Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL · public · 4,188 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Eastern Illinois University field?
Eastern Illinois University, in Charleston, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 10 players against 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Eastern Illinois University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 18 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 11% above the Ohio Valley Conference median of 9, and in line with the NCAA Division I median of 10. Eastern Illinois University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 11% above the Ohio Valley Conference median of 4.5.
Eastern Illinois University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 11% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of 9, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division I median. Eastern Illinois University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 11% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of 4.5.
Each team page below covers roster size and its trend, coaching staff, spending per player against conference and division medians, and what the school and town are like for a recruit.
How does Eastern Illinois University fund its athletes?
Eastern Illinois University reported 473 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 305 men and 168 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,592,020, about $10,083 per male athlete and $9,027 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share of that is not reported separately, so a recruit should ask the coach directly what a tennis award typically covers.
Recruiting spending was $123,243 for men's sports and $83,506 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $404 and $497 per athlete.
What is Eastern Illinois University like academically?
Eastern Illinois University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 65% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1000.
The full cost of attendance is around $26,996 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $12,786 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.
47% of students finish their degree within six years, below 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 $51,989, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Eastern Illinois University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 13% of degrees, with Education, Psychology and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Psychology, General (112 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (102 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (84 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (70 degrees)
- Biology, General (50 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (46 degrees)
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (41 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (36 degrees)
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (33 degrees)
- Marketing (31 degrees)
What is Charleston, IL like to live in?
Eastern Illinois University sits in Charleston, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Coles County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Charleston, a median of about $49,057, sit far below the Illinois median and likewise far below the national one, 38% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $133,700, 47% below the Illinois median and a typical rent of $819 a month is 33% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 11% of workers walk.
It reads as a college town: 24% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.7 times the national share, and the median age of 29 is younger than the country's 39.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Eastern Illinois University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Eastern Illinois University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ohio Valley Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ohio Valley Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Eastern Illinois University?
- Eastern Illinois University is in Charleston, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Eastern Illinois University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $26,996 a year, and an average net price of $12,786 after grants and scholarships.