University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL · public · 36,258 undergraduates
Which tennis teams does University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign field?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, in Champaign, IL, fields 2 tennis teams, men's tennis and women's tennis, competing in NCAA Division I as a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Both rosters carried the same number of players, 8, in the school's latest Equity in Athletics filing.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 20% below the NCAA Division I median of 10, and about the same distance from the Big Ten Conference median. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for men's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4.5, by 41%.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 10 in 2020. That 2025 roster is 16% below the Big Ten Conference median of 10, and about the same distance from the NCAA Division I median. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the NCAA Division I median of 4, 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fund its athletes?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reported 479 athletes across all sports in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing, 277 men and 202 women, a roster count that leans heavily male.
Athletically related student aid came to $15,010,418, about $31,096 per male athlete and $31,667 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 $2,800,759 for men's sports and $763,091 for women's, tilted toward the men's side, or about $10,111 and $3,778 per athlete.
What is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign like academically?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is a large public university offering graduate degrees that admits 42% of applicants, selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1440, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $33,642 a year, above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $14,355 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 57% of the sticker price on average.
Tuition is $16,004 for IL residents and $35,124 for out-of-state students, a difference that matters when an athletic scholarship covers a fixed share.
85% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 95% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $81,054, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?
Engineering is the largest field at 22% of degrees, followed by Business, Management & Marketing (10%) and Computer & Information Sciences (8%).
The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data.
- Research and Experimental Psychology (557 degrees)
- Economics (387 degrees)
- Accounting and Related Services (353 degrees)
- Statistics (333 degrees)
- Computer Engineering (318 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (315 degrees)
- Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences (303 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (301 degrees)
- Computer Science (292 degrees)
- Mechanical Engineering (265 degrees)
What is Champaign, IL like to live in?
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign sits in Champaign, a small city of about 89,000 people in Champaign County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Champaign, a median of about $57,544, sit far below the Illinois median and likewise far below the national one, 27% lower than the country as a whole.
Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $199,700, 20% below the Illinois median and a typical rent of $1,103 a month is 10% under the state figure.
Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 9% of workers walk and 5% take public transit.
It reads as a college town: 21% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.2 times the national share, and the median age of 27 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 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have a tennis program?
- Yes. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign fields men's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big Ten Conference) and women's tennis (NCAA Division I, Big Ten Conference), per its Equity in Athletics filing to the U.S. Department of Education.
- Where is University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign?
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is in Champaign, IL, in the Great Lakes region of the United States.
- How much does University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign cost?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $33,642 a year, and an average net price of $14,355 after grants and scholarships.