Illinois Valley Community College
Oglesby, IL · public · 2,040 undergraduates
Illinois Valley Community College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Illinois Valley Community College listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster and 8 on the women's, both in line with their NJCAA medians of 9 and 8. Illinois Valley Community College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $1,166 per male athlete and $1,625 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 $511 per men's player, 57% below the NJCAA median of $1,187, and $727 per women's player, 55% below the NJCAA median of $1,618.
Illinois Valley Community College, in Oglesby, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NJCAA.
Illinois Valley Community College's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 6 in 2022 and as high as 9 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 9. Illinois Valley Community College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 9 players per coach, well above the NJCAA median of 6, by 50%.
Illinois Valley Community College's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 7 players in 2020 to 8 in 2025. Illinois Valley Community College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 8 players per coach, well above the NJCAA median of 4.5, by 78%.
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 Illinois Valley Community College fund its athletes?
Illinois Valley Community College reported 148 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 93 men and 55 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $197,834 across all sports ($108,443 for men's sports, $89,391 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 expenses were reported as zero for both men's and women's sports, so outreach to this program will mostly need to come from the recruit's side.
What is Illinois Valley Community College like academically?
Illinois Valley Community College is a mid-sized public two-year college.
The full cost of attendance is around $11,067 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $2,232 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 80% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $4,200 for IL residents and $16,385 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 $40,810, above the median of $40,747.
What can you study at Illinois Valley Community College?
Liberal Arts & Sciences is the largest field at 27% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (26%) and Transportation (10%).
The associate's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Biological and Physical Sciences (136 degrees)
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (135 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (44 degrees)
- Electrical and Power Transmission Installers (27 degrees)
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (17 degrees)
- Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (11 degrees)
- Precision Metal Working (11 degrees)
- Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians (7 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (6 degrees)
- Engineering, General (4 degrees)
What is Oglesby, IL like to live in?
Illinois Valley Community College sits in Oglesby, a town well outside any metro area of about 3,723 people in LaSalle County, Illinois.
The median household in Oglesby earns about $71,618, which is below the Illinois median ($81,702) but about the national median ($78,538).
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $130,900, 48% below the Illinois median and a typical rent of $810 a month is 34% under the state figure.
Commutes average about 25 minutes, close to the national average, and nearly everyone drives alone.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 38, with 24% under 18 and 19% aged 65 or over.
22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Illinois Valley Community College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Illinois Valley 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 Illinois Valley Community College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Illinois Valley Community College listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster and 8 on the women's, both in line with their NJCAA medians of 9 and 8. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Illinois Valley Community College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Illinois Valley Community College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $1,166 per male athlete and $1,625 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 Illinois Valley Community College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $511 per men's player, 57% below the NJCAA median of $1,187, and $727 per women's player, 55% below 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 Illinois Valley Community College?
- Illinois Valley Community College is in Oglesby, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Illinois Valley Community College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $11,067 a year, and an average net price of $2,232 after grants and scholarships.