Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL · private, nonprofit · 2,603 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does Olivet Nazarene University field?
Olivet Nazarene University, in Bourbonnais, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NAIA as a member of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
The men's roster is the larger of the two, 19 players against 10, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
Olivet Nazarene University's men's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 19 in 2020 and as high as 25 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 19. That 2025 roster is well above the NAIA median of 11, by 73%, and about the same distance from the national median. Olivet Nazarene University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 9.5 players per coach, well above the NAIA median of 7, by 36%.
Olivet Nazarene University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 13 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 11% above the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 9, and about the same distance from the NAIA median. Olivet Nazarene University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, in line with the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference median of 5.
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 Olivet Nazarene University fund its athletes?
Olivet Nazarene University reported 654 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 437 men and 217 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $4,979,713, about $7,839 per male athlete and $7,161 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 $22,330 for men's sports and $14,606 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $51 and $67 per athlete.
What is Olivet Nazarene University like academically?
Olivet Nazarene University is a mid-sized private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 56% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1117, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $51,981 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $20,729 after grants and scholarships, in the above the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 60% of the sticker price on average.
61% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 71% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $53,213, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Olivet Nazarene University?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 16% of degrees, with Health Professions, Education and others close behind.
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (87 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (59 degrees)
- Engineering, General (51 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (36 degrees)
- Psychology, General (36 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (34 degrees)
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (29 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (27 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (23 degrees)
- Social Work (23 degrees)
What is Bourbonnais, IL like to live in?
Olivet Nazarene University sits in Bourbonnais, a suburb of about 18,000 people in Kankakee County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Bourbonnais run close to both the Illinois and national medians, around $81,017 a year.
Home values are in step with the rest of Illinois, around $242,600 and rents are typical for the state, about $1,132 a month.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 19 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive.
The population skews young, with a median age of 35 against 39 nationally and 21% under 18.
33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, fewer than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Olivet Nazarene University have a tennis program?
- Yes. Olivet Nazarene University fields men's tennis (NAIA, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference) and women's tennis (NAIA, Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is Olivet Nazarene University?
- Olivet Nazarene University is in Bourbonnais, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Olivet Nazarene University cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $51,981 a year, and an average net price of $20,729 after grants and scholarships.