Lake Forest College
Investment & Impact
| Men's tennis expenses | $69,772 |
|---|---|
| Women's tennis expenses | $65,672 |
How much does Lake Forest College spend on women's tennis?
Lake Forest College reported $65,672 in total women's tennis expenses in the 2025 EADA survey, ranking #786 of 1141 women's tennis programs nationally. Figures are school-reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Does Lake Forest College offer athletic scholarships for women's athletes?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lake Forest College's athletically related student aid averaged about $0 per women's athlete across all women's sports. Aid is reported at the school level, not per team.
How much does Lake Forest College spend on recruiting women's athletes?
Lake Forest College reported $34,652 in total recruiting expenses for women's teams in the 2025 EADA survey (school-wide, all women's sports).
How does Lake Forest College's spending compare between men's and women's tennis?
In the 2025 EADA survey, Lake Forest College reported $69,772 in total men's tennis expenses and $65,672 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 Lake Forest College women's tennis roster?
Lake Forest College listed 8 players on its women's tennis roster in its 2025 filing, 20% below the NCAA Division III median of 10.
Lake Forest College's women's tennis roster has moved around, as low as 7 in 2021 and as high as 11 in 2023, and ended 2025 at 8.
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 | 8 | 3 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2 |
| 2023 | 11 | 3 |
| 2024 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3 |
How many coaches does Lake Forest College women's tennis have?
Lake Forest College lists 1 head coach and 2 assistants for women's tennis, which works out to about 2.7 players per coach, well below the Midwest Conference median of 5.5, by 52%.
Fewer players per coach generally means more individual court time with a coach during practice.
What does Lake Forest College spend on women's tennis?
Lake Forest College reported $65,672 in total women's tennis expenses for 2025, 13% above the NCAA Division III median of $57,912.
Day-to-day operating spending on the women's team came to about $2,037 per player in 2025, 23% above the Midwest Conference median of $1,655.
Recruiting spending, which EADA reports for all women's sports at the school together rather than for tennis alone, was about $177 per female athlete in 2025, well above the NCAA Division III median of $119, by 48%.
Total women's tennis expenses rose 36% between 2020 and 2025, from $48,324 to $65,672.
NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
What is Lake Forest College like academically?
Lake Forest College is a small private, nonprofit university offering graduate degrees that admits 57% of applicants, moderately selective by national standards, where the median college admits 78%.
Admitted students' SAT scores average 1343, a profile that puts academic standing ahead of tennis for most recruits here.
The full cost of attendance is around $70,655 a year, well above the national median of $25,497, but the average family paid about $28,673 after grants and scholarships, in the top quarter nationally, so aid covers roughly 59% of the sticker price on average.
78% of students finish their degree within six years, in the top quarter of colleges nationally and 90% of first-year students return for a second year.
Ten years after enrolling, former students earn a median of $61,825, among the top quarter of colleges.
What can you study at Lake Forest College?
No single field dominates: the largest, Business, Management & Marketing, is 18% of degrees, with Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Social Sciences 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.
- Business/Commerce, General (53 degrees)
- Research and Experimental Psychology (41 degrees)
- Biology, General (40 degrees)
- Economics (36 degrees)
- Finance and Financial Management Services (30 degrees)
- Communication and Media Studies (30 degrees)
- Neurobiology and Neurosciences (29 degrees)
- English Language and Literature, General (24 degrees)
- Sociology and Anthropology (20 degrees)
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (16 degrees)
What is Lake Forest, IL like to live in?
Lake Forest College sits in Lake Forest, a suburb of a large city of about 19,000 people in Lake County, Illinois.
Household incomes in Lake Forest, a median of about $228,120, sit far above the Illinois median and likewise far above the national one, 190% higher than the country as a whole.
Housing costs more here than in most of Illinois: a typical home is valued around $909,800, 263% above the state median and a typical rent of $2,120 a month is 73% over the state figure.
Commutes run long, about 34 minutes against a national average near 27, and driving is common but not universal, though 5% of workers walk and 13% take public transit and 28% work from home.
The population skews older than the country as a whole, a median age of 46 against 39, with 26% aged 65 or over.
81% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, more than the Illinois average of 37%.
What other teams does Lake Forest College field?
Lake Forest College also fields one other team with a public profile here.
Program Info
| Division | NCAA Division III |
|---|---|
| Conference | Midwest Conference |
| Sport | Women's Tennis |
| Location | Lake Forest, IL |
| Enrollment | 1,813 |
| Type | private-nonprofit |
| Highest degree | Graduate |
Frequently Asked Questions
- Does Lake Forest College have a women's tennis team?
- Yes. Lake Forest College fields a NCAA Division III women's tennis team in the Midwest Conference and reported 8 players in its 2025 Equity in Athletics filing.
- What division is Lake Forest College women's tennis?
- Lake Forest College competes in NCAA Division III in the Midwest Conference. NCAA Division III programs do not award athletic scholarships; aid at this level is academic and need-based.
- How does the Lake Forest College women's tennis roster compare with other NCAA Division III programs?
- With 8 players in 2025, Lake Forest College is 20% below the NCAA Division III median of 10, based on 313 NCAA Division III programs that reported women's tennis that year.
- How many coaches does the Lake Forest College women's tennis team have?
- 3 on the 2025 filing (1 head, 2 assistant), about 2.7 players per coach, 52% below the Midwest Conference median of 5.5.
- How much does it cost to attend Lake Forest College?
- The College Scorecard lists an average cost of attendance of $70,655 a year, and an average net price of $28,673 after grants and scholarships. Athletic aid, where the division allows it, comes on top of that and varies by recruit.
- Where is Lake Forest College?
- Lake Forest College is in Lake Forest, IL, in the Great Lakes region, in what the Department of Education classes as a suburban area.
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