Eastern Illinois University
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $155,189 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $245,979 |
How much does Eastern Illinois University spend on women's tennis?
Eastern Illinois University reported $245,979 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #381 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Eastern Illinois University offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Eastern Illinois University's athletically related student aid averaged about $9,027 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Eastern Illinois University spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Eastern Illinois University reported $83,506 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Eastern Illinois University's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Eastern Illinois University reported $155,189 in total men's tennis expenses and $245,979 in total women's tennis expenses.
Can college athletes in Illinois earn NIL money?
Illinois' Student-Athlete Endorsement Rights Act (SB 2338, effective July 2021) permits college athletes to earn NIL compensation. (Verified 2026-06-11; source: https://archive.ihsa.org/documents/forms/2025-26/25-26%20School%20Term%201%20Column.pdf.)
Public DOE EADA filing, 2025 survey · figures are school-reported
How big is the Eastern Illinois University women's tennis roster?
Eastern Illinois University listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 11% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of 9.
Eastern Illinois University's women's tennis roster is smaller than it was: 8 players in 2025, down from 11 in 2020.
A smaller squad usually means each recruit is closer to the lineup, and one injury or transfer changes the team's season more.
| Survey year | Players | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 11 | 2 |
| 2021 | 11 | 3 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2 |
| 2024 | 7 | 2 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2 |
How many coaches does Eastern Illinois University women's tennis have?
Eastern Illinois University lists 1 head coach and 1 assistant for women's tennis, which works out to about 4 players per coach, 11% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of 4.5.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Eastern Illinois University spend on women's tennis?
Eastern Illinois University reported $245,979 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 54% below the NCAA Division I median of $539,981.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $3,803 per player in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $10,243, by 63%.
Against the Ohio Valley Conference median it is in line with the Ohio Valley Conference median of $3,803.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $497 per female athlete in 2025, well below the NCAA Division I median of $1,044, by 52%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 62% between 2020 and 2025, from $152,088 to $245,979.
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.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division I |
|---|---|
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Charleston, IL |
| Enrollment | 4,188 |
| Type | public |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Eastern Illinois University have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Eastern Illinois University fields a NCAA Division I women's tennis team in the Ohio Valley Conference and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Eastern Illinois University women's tennis?
- Eastern Illinois University competes in NCAA Division I in the Ohio Valley Conference. Programs at this level may award athletic scholarships, usually as partial awards spread across the roster in tennis.
- How does the Eastern Illinois University women's tennis roster compare with other Ohio Valley Conference programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Eastern Illinois University is 11% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of 9, based on 7 Ohio Valley Conference programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Eastern Illinois University women's tennis team have?
- 2 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 1 assistant), about 4 players per coach, 11% below the Ohio Valley Conference median of 4.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Eastern Illinois University?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $26,996 a year, and an average net price of $12,786 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Eastern Illinois University?
- Eastern Illinois University is in Charleston, IL, in the Great Lakes region, in what the Department of Education classes as a town.
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