1.5 percent of Wayne State University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 1.5 percentage of Wayne State University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Wayne State University has 17,297 undergraduate students, of which 56 percent are women and 44 percent are men, and a total student body of 27,064 students. Of these students, 224 men and 190 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 Wayne State University with the most participants are football (106), all track combined (72) and swimming and diving (50).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
Football
106
0
106
All Track Combined
0
72
72
Swimming and Diving
19
31
50
Baseball
34
0
34
Golf
19
12
31
Basketball
14
16
30
Fencing
12
12
24
Tennis
10
10
20
Softball
0
19
19
Volleyball
0
18
18
Track and Field, X-Country
10
0
10