Head coaches of Illinois Valley Community College women’s teams earn an average of $17,181 annually – the second lowest average salary in the state – according to an Illinois Valley Times analysis of federal education data.
The analysis found that the university had the equivalent of 1.62 full-time head coaches on staff for its women’s teams. The school has the highest level of women head coaches’ pay within Illinois Valley.
The U.S. Department of Education’s office of postsecondary education collects athletics data annually from all institutions with intercollegiate athletics programs that receive funding through federal financial aid programs. Data for 2016 – the latest year available – includes more than 2,000 schools nationwide.
A total of 96 universities and colleges in Illinois paid salaries to women’s head coaches in 2016.
What Illinois colleges pay women’s head coaches
Rank | School | Division | Total Undergraduates | Women's Team Average Annual Institutional Salary per FTE |
Women's Team Number of FTEs Included in Average |
1 | DePaul University | NCAA Division I without football | 13,126 | $224,721 | 5.5 |
2 | Northwestern University | NCAA Division I-FBS | 8,249 | $202,206 | 11.5 |
3 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | NCAA Division I-FBS | 32,126 | $181,452 | 9 |
4 | Illinois State University | NCAA Division I-FCS | 17,420 | $96,034 | 8.5 |
5 | Bradley University | NCAA Division I without football | 4,278 | $90,123 | 5.5 |
6 | University of Illinois at Chicago | NCAA Division I without football | 16,408 | $89,102 | 7.5 |
7 | Eastern Illinois University | NCAA Division I-FCS | 5,117 | $85,939 | 5.1 |
8 | Northern Illinois University | NCAA Division I-FBS | 12,323 | $84,831 | 9 |
9 | Loyola University Chicago | NCAA Division I without football | 10,261 | $83,713 | 5 |
10 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | NCAA Division I-FCS | 10,509 | $82,114 | 6.11 |
11 | University of Chicago | NCAA Division III with football | 5,956 | $75,849 | 5.50 |
12 | Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville | NCAA Division I without football | 9,883 | $71,992 | 5.50 |
13 | Western Illinois University | NCAA Division I-FCS | 7,482 | $70,664 | 5.69 |
14 | Black Hawk College | NJCAA Division II | 1,909 | $69,477 | 0.56 |
15 | Robert Morris University Illinois | NAIA Division II | 2,253 | $69,472 | 3.72 |
16 | Kankakee Community College | NJCAA Division II | 1,064 | $64,466 | 0.70 |
17 | Prairie State College | NJCAA Division II | 1,400 | $64,074 | 0.38 |
18 | Wheaton College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,400 | $62,275 | 5.80 |
19 | Lake Forest College | NCAA Division III with football | 1,502 | $60,775 | 4.40 |
20 | Augustana College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,514 | $60,436 | 5.69 |
21 | Aurora University | NCAA Division III with football | 3,302 | $59,039 | 6.49 |
22 | Triton College | Other | 3,107 | $58,100 | 0.50 |
23 | Illinois Central College | NJCAA Division II | 3,082 | $58,085 | 1.71 |
24 | Lewis University | NCAA Division II without football | 3,741 | $55,814 | 6.50 |
25 | Olivet Nazarene University | NAIA Division II | 3,019 | $55,060 | 4.34 |
26 | Moody Bible Institute | NCCAA Division II | 2,275 | $54,998 | 0.40 |
27 | Saint Xavier University | NAIA Division II | 2,599 | $54,505 | 4.75 |
28 | Monmouth College | NCAA Division III with football | 1,124 | $52,943 | 5.55 |
29 | Trinity Christian College | NAIA Division II | 903 | $52,845 | 2.50 |
30 | North Park University | NCAA Division III with football | 1,884 | $52,770 | 6.00 |
31 | College of DuPage | NJCAA Division III | 6,335 | $52,137 | 1.23 |
32 | Roosevelt University | NAIA Division II | 2,250 | $51,861 | 4.65 |
33 | John A Logan College | NJCAA Division I | 1,899 | $51,443 | 2.50 |
34 | Illinois Wesleyan University | NCAA Division III with football | 1,760 | $51,435 | 6.50 |
35 | Morton College | NJCAA Division II | 1,253 | $50,507 | 0.72 |
36 | Governors State University | NAIA Division II | 1,923 | $50,000 | 1.5 |
37 | McKendree University | NCAA Division II with football | 1,820 | $49,796 | 7.25 |
38 | City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College | NJCAA Division I | 1,570 | $49,483 | 0.29 |
39 | Millikin University | NCAA Division III with football | 1,796 | $49,448 | 6 |
40 | City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College | NJCAA Division I | 1,599 | $48,696 | 0.23 |
41 | Elmhurst College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,682 | $48,375 | 8.3 |
42 | Illinois Institute of Technology | NCAA Division III without football | 2,709 | $48,301 | 4.75 |
43 | Concordia University-Chicago | NCAA Division III with football | 1,355 | $47,851 | 6.25 |
44 | North Central College | NCAA Division III with football | 2,534 | $47,461 | 5.25 |
45 | Dominican University | NCAA Division III without football | 2,101 | $47,335 | 2.3 |
46 | Trinity International University-Illinois | NAIA Division I | 631 | $46,268 | 2.8 |
47 | University of St Francis | NAIA Division II | 1,320 | $46,215 | 4.06 |
48 | Benedictine University | NCAA Division III with football | 2,687 | $46,155 | 7.75 |
49 | Chicago State University | NCAA Division I without football | 1,464 | $45,724 | 4.56 |
50 | Illinois College | NCAA Division III with football | 949 | $45,375 | 5.4 |
51 | University of Illinois at Springfield | NCAA Division II without football | 1,896 | $45,146 | 5.25 |
52 | Lewis and Clark Community College | NJCAA Division I | 1,731 | $42,568 | 3 |
53 | Moraine Valley Community College | NJCAA Division II | 6,186 | $40,673 | 0.9 |
54 | Wabash Valley College | NJCAA Division I | 464 | $40,115 | 1.6 |
55 | Greenville College | NCAA Division III with football | 913 | $39,841 | 4.17 |
56 | Danville Area Community College | NJCAA Division II | 973 | $39,000 | 0.5 |
57 | Lincoln College | NJCAA Division III | 727 | $38,465 | 4 |
58 | City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College | NJCAA Division I | 2,420 | $38,196 | 0.72 |
59 | Knox College | NCAA Division III with football | 1,325 | $37,715 | 5.75 |
60 | Judson University | NAIA Division I | 786 | $37,569 | 6 |
61 | Quincy University | NCAA Division II with football | 1,035 | $37,337 | 5.51 |
62 | MacMurray College | NCAA Division III with football | 531 | $37,264 | 3.92 |
63 | Olney Central College | NJCAA Division I | 479 | $37,105 | 1.33 |
64 | Lincoln Trail College | NJCAA Division I | 386 | $36,525 | 2.24 |
65 | Frontier Community College | NJCAA Division I | 257 | $36,326 | 0.81 |
66 | Rockford University | NCAA Division III with football | 909 | $35,622 | 4.5 |
67 | Lincoln Land Community College | NJCAA Division II | 2,269 | $35,145 | 1.19 |
68 | Lake Land College | NJCAA Division I | 2,261 | $35,123 | 0.9 |
69 | South Suburban College | NJCAA Division II | 1,328 | $34,884 | 1.72 |
70 | Blackburn College | NCAA Division III without football | 569 | $34,716 | 4.5 |
71 | Heartland Community College | NJCAA Division II | 2,107 | $33,448 | 0.66 |
72 | Rock Valley College | NJCAA Division III | 2,999 | $33,333 | 0.96 |
73 | Southeastern Illinois College | NJCAA Division I | 457 | $32,467 | 0.3 |
74 | Highland Community College | NJCAA Division I | 823 | $32,178 | 0.63 |
75 | Shawnee Community College | NJCAA Division I | 739 | $31,378 | 0.63 |
76 | Parkland College | NJCAA Division II | 2,978 | $31,012 | 1.64 |
77 | Spoon River College | NJCAA Division II | 727 | $30,303 | 0.33 |
78 | Waubonsee Community College | NJCAA Division II | 3,101 | $30,241 | 1.84 |
79 | William Rainey Harper College | NJCAA Division III | 4,331 | $29,731 | 1.18 |
80 | Kaskaskia College | NJCAA Division I | 1,233 | $28,222 | 2.65 |
81 | John Wood Community College | NJCAA Division II | 965 | $26,515 | 0.66 |
82 | Rend Lake College | NJCAA Division I | 1,135 | $25,515 | 1.94 |
83 | Southwestern Illinois College | NJCAA Division I | 3,860 | $25,444 | 1 |
84 | Oakton Community College | NJCAA Division II | 2,596 | $25,324 | 2.04 |
85 | City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College | NJCAA Division II | 781 | $25,000 | 0.5 |
86 | Eureka College | NCAA Division III with football | 644 | $24,489 | 2.58 |
87 | Kishwaukee College | NJCAA Division II | 1,570 | $22,786 | 0.43 |
88 | Sauk Valley Community College | NJCAA Division I | 792 | $22,590 | 1.11 |
89 | City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright College | NJCAA Division II | 3,149 | $22,000 | 0.5 |
90 | Lincoln Christian University | NAIA Division II | 357 | $21,875 | 0.96 |
91 | McHenry County College | NJCAA Division II | 1,944 | $21,673 | 1.21 |
92 | College of Lake County | NJCAA Division II | 3,808 | $20,654 | 0.96 |
93 | Carl Sandburg College | NJCAA Division II | 929 | $17,225 | 1.92 |
94 | Joliet Junior College | NJCAA Division III | 4,988 | $17,189 | 2.27 |
95 | Illinois Valley Community College | NJCAA Division II | 1,256 | $17,181 | 1.63 |
96 | Elgin Community College | NJCAA Division III | 3,008 | $15,162 | 1.56 |