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Analysis: Northern Illinois University women’s head coaches’ pay ranks seventh highest in Illinois

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Head coaches of Northern Illinois University women’s teams earn an average of $84,831 annually – the seventh highest average salary in the state – according to a DeKalb Times analysis of federal education data.

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

RankSchoolDivisionTotal UndergraduatesWomen's Team Average Annual Institutional Salary per FTEWomen's Team Number of FTEs Included in Average
1DePaul UniversityNCAA Division I without football13,126$224,7215.5
2Northwestern UniversityNCAA Division I-FBS8,249$202,20611.5
3University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignNCAA Division I-FBS32,126$181,4529
4Illinois State UniversityNCAA Division I-FCS17,420$96,0348.5
5Bradley UniversityNCAA Division I without football4,278$90,1235.5
6University of Illinois at ChicagoNCAA Division I without football16,408$89,1027.5
7Eastern Illinois UniversityNCAA Division I-FCS5,117$85,9395.1
8Northern Illinois UniversityNCAA Division I-FBS12,323$84,8319
9Loyola University ChicagoNCAA Division I without football10,261$83,7135
10Southern Illinois University-CarbondaleNCAA Division I-FCS10,509$82,1146.11
11University of ChicagoNCAA Division III with football5,956$75,8495.50
12Southern Illinois University-EdwardsvilleNCAA Division I without football9,883$71,9925.50
13Western Illinois UniversityNCAA Division I-FCS7,482$70,6645.69
14Black Hawk CollegeNJCAA Division II1,909$69,4770.56
15Robert Morris University IllinoisNAIA Division II2,253$69,4723.72
16Kankakee Community CollegeNJCAA Division II1,064$64,4660.70
17Prairie State CollegeNJCAA Division II1,400$64,0740.38
18Wheaton CollegeNCAA Division III with football2,400$62,2755.80
19Lake Forest CollegeNCAA Division III with football1,502$60,7754.40
20Augustana CollegeNCAA Division III with football2,514$60,4365.69
21Aurora UniversityNCAA Division III with football3,302$59,0396.49
22Triton CollegeOther3,107$58,1000.50
23Illinois Central CollegeNJCAA Division II3,082$58,0851.71
24Lewis UniversityNCAA Division II without football3,741$55,8146.50
25Olivet Nazarene UniversityNAIA Division II3,019$55,0604.34
26Moody Bible InstituteNCCAA Division II2,275$54,9980.40
27Saint Xavier UniversityNAIA Division II2,599$54,5054.75
28Monmouth CollegeNCAA Division III with football1,124$52,9435.55
29Trinity Christian CollegeNAIA Division II903$52,8452.50
30North Park UniversityNCAA Division III with football1,884$52,7706.00
31College of DuPageNJCAA Division III6,335$52,1371.23
32Roosevelt UniversityNAIA Division II2,250$51,8614.65
33John A Logan CollegeNJCAA Division I1,899$51,4432.50
34Illinois Wesleyan UniversityNCAA Division III with football1,760$51,4356.50
35Morton CollegeNJCAA Division II1,253$50,5070.72
36Governors State UniversityNAIA Division II1,923$50,0001.5
37McKendree UniversityNCAA Division II with football1,820$49,7967.25
38City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King CollegeNJCAA Division I1,570$49,4830.29
39Millikin UniversityNCAA Division III with football1,796$49,4486
40City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman CollegeNJCAA Division I1,599$48,6960.23
41Elmhurst CollegeNCAA Division III with football2,682$48,3758.3
42Illinois Institute of TechnologyNCAA Division III without football2,709$48,3014.75
43Concordia University-ChicagoNCAA Division III with football1,355$47,8516.25
44North Central CollegeNCAA Division III with football2,534$47,4615.25
45Dominican UniversityNCAA Division III without football2,101$47,3352.3
46Trinity International University-IllinoisNAIA Division I631$46,2682.8
47University of St FrancisNAIA Division II1,320$46,2154.06
48Benedictine UniversityNCAA Division III with football2,687$46,1557.75
49Chicago State UniversityNCAA Division I without football1,464$45,7244.56
50Illinois CollegeNCAA Division III with football949$45,3755.4
51University of Illinois at SpringfieldNCAA Division II without football1,896$45,1465.25
52Lewis and Clark Community CollegeNJCAA Division I1,731$42,5683
53Moraine Valley Community CollegeNJCAA Division II6,186$40,6730.9
54Wabash Valley CollegeNJCAA Division I464$40,1151.6
55Greenville CollegeNCAA Division III with football913$39,8414.17
56Danville Area Community CollegeNJCAA Division II973$39,0000.5
57Lincoln CollegeNJCAA Division III727$38,4654
58City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X CollegeNJCAA Division I2,420$38,1960.72
59Knox CollegeNCAA Division III with football1,325$37,7155.75
60Judson UniversityNAIA Division I786$37,5696
61Quincy UniversityNCAA Division II with football1,035$37,3375.51
62MacMurray CollegeNCAA Division III with football531$37,2643.92
63Olney Central CollegeNJCAA Division I479$37,1051.33
64Lincoln Trail CollegeNJCAA Division I386$36,5252.24
65Frontier Community CollegeNJCAA Division I257$36,3260.81
66Rockford UniversityNCAA Division III with football909$35,6224.5
67Lincoln Land Community CollegeNJCAA Division II2,269$35,1451.19
68Lake Land CollegeNJCAA Division I2,261$35,1230.9
69South Suburban CollegeNJCAA Division II1,328$34,8841.72
70Blackburn CollegeNCAA Division III without football569$34,7164.5
71Heartland Community CollegeNJCAA Division II2,107$33,4480.66
72Rock Valley CollegeNJCAA Division III2,999$33,3330.96
73Southeastern Illinois CollegeNJCAA Division I457$32,4670.3
74Highland Community CollegeNJCAA Division I823$32,1780.63
75Shawnee Community CollegeNJCAA Division I739$31,3780.63
76Parkland CollegeNJCAA Division II2,978$31,0121.64
77Spoon River CollegeNJCAA Division II727$30,3030.33
78Waubonsee Community CollegeNJCAA Division II3,101$30,2411.84
79William Rainey Harper CollegeNJCAA Division III4,331$29,7311.18
80Kaskaskia CollegeNJCAA Division I1,233$28,2222.65
81John Wood Community CollegeNJCAA Division II965$26,5150.66
82Rend Lake CollegeNJCAA Division I1,135$25,5151.94
83Southwestern Illinois CollegeNJCAA Division I3,860$25,4441
84Oakton Community CollegeNJCAA Division II2,596$25,3242.04
85City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey CollegeNJCAA Division II781$25,0000.5
86Eureka CollegeNCAA Division III with football644$24,4892.58
87Kishwaukee CollegeNJCAA Division II1,570$22,7860.43
88Sauk Valley Community CollegeNJCAA Division I792$22,5901.11
89City Colleges of Chicago-Wilbur Wright CollegeNJCAA Division II3,149$22,0000.5
90Lincoln Christian UniversityNAIA Division II357$21,8750.96
91McHenry County CollegeNJCAA Division II1,944$21,6731.21
92College of Lake CountyNJCAA Division II3,808$20,6540.96
93Carl Sandburg CollegeNJCAA Division II929$17,2251.92
94Joliet Junior CollegeNJCAA Division III4,988$17,1892.27
95Illinois Valley Community CollegeNJCAA Division II1,256$17,1811.63
96Elgin Community CollegeNJCAA Division III3,008$15,1621.56
Source: U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education

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