Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · private, nonprofit · 9,201 undergraduates
Northwestern University tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Northwestern University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both above their NCAA Division I medians of 10 and 9. Northwestern University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $56,796 per male athlete and $50,975 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 $20,336 per men's player, 93% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $20,789 per women's player, 103% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Great Plains Athletic Conference.
Northwestern University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 10 in 2024 and as high as 13 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 11. Northwestern University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5.5 players per coach, 22% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.5.
Northwestern University's women's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 8 players in 2020 to 10 in 2025. Northwestern University lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 3.3 players per coach, well below the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 5, by 33%.
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 Northwestern University fund its athletes?
Northwestern University reported 518 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 262 men and 256 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $27,930,178 across all sports ($14,880,630 for men's sports, $13,049,548 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 $1,863,790 for men's sports and $611,188 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $7,114 and $2,387 per athlete.
What is Northwestern University like academically?
Northwestern University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 8% of applicants, highly selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1533, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $91,250 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $29,167 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 68% of the sticker price on average.
95% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 98% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $89,363, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Northwestern University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Engineering, is 15% of degrees, with Social Sciences, Communication & Journalism and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Economics (335 degrees)
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication (253 degrees)
- Psychology, General (153 degrees)
- Biology, General (150 degrees)
- Political Science and Government (110 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (103 degrees)
- Computer Science (102 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (90 degrees)
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft (90 degrees)
- Music (86 degrees)
What is Evanston, IL like to live in?
Northwestern University sits in Evanston, a small city of about 77,000 people in Cook County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Evanston, a median of about $95,766, sit above the Illinois median and likewise above the national one, 22% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Illinois: a typical home is valued around $472,300, 89% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,698 a month is 38% over the state figure.
Commutes average about 29 minutes, close to the national average, and driving is common but not universal, though 11% of workers walk and 13% take public transit and 26% work from home.
It reads as a college town: 10% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 1.5 times the national share, and the median age of 38 is close to the country's 39.
70% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Northwestern University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Northwestern University fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Great Plains Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Great Plains Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Northwestern University tennis teams?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Northwestern University listed 11 players on the men's tennis roster and 10 on the women's, both above their NCAA Division I 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 Northwestern University give athletic aid for tennis?
- Northwestern University does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $56,796 per male athlete and $50,975 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 Northwestern University spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending in 2025 ran $20,336 per men's player, 93% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, and $20,789 per women's player, 103% above the NCAA Division I median of $10,243. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
- Where is Northwestern University?
- Northwestern University is in Evanston, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Northwestern University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $91,250 a year, and an average net price of $29,167 after grants and scholarships.