Wake Forest University also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Winston-Salem, NC |
| Enrollment | 5,485 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Wake Forest University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Wake Forest University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Atlantic Coast Conference and reported 10 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Wake Forest University women's tennis?
- Wake Forest University competes in NCAA Division I in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Wake Forest University women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division I programs?
- With 10 players in 2025, Wake Forest University is 11% above 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 Wake Forest University women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 3.3 players per coach, 17% below the NCAA Division I median of 4.
- How much does it cost to attend Wake Forest University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $87,499 a year, and an average net price of $28,719 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Wake Forest University?
- Wake Forest University is in Winston-Salem, NC, in the Southeast region, in what the Department of Education classes as a city.
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