Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · private, nonprofit · 9,201 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Northwestern University field?
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.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 11 players against 10, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
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. That 2025 roster is 10% above the NCAA Division I median of 10, and in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 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. That 2025 roster is 11% above the NCAA Division I median of 9, and in line with the Great Plains Athletic Conference median of 10. 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, about $56,796 per male athlete and $50,975 per female athlete across all sports; 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.
- 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.