Lewis University
Romeoville, IL · private, nonprofit · 4,015 undergraduates
Lewis University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Lewis University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster and 7 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division II medians of 10 and 9. Lewis University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,291 per male athlete and $14,163 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 $3,110 per men's player, 29% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,669 per women's player, 40% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622.
Lewis University, in Romeoville, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division II as a member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference.
Lewis University's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 6 players in 2020 to 9 in 2025. Lewis University 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 Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 3.8, by 135%.
Lewis University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 7 players in 2025, down from 8 in 2020. Lewis University lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for women's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, well above the Great Lakes Valley Conference median of 4, by 75%.
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 Lewis University fund its athletes?
Lewis University reported 498 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 281 men and 217 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $6,246,150 across all sports ($3,172,785 for men's sports, $3,073,365 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 $31,206 for men's sports and $19,177 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $111 and $88 per athlete.
What is Lewis University like academically?
Lewis University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 71% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1096.
The full cost of attendance is around $47,313 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $17,028 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 64% of the sticker price on average.
67% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 79% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $66,099, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Lewis University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 17% of degrees, with Computer & Information Sciences, Transportation and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Computer Science (114 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (113 degrees)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (111 degrees)
- Air Transportation (104 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (99 degrees)
- Psychology, General (69 degrees)
- Biology, General (64 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (61 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (38 degrees)
- Special Education and Teaching (37 degrees)
What is Romeoville, IL like to live in?
Lewis University sits in Romeoville, a suburb of a large city of about 41,000 people in Will County, Illinois.
The median household in Romeoville earns about $100,022, which is above the Illinois median ($81,702) but far above the national median ($78,538).
Home values are in step with the rest of Illinois, around $245,200 and a typical rent of $1,892 a month is 54% over the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 32 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The age mix is close to the national picture, a median of 36, with 22% under 18 and 12% aged 65 or over.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Lewis University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Lewis University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division II, Great Lakes Valley Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Lewis University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Lewis University listed 9 players on the men's tennis roster and 7 on the women's, both below their NCAA Division II medians of 10 and 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
- Does Lewis University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Lewis University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $11,291 per male athlete and $14,163 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 Lewis University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $3,110 per men's player, 29% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,420, and $3,669 per women's player, 40% above the NCAA Division II median of $2,622. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Lewis University?
- Lewis University is in Romeoville, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Lewis University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $47,313 a year, and an average net price of $17,028 after grants and scholarships.