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Analysis: Illinois State University women’s head coaches’ pay ranks fourth highest in Illinois

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Head coaches of Illinois State University women’s teams earn an average of $96,034 annually – the fourth highest average salary in the state – according to a McLean County Times analysis of federal education data.

The analysis found that the university had the equivalent of 8.5 full-time head coaches on staff for its women’s teams. The school has the highest level of women head coaches’ pay within McLean County.

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

Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education

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