Elgin Community College
Elgin, IL · public · 6,648 undergraduates
Elgin Community College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Elgin Community College listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster, 33% below the NJCAA median of 9, and 7 on the women's, in line with the NJCAA median of 8. Elgin Community College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $1,843 per male athlete and $2,598 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $567 per men's player, 52% below the NJCAA median of $1,187, and $2,526 per women's player, 56% above the NJCAA median of $1,618.
Elgin Community College, in Elgin, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NJCAA.
Elgin Community College's men's tennis roster has grown over 4 years, from 1 players in 2021 to 6 in 2025. Elgin Community College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2 players per coach, well below the NJCAA median of 6, by 67%.
Elgin Community College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 3 players in 2020 to 7 in 2025. Elgin Community College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.3 players per coach, well below the NJCAA median of 4.5, by 48%.
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 Elgin Community College fund its athletes?
Elgin Community College reported 136 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 82 men and 54 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $291,403 across all sports ($151,105 for men's sports, $140,298 for women's); 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 $1,500 for men's sports and $1,500 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $18 and $28 per athlete.
What is Elgin Community College like academically?
Elgin Community College is a mid-sized public two-year college.
The full cost of attendance is around $10,408 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $6,026 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 42% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $3,252 for IL residents and $9,516 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $45,516, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Elgin Community College?
Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest field at 39% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (21%) and Mechanic & Repair Technologies (10%).
The associate's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (577 degrees)
- Biological and Physical Sciences (193 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (72 degrees)
- Engineering, General (32 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (20 degrees)
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (19 degrees)
- Human Services, General (16 degrees)
- Culinary Arts and Related Services (15 degrees)
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (14 degrees)
- Precision Metal Working (14 degrees)
What is Elgin, IL like to live in?
Elgin Community College sits in Elgin, a mid-sized city of about 114,000 people in Cook County, Illinois.
The median household in Elgin earns about $88,316, which is about the Illinois median ($81,702) but above the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Illinois, around $252,400 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,260 a month.
Commutes average about 28 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 26% under 18 and 13% aged 65 or over.
26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Elgin Community College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Elgin Community College fields men's tennis (NJCAA) and women's tennis (NJCAA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Elgin Community College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Elgin Community College listed 6 players on the men's tennis roster, 33% below the NJCAA median of 9, and 7 on the women's, in line with the NJCAA median of 8. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Elgin Community College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Elgin Community College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $1,843 per male athlete and $2,598 per female athlete across all sports; tennis's share is not reported separately, so what a tennis award covers is a question for the coach. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Elgin Community College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $567 per men's player, 52% below the NJCAA median of $1,187, and $2,526 per women's player, 56% above the NJCAA median of $1,618. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Elgin Community College?
- Elgin Community College is in Elgin, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Elgin Community College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $10,408 a year, and an average net price of $6,026 after grants and scholarships.