1.8 percent of Michigan State University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 1.8 percentage of Michigan State University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Michigan State University has 38,996 undergraduate students, of which 51 percent are women and 49 percent are men, and a total student body of 50,019 students. Of these students, 465 men and 456 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 Michigan State University with the most participants are all track combined (344), football (118) and rowing (85).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
159
185
344
Football
118
0
118
Rowing
0
85
85
Soccer
27
34
61
Swimming and Diving
27
33
60
Baseball
36
0
36
Basketball
18
16
34
Wrestling
33
0
33
Ice Hockey
26
0
26
Golf
12
12
24
Field Hockey
0
24
24
Softball
0
21
21
Volleyball
0
20
20
Tennis
9
9
18
Gymnastics
0
17
17