Intercollegiate athletic programs (as opposed to intramural and/or physical education programs) involve: a) formal agreements (association, league) to compete with other institutions; b) student athletes identified as members of a particular team; and c) professional staff.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a Division I school in the
NCAA and is a member of the Big Ten Conference.
Sport
# of Students Participating in intercollegiate athletic programs
Number of athletic scholarships
Mean amount of scholarship
Number of scholarship students completing degrees
FTE staff
Operating Budget for intercollegiate athletic programs Men Women
Men Women
Men Women
Men Women
Men Women
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98 Baseball
39
-
29
-
5,556
-
0
-
3
-
273,449
290,101
324,641 Basketball
14
15
11
15
13,720
13,653
0
1
4
4
1,800,949
2,143,893
2,482,821 Football
116
-
81
-
14,411
-
8
-
11
-
2,535,508
2,608,066
3,000,583 Golf
11
10
7
7
9,011
7,673
1
0
1
1
186,863
192,028
205,974 Gym-
nastics18
16
12
13
9,904
14,084
0
0
2
2
253,794
246,691
279,113 Soccer
-
25
-
17
-
9,622
-
0
-
2
0
100,500
219,421 Swimming
-
41
-
31
-
7,185
-
2
-
2
149,551
153,258
192,745 Tennis
15
8
13
8
5,448
15,595
0
0
2
2
186,861
193,053
275,602 Track & X-country
46
37
17
21
8,869
12,451
0
1
3
3
404,502
435,417
467,460 Volley-
ball-
16
-
13
-
12,619
-
3
-
3
307,690
327,500
339,056 Wrestling
42
-
21
-
6,383
-
1
-
3
-
183,733
199,200
232,946