Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL · public · 8,750 undergraduates
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville tennis: how many players, how much aid, what it spends per player
In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division I median of 9. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $10,966 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 on the women's team ran $5,322 per player in 2025, 48% below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, in Edwardsville, IL, fields one tennis team, women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 9 in 2020 and as high as 11 in 2021, and ended 2025 at 9. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4.5 players per coach, 13% above the NCAA Division I median of 4.
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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville fund its athletes?
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville reported 284 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 141 men and 143 women, close to an even split.
Athletically related student aid came to $3,108,486 across all sports ($1,540,382 for men's sports, $1,568,104 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 $70,518 for men's sports and $72,547 for women's, roughly balanced between the two, or about $500 and $507 per athlete.
What is Southern Illinois University Edwardsville like academically?
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 98% of applicants, open to most applicants by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1100, so a solid but not exceptional academic record fits the typical admit.
The full cost of attendance is around $28,919 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,889 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 49% of the sticker price on average.
57% of students finish their degree within six years, above the median of 52% and 76% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $56,346, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville?
Business, Management & Marketing is the largest field at 20% of degrees, followed by Health Professions (19%) and Engineering (9%).
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 (479 degrees)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (300 degrees)
- Psychology, General (177 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (117 degrees)
- Biology, General (114 degrees)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections (95 degrees)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (86 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (80 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (77 degrees)
- Computer Science (72 degrees)
What is Edwardsville, IL like to live in?
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville sits in Edwardsville, a suburb of a large city of about 27,000 people in Madison County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Edwardsville, a median of about $92,671, sit above the Illinois median and likewise above the national one, 18% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Illinois: a typical home is valued around $286,700, 14% above the state median and rents are typical for the state, about $1,231 a month.
Commutes average about 24 minutes, close to the national average, and most people drive.
It reads as a college town: 15% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 2.3 times the national share, and the median age of 32 is younger than the country's 39.
54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Illinois average of 37%.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Southern Illinois University Edwardsville have a tennis program?
- Yes. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville fields women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Ohio Valley Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- How many players are on the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville tennis team?
- In its 2025 filing to the Department of Education, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville listed 9 players on its women's tennis roster, in line with the NCAA Division I 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville give athletic aid for tennis?
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville does report athletically related aid: in 2025 it came to about $10,966 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville spend per tennis player?
- Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team ran $5,322 per player in 2025, 48% below 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 Southern Illinois University Edwardsville?
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is in Edwardsville, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does Southern Illinois University Edwardsville cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $28,919 a year, and an average net price of $14,889 after grants and scholarships.