Does it field a women’s basketball team?
Yes. Friends University reported 36 women’s basketball participants in the Equity in Athletics return it filed for 2025-26. That is the institution’s own count of the squad, not a roster page Athlavia has read, and it is the figure the United States Department of Education publishes.
It competes in NAIA, and no conference affiliation is recorded here. It is one of 16 NAIA women's basketball programmes in Kansas, out of 47 programmes there in total.
The athletics department’s own site is where the current roster and coaching staff are published.
Can it award a basketball scholarship?
NAIA rules permit athletically-related student aid.
Friends University reported athletically-related student aid awarded to women in its most recent federal return. The amount is the total across every women’s sport at the institution — basketball, and also volleyball, soccer, track, swimming and the rest. It is not a basketball budget, and it is not what one player receives.
Read alone it is routinely mistaken for a per-player offer. Inside Athlavia it sits next to the squad size, the division's own limits and the published cost, which is the only way it means anything.
It is one of 43 institutions in Kansas whose return reports athletic aid awarded to women, out of 47 that field women’s basketball at all.
What it costs and what it is like
A published cost is held for 2023-24: tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, insurance and a travel estimate, with the international tuition rate separately where the institution publishes one.
A single yearly total tells a family almost nothing. What decides whether a place is reachable is which line is the big one, and whether the international rate differs — so Athlavia shows the lines, not a headline.
- Type
- Private
- Enrolment
- 990
- Selectivity
- Held — free account
- City
- Wichita
- State or region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States
- Campus setting
- city
- Climate
- Not recorded
- International share
- 5%
Degrees recorded here
Only the courses Athlavia has read and tagged. It is not the institution’s full prospectus.
- Accounting and Related Services.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.
- Biology, General.
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.
- Chemistry.
- Communication and Media Studies.
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other.
- Computer and Information Sciences, General.
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management.
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.
- Dance.
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
- Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology.
- English Language and Literature, General.
- Finance and Financial Management Services.
- Fine and Studio Arts.
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General.
- Health and Medical Administrative Services.
- History and Political Science.
- History.
- Human Resources Management and Services.
- Information Science/Studies.
- International Business.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Management Information Systems and Services.
- Marketing.
- Mathematics.
- Mechanical Engineering.
- Music.
- Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other.
- Psychology, General.
- Religion/Religious Studies.
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics.
- Sociology.
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.
- Theological and Ministerial Studies.
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.
- Zoology/Animal Biology.
How it compares
Across the 220 NAIA women’s basketball programmes in this database, the average listed squad is 20 players. Friends University lists 36, 16 players above that average. Among the 16 NAIA programmes in Kansas, it has the 2nd largest listed squad.
Squad size is a fact about the return, not a judgement about the programme. A large squad can mean depth or it can mean a long bench; a small one can mean minutes are available or that the roster is already settled. It is a question to ask a coach, not an answer.
Where these figures came from
| Field | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Squad size | 362025-26 | ope.ed.govEADA 2025-26 schools.xlsx, PARTIC_WOMEN for Basketball | 12 Aug 2026 | 96% |
| athleticsUrl | https://friendsathletics.com | friends.eduFollowed an athletics link from https://www.friends.edu/ and confirmed the destination reads as an athletics site | 12 Aug 2026 | 72% |
| recruitingBand | 0-182025-26 | ope.ed.govInferred from EADA operating expense per women's basketball participant ($1,352/player), ranked on a log scale against all 1857 programmes (percentile 8). Division is not used as an input. | 12 Aug 2026 | 55% |
| Degrees | 42 undergraduate degrees listed, including Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management., Communication and Media Studies., Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other. | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.programs.cip_4_digit, undergraduate credentials only | 12 Aug 2026 | 90% |
| Tuition | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard fields latest.cost.tuition.in_state and latest.cost.tuition.out_of_state | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| costOfAttendance | held — free account2023-24 | collegescorecard.ed.govCollege Scorecard field latest.cost.roomboard.oncampus | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
| institutionProfile | held — free account | api.data.govCollege Scorecard v1 /schools, fields latest.admissions.admission_rate.overall, school.locale, location.lat, location.lon, latest.student.demographics.race_ethnicity.non_resident_alien, school.school_url read verbatim | 12 Aug 2026 | 92% |
Every stored fact carries the source it came from, the date it was read and how it was extracted. Figures shown on this page without a row above are recorded with the source on the record itself — the athletic aid figure, for instance, carries the Department of Education’s athletics site as its source. Check it at the source.