8 percent of Colorado Mesa University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 8 percentage of Colorado Mesa University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Colorado Mesa University has 9,459 undergraduate students, of which 53 percent are women and 47 percent are men, and a total student body of 9,591 students. Of these students, 492 men and 279 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, 4.3 percent of students enrolled at institutions of higher education with sports teams were on teams.

The sports at Colorado Mesa University with the most participants are all track combined (208), football (123) and lacrosse (82).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
119
89
208
Football
123
0
123
Lacrosse
53
29
82
Soccer
44
27
71
Swimming and Diving
33
30
63
Baseball
46
0
46
Basketball
14
20
34
Wrestling
32
0
32
Tennis
18
9
27
Softball
0
24
24
Golf
10
12
22
Beach Volleyball
0
20
20
Volleyball
0
19
19