Does Oakton College have a tennis program?

Yes. Oakton College fields men's tennis (NJCAA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.

How many players are on the Oakton College tennis team?

In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Oakton College listed 7 players on its men's tennis roster, 22% below the NJCAA median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.

How much does Oakton College spend per tennis player?

Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team ran $325 per player in 2025, 73% below the NJCAA median of $1,187. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.

Where is Oakton College?

Oakton College is in Des Plaines, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.

How much does Oakton College cost?

The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $11,431 a year, and an average net price of $5,183 after grants and scholarships.

Oakton College

Des Plaines, IL · public · 6,072 undergraduates

Oakton College tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player

In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Oakton College listed 7 players on its men's tennis roster, 22% below the NJCAA median of 9. Oakton College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $870 per male 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 on the men's team ran $325 per player in 2025, 73% below the NJCAA median of $1,187.

Oakton College, in Des Plaines, IL, fields one tennis team, men's tennis, competing in NJCAA.

Oakton College's men's tennis roster has grown over 5 years, from 3 players in 2020 to 7 in 2025. Oakton College lists a single head coach and no assistant on the 2025 filing for men's tennis, which works out to about 7 players per coach, 17% above the NJCAA median of 6.

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.

Oakton College Men's TennisNJCAA · 7 players (2025)

How does Oakton College fund its athletes?

Oakton College reported 125 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 84 men and 41 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.

Athletically related student aid came to $174,509 across all sports ($73,100 for men's sports, $101,409 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 $686 for men's sports and $0 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $8 and $0 per athlete.

What is Oakton College like academically?

Oakton College is a mid-sized public two-year college.

The full cost of attendance is around $11,431 a year, below the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $5,183 after grants and scholarships, in the bottom quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 55% of the sticker price on average.

Tuition is $3,985 for IL residents and $12,462 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 $47,852, above the median of $40,747.

What can you study at Oakton College?

Liberal Arts & Sciences dominates: it accounts for 46% of degrees awarded, with Health Professions a distant second at 23%.

The associate's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (483 degrees)
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (47 degrees)
Biological and Physical Sciences (39 degrees)
Criminal Justice and Corrections (20 degrees)
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services (18 degrees)
Engineering, General (14 degrees)
Accounting and Related Services (10 degrees)
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions (7 degrees)
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services (6 degrees)
Health and Medical Administrative Services (6 degrees)

What is Des Plaines, IL like to live in?

Oakton College sits in Des Plaines, a small city of about 59,000 people in Cook County, Illinois.

Household incomes in Des Plaines, a median of about $94,303, sit above the Illinois median and likewise above the national one, 20% higher than the country as a whole.

Housing costs more here than in most of Illinois: a typical home is valued around $318,200, 27% above the state median and a typical rent of $1,435 a month is 17% over the state figure.

Commutes average about 28 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.

The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 43 against 39, with 20% aged 65 or over.

Frequently asked questions

Does Oakton College have a tennis program?: Yes. Oakton College fields men's tennis (NJCAA), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
How many players are on the Oakton College tennis team?: In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Oakton College listed 7 players on its men's tennis roster, 22% below the NJCAA median of 9. Roster size shapes playing time: fewer players means a recruit is closer to the lineup, more means deeper competition for spots.
Does Oakton College give athletic aid for tennis?: Oakton College does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $870 per male 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 Oakton College spend per tennis player?: Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team ran $325 per player in 2025, 73% below the NJCAA median of $1,187. Operating spending counts day-to-day costs such as travel, uniforms, equipment and game-day expenses, not coaching salaries or aid.
Where is Oakton College?: Oakton College is in Des Plaines, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
How much does Oakton College cost?: The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $11,431 a year, and an average net price of $5,183 after grants and scholarships.