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Sunday, February 23, 2025

1.1 percent of New York University students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 1.1 percent of New York University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

New York University has 26,733 undergraduate students, of which 58 percent are women and 42 percent are men, and a total student body of 51,847 students. Of these students, 362 men and 233 women represented the school by participating in one or more of the sports with teams at the school.

This total does not include students playing intramural sports.

According to NCES, 8.7 percent of students enrolled at institutions of higher education with sports teams were on teams.

The sports at New York University with the most participants are all track combined (191), swimming and diving (74) and fencing (57).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined12863191
Swimming and Diving393574
Fencing381957
Soccer263056
Basketball182139
Baseball35035
Wrestling32032
Tennis181331
Volleyball161531
Softball02727
Golf121022

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