2.2 percent of Oakland University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 2.2 percentage of Oakland University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Oakland University has 15,901 undergraduate students, of which 56 percent are women and 44 percent are men, and a total student body of 19,333 students. Of these students, 187 men and 242 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 Oakland University with the most participants are all track combined (200), swimming and diving (53) and soccer (53).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
79
121
200
Swimming and Diving
26
27
53
Soccer
29
24
53
Basketball
16
15
31
Baseball
30
0
30
Softball
0
22
22
Volleyball
0
16
16
Golf
7
9
16
Tennis
0
8
8