Eastern Illinois University

How big is the Eastern Illinois University men's tennis roster?

Eastern Illinois University listed 10 players on its men's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% above the Ohio Valley Conference median of 9.

Eastern Illinois University's men's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 10 players in 2025, down from 18 in 2020.

A larger squad usually means more competition for lineup spots and a deeper bench for a coach to draw on.

How many coaches does Eastern Illinois University men's tennis have?

Eastern Illinois University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for men's tennis, which works out to about 5 players per coach, 11% above the Ohio Valley Conference median of 4.5.

More players per coach generally means practice time is shared more widely and an assistant or volunteer coach carries more of the day-to-day work.

What does Eastern Illinois University spend on men's tennis?

Eastern Illinois University reported $155,189 in total men's tennis expenses for 2025, 64% below the NCAA Division I median of $435,301.

Day-to-day operating spending on the men's team came to about $4,210 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,527, by 60%.

Against the Ohio Valley Conference median it is 24% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of $5,555.

Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all men's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $404 per male athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,534, by 74%.

Total men's tennis expenses rose 24% between 2020 and 2025, from $125,090 to $155,189.

Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.

What is Eastern Illinois University like academically?

Eastern Illinois University is a mid-sized public university offering graduate degrees that admits 65% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.

Admitted students' SAT scores average 1000.

The full cost of attendance is around $26,996 a year, close to the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $12,786 after grants and scholarships, in the below the median nationally, so aid covers roughly 53% of the sticker price on average.

47% of students finish their degree within six years, below the median of 52% and 72% of first-year students return for a second year.

Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $51,989, above the median of $40,747.

What can you study at Eastern Illinois University?

No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 13% of degrees, with Education, Psychology and others close behind.

The bachelor's degree programs below awarded the most degrees in the most recent College Scorecard field-of-study data; a recruit should ask the coach how practice and travel fit around a specific major’s lab or clinical hours.

• Psychology, General (112 degrees)
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (102 degrees)
• Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods (84 degrees)
• Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness (70 degrees)
• Biology, General (50 degrees)
• Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (46 degrees)
• Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (41 degrees)
• Communication and Media Studies (36 degrees)
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (33 degrees)
• Marketing (31 degrees)

What is Charleston, IL like to live in?

Eastern Illinois University sits in Charleston, a remote town of about 17,000 people in Coles County, Illinois.

Household incomes in Charleston, a median of about $49,057, sit far below the Illinois median and likewise far below the national one, 38% lower than the country as a whole.

Housing is where the area is cheapest: a typical owner-occupied home is valued around $133,700, 47% below the Illinois median and a typical rent of $819 a month is 33% under the state figure.

Getting around is quick: the average commute is 15 minutes against a national average near 27, and most people drive, though 11% of workers walk.

It reads as a college town: 24% of residents are 20 to 24, roughly 3.7 times the national share, and the median age of 29 is younger than the country's 39.

What other teams does Eastern Illinois University field?

Eastern Illinois University also fields one other team with a public profile here.

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