Lake Forest College
Lake Forest, IL · private, nonprofit · 1,813 undergraduates
Lake Forest College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Lake Forest College listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 8 on the women's, 20% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Lake Forest College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,860 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $2,037 per women's player, 14% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786.
Lake Forest College, in Lake Forest, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division III as a member of the Midwest Conference.
Lake Forest College's men's tennis roster has stayed between 9 and 11 players since 2020, and stood at 11 in 2025. Lake Forest College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 3.7 players per coach, well below the Midwest Conference median of 5.5, by 33%.
Lake Forest College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2021 and as high as 11 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 8. Lake Forest College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the Midwest Conference median of 5.5, by 52%.
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 Lake Forest College fund its athletes?
Lake Forest College reported 509 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 313 men and 196 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
It reported no athletically related student aid for that year, which is what to expect from NCAA Division III: any help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship.
Recruiting spending was $59,845 for men's sports and $34,652 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $191 and $177 per athlete.
What is Lake Forest College like academically?
Lake Forest College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 57% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1343, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $70,655 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $28,673 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 59% of the sticker price on average.
78% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 90% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $61,825, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Lake Forest College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 18% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Social Sciences and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Business/Commerce, General (53 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (41 degrees)
- Biology, General (40 degrees)
- Economics (36 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (30 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (30 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (29 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (24 degrees)
- Sociology and Anthropology (20 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (16 degrees)
What is Lake Forest, IL like to live in?
Lake Forest College sits in Lake Forest, a suburb of a large city of about 19,000 people in Lake County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Lake Forest, a median of about $228,120, sit far above the Illinois median and likewise far above the national one, 190% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Illinois: a typical home is valued around $909,800, 263% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,120 a month is 73% over the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 34 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 5% of workers walk and 13% take public transit and 28% work from home.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 46 against 39, with 26% aged 65 or over.
81% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Lake Forest College have a tennis program?
- Yes. Lake Forest College fields men's tennis (NCAA Division III, Midwest Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division III, Midwest Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Lake Forest College tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Lake Forest College listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division III median of 12, and 8 on the women's, 20% below the NCAA Division III median of 10. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Lake Forest College give athletic aid for tennis?
- Lake Forest College reported no athletically related student aid in its 2025 filing, as Division III rules require; help with cost here comes through academic or need-based aid, not a tennis scholarship. EADA reports aid by gender for the whole athletic department, never per team.
- How much does Lake Forest College spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $1,860 per men's player, in line with the NCAA Division III median of $1,918, and $2,037 per women's player, 14% above the NCAA Division III median of $1,786. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Lake Forest College?
- Lake Forest College is in Lake Forest, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Lake Forest College cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $70,655 a year, and an average net price of $28,673 after grants and scholarships.