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2.7 percent of the University of Akron Main Campus students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 2.7 percent of the University of Akron Main Campus students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The University of Akron Main Campus has 15,634 undergraduate students, of which 53 percent are men and 47 percent are women, and a total student body of 18,731 students. Of these students, 293 men and 220 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 the University of Akron Main Campus with the most participants are all track combined (238), football (105) and soccer (55).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined133105238
Football1050105
Soccer312455
Basketball161329
Swimming and Diving02929
Softball01717
Volleyball01515
Golf8715
Tennis01010

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