Mt. San Antonio College in California reported having the most outdoor track and field athletes in the U.S. in 2016, followed by Doane University-Arts & Sciences in Nebraska and Utica College in New York, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of the latest federal data.
The U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education compiles athletics data annually from more than 2,000 schools receiving federal financial aid.
Across the U.S., the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, 444 schools have outdoor track and field teams with the number of athletes totaling 20,508, including 10,906 men and 9,602 women.
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Most popular colleges for outdoor track and field
| School | State | Division | Men's team | Women's team | Total athletes |
| Mt San Antonio College | CA | CCCAA | 110 | 67 | 177 |
| Doane University-Arts & Sciences | NE | NAIA Division II | 81 | 71 | 152 |
| Utica College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 84 | 62 | 146 |
| North Central College | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 89 | 55 | 144 |
| St Olaf College | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 74 | 64 | 138 |
| Kenyon College | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 60 | 72 | 132 |
| University of Wisconsin-La Crosse | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 58 | 71 | 129 |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 59 | 70 | 129 |
| Wartburg College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 59 | 69 | 128 |
| University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 65 | 59 | 124 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 71 | 53 | 124 |
| Loras College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 68 | 55 | 123 |
| California State University-Chico | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 60 | 62 | 122 |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | NY | Other | 78 | 43 | 121 |
| Rowan University | NJ | NCAA Division III with football | 66 | 55 | 121 |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 57 | 62 | 119 |
| Cedarville University | OH | NCAA Division II without football | 63 | 50 | 113 |
| Iowa Central Community College | IA | NJCAA Division II | 81 | 32 | 113 |
| Aurora University | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 67 | 45 | 112 |
| Aquinas College | MI | NAIA Division II | 57 | 52 | 109 |
| Middlebury College | VT | NCAA Division III with football | 54 | 52 | 106 |
| Williams College | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 57 | 48 | 105 |
| George Fox University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 58 | 46 | 104 |
| Christopher Newport University | VA | NCAA Division III with football | 65 | 38 | 103 |
| Cerritos College | CA | CCCAA | 58 | 44 | 102 |
| Riverside City College | CA | NJCAA Division I | 71 | 27 | 98 |
| University of Wisconsin-Stout | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 47 | 51 | 98 |
| Claremont McKenna College | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 47 | 50 | 97 |
| Case Western Reserve University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 65 | 31 | 96 |
| Ohio Northern University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 52 | 43 | 95 |
| Colby College | ME | NCAA Division III with football | 54 | 39 | 93 |
| Worcester State University | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 53 | 40 | 93 |
| SUNY Cortland | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 51 | 41 | 92 |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion | IN | NAIA Division II | 39 | 52 | 91 |
| SUNY College at Brockport | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 46 | 45 | 91 |
| University of the Incarnate Word | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 50 | 41 | 91 |
| SUNY at Albany | NY | NCAA Division I-FCS | 45 | 45 | 90 |
| Bethel University | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 47 | 42 | 89 |
| California State University-Fullerton | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 48 | 41 | 89 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 48 | 41 | 89 |
| St Lawrence University | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 51 | 38 | 89 |
| Concordia College at Moorhead | MN | NCAA Division III with football | 42 | 45 | 87 |
| Dickinson College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 40 | 47 | 87 |
| Dordt College | IA | NAIA Division II | 47 | 40 | 87 |
| Mount Mercy University | IA | NAIA Division I | 43 | 44 | 87 |
| University of South Alabama | AL | NCAA Division I-FBS | 45 | 42 | 87 |
| Bridgewater State University | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 51 | 35 | 86 |
| Messiah College | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 42 | 43 | 85 |
| Central College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 53 | 31 | 84 |
| Albion College | MI | NCAA Division III with football | 43 | 40 | 83 |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 53 | 30 | 83 |
| Saint Ambrose University | IA | NAIA Division II | 44 | 37 | 81 |
| Graceland University-Lamoni | IA | NAIA Division II | 46 | 34 | 80 |
| Prairie View A & M University | TX | NCAA Division I-FCS | 42 | 37 | 79 |
| Carson-Newman University | TN | NCAA Division II with football | 43 | 34 | 77 |
| Simpson College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 46 | 31 | 77 |
| Wittenberg University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 32 | 45 | 77 |
| York College Pennsylvania | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 43 | 34 | 77 |
| California State University-Los Angeles | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 31 | 44 | 75 |
| Roberts Wesleyan College | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 36 | 39 | 75 |
| Gonzaga University | WA | NCAA Division I without football | 37 | 37 | 74 |
| Humboldt State University | CA | NCAA Division II with football | 27 | 47 | 74 |
| University of California-Irvine | CA | NCAA Division I without football | 29 | 45 | 74 |
| Pacific University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 44 | 29 | 73 |
| Saint Francis University | PA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 38 | 35 | 73 |
| Trine University | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 54 | 18 | 72 |
| University of Wyoming | WY | NCAA Division I-FBS | 29 | 43 | 72 |
| Farmingdale State College | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 46 | 25 | 71 |
| Frostburg State University | MD | NCAA Division III with football | 46 | 25 | 71 |
| Bloomfield College | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 40 | 30 | 70 |
| Fresno Pacific University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 35 | 34 | 69 |
| Mesa Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division II | 43 | 26 | 69 |
| University of Tulsa | OK | NCAA Division I-FBS | 34 | 35 | 69 |
| Grinnell College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 32 | 36 | 68 |
| Whitworth University | WA | NCAA Division III with football | 33 | 35 | 68 |
| Bethune-Cookman University | FL | NCAA Division I-FCS | 35 | 32 | 67 |
| Heidelberg University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 39 | 28 | 67 |
| Taylor University | IN | NAIA Division II | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Viterbo University | WI | NAIA Division II | 34 | 33 | 67 |
| Connecticut College | CT | NCAA Division III without football | 27 | 39 | 66 |
| Hartnell College | CA | CCCAA | 43 | 23 | 66 |
| Lebanon Valley College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 41 | 25 | 66 |
| Spokane Falls Community College | WA | NWAC | 38 | 28 | 66 |
| Texas Lutheran University | TX | NCAA Division III with football | 39 | 27 | 66 |
| Howard University | DC | NCAA Division I-FCS | 31 | 34 | 65 |
| Linfield College-McMinnville Campus | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 27 | 38 | 65 |
| Nichols College | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 47 | 18 | 65 |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 45 | 20 | 65 |
| Cornell College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 31 | 33 | 64 |
| De Anza College | CA | CCCAA | 37 | 27 | 64 |
| University of Southern California | CA | NCAA Division I-FBS | 28 | 36 | 64 |
| California Lutheran University | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 34 | 29 | 63 |
| Fitchburg State University | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 39 | 24 | 63 |
| Roanoke College | VA | NCAA Division III without football | 31 | 32 | 63 |
| Southern Oregon University | OR | NAIA Division II | 37 | 26 | 63 |
| Westminster College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 37 | 26 | 63 |
| Adelphi University | NY | NCAA Division II without football | 31 | 31 | 62 |
| American River College | CA | CCCAA | 39 | 23 | 62 |
| Biola University | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 25 | 37 | 62 |
| East Tennessee State University | TN | NCAA Division I-FCS | 30 | 32 | 62 |
| Oklahoma Christian University | OK | NCAA Division II without football | 36 | 26 | 62 |
| Oregon Institute of Technology | OR | NAIA Division II | 35 | 27 | 62 |
| Stevenson University | MD | NCAA Division III with football | 35 | 27 | 62 |
| Coker College | SC | NCAA Division II without football | 34 | 27 | 61 |
| Washington and Lee University | VA | NCAA Division III with football | 32 | 29 | 61 |
| Berry College | GA | NCAA Division III with football | 30 | 30 | 60 |
| Husson University | ME | NCAA Division III with football | 29 | 31 | 60 |
| Muskingum University | OH | NCAA Division III with football | 33 | 27 | 60 |
| San Joaquin Delta College | CA | CCCAA | 41 | 19 | 60 |
| University of La Verne | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 39 | 21 | 60 |
| Waynesburg University | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 32 | 28 | 60 |
| College of the Canyons | CA | CCCAA | 39 | 20 | 59 |
| DeSales University | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 35 | 24 | 59 |
| Gallaudet University | DC | NCAA Division III with football | 35 | 24 | 59 |
| Rhodes College | TN | NCAA Division III with football | 33 | 26 | 59 |
| Trinity University | TX | NCAA Division III with football | 28 | 31 | 59 |
| Winona State University | MN | NCAA Division II with football | 59 | 59 | |
| Berea College | KY | NCAA Division III without football | 28 | 30 | 58 |
| Coe College | IA | NCAA Division III with football | 37 | 21 | 58 |
| Lane Community College | OR | NWAC | 36 | 22 | 58 |
| Long Beach City College | CA | CCCAA | 34 | 24 | 58 |
| Plymouth State University | NH | NCAA Division III with football | 33 | 25 | 58 |
| Saint John Fisher College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 27 | 31 | 58 |
| University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon | PR | NCAA Division II without football | 41 | 17 | 58 |
| Webster University | MO | NCAA Division III without football | 29 | 29 | 58 |
| Xavier University | OH | NCAA Division I without football | 25 | 33 | 58 |
| Friends University | KS | NAIA Division II | 25 | 32 | 57 |
| Hamilton College | NY | NCAA Division III with football | 29 | 28 | 57 |
| Montana State University-Billings | MT | NCAA Division II without football | 28 | 29 | 57 |
| San Diego Mesa College | CA | CCCAA | 41 | 16 | 57 |
| Shasta College | CA | CCCAA | 39 | 18 | 57 |
| SUNY College at Plattsburgh | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 30 | 27 | 57 |
| Vassar College | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 27 | 30 | 57 |
| Florida Institute of Technology | FL | NCAA Division II with football | 35 | 21 | 56 |
| Moorpark College | CA | CCCAA | 33 | 23 | 56 |
| Concordia University-Wisconsin | WI | NCAA Division III with football | 15 | 40 | 55 |
| Manchester University | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 25 | 30 | 55 |
| Pomona College | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 32 | 23 | 55 |
| Ramapo College of New Jersey | NJ | NCAA Division III without football | 32 | 23 | 55 |
| Sacramento City College | CA | CCCAA | 28 | 27 | 55 |
| Santa Monica College | CA | CCCAA | 39 | 16 | 55 |
| Santa Rosa Junior College | CA | CCCAA | 37 | 18 | 55 |
| Eastern Mennonite University | VA | NCAA Division III without football | 31 | 23 | 54 |
| Georgetown College | KY | NAIA Division I | 26 | 28 | 54 |
| Reinhardt University | GA | NAIA Division II | 38 | 16 | 54 |
| University of Redlands | CA | NCAA Division III with football | 27 | 27 | 54 |
| Caldwell University | NJ | NCAA Division II without football | 24 | 29 | 53 |
| Campbellsville University | KY | NAIA Division I | 28 | 25 | 53 |
| Concordia University-Chicago | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 33 | 20 | 53 |
| Lewis-Clark State College | ID | NAIA Division I | 32 | 21 | 53 |
| West Los Angeles College | CA | Other | 32 | 21 | 53 |
| Bethany College | WV | NCAA Division III with football | 34 | 18 | 52 |
| Cornerstone University | MI | NAIA Division II | 22 | 30 | 52 |
| CUNY City College | NY | NCAA Division III without football | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| Franklin and Marshall College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 30 | 22 | 52 |
| Monmouth College | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| Montclair State University | NJ | NCAA Division III with football | 29 | 23 | 52 |
| Pima Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division I | 34 | 18 | 52 |
| Roger Williams University | RI | NCAA Division III without football | 28 | 24 | 52 |
| Universidad Metropolitana | PR | Other | 31 | 21 | 52 |
| Colby-Sawyer College | NH | NCAA Division III without football | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| Juniata College | PA | NCAA Division III with football | 24 | 27 | 51 |
| Modesto Junior College | CA | CCCAA | 31 | 20 | 51 |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology | SD | NCAA Division II with football | 30 | 21 | 51 |
| University of South Carolina-Beaufort | SC | NAIA Division II | 25 | 26 | 51 |
| Ventura College | CA | CCCAA | 29 | 22 | 51 |
| Colorado College | CO | NCAA Division III without football | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| Diablo Valley College | CA | CCCAA | 31 | 19 | 50 |
| Marywood University | PA | NCAA Division III without football | 26 | 24 | 50 |
| Northwest Christian University | OR | NAIA Division II | 23 | 27 | 50 |
| Orange Coast College | CA | CCCAA | 32 | 18 | 50 |
| The University of Texas at Tyler | TX | NCAA Division III without football | 30 | 20 | 50 |
| West Liberty University | WV | NCAA Division II with football | 29 | 21 | 50 |
| Bethany College | KS | NAIA Division II | 32 | 17 | 49 |
| Fresno City College | CA | CCCAA | 38 | 11 | 49 |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | MA | NCAA Division III with football | 21 | 28 | 49 |
| Butte College | CA | CCCAA | 38 | 10 | 48 |
| College of the Sequoias | CA | CCCAA | 36 | 12 | 48 |
| Elmhurst College | IL | NCAA Division III with football | 30 | 18 | 48 |
| Franklin College | IN | NCAA Division III with football | 30 | 18 | 48 |
| Santa Barbara City College | CA | CCCAA | 35 | 13 | 48 |
| SUNY College of Technology at Delhi | NY | USCAA | 26 | 22 | 48 |
| University of Alaska Anchorage | AK | NCAA Division II without football | 28 | 20 | 48 |
| LIU Brooklyn | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 24 | 23 | 47 |
| Madonna University | MI | NAIA Division II | 26 | 21 | 47 |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis | MO | NCAA Division II without football | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| Methodist University | NC | NCAA Division III with football | 22 | 25 | 47 |
| Robert Morris University Illinois | IL | NAIA Division II | 27 | 20 | 47 |
| Southern University and A & M College | LA | NCAA Division I-FCS | 20 | 27 | 47 |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior | WI | NCCAA Division II | 31 | 16 | 47 |
| Willamette University | OR | NCAA Division III with football | 23 | 24 | 47 |
| William Jessup University | CA | NAIA Division I | 23 | 24 | 47 |
| Dickinson State University | ND | NAIA Division I | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| Lake Superior State University | MI | NCAA Division II without football | 25 | 21 | 46 |
| Siena College | NY | NCAA Division I without football | 25 | 21 | 46 |
| Alcorn State University | MS | NCAA Division I-FCS | 21 | 24 | 45 |
| California State University-San Bernardino | CA | NCAA Division II without football | 45 | 45 | |
| Castleton University | VT | NCAA Division III with football | 22 | 23 | 45 |
| Concordia University-Ann Arbor | MI | NAIA Division II | 25 | 20 | 45 |
| Glendale Community College | AZ | NJCAA Division II | 36 | 9 | 45 |
U.S. Department of Education Office of Postsecondary Education
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