3.2 percent of Ferris State University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 3.2 percentage of Ferris State University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Ferris State University has 12,512 undergraduate students, of which 53 percent are women and 47 percent are men, and a total student body of 13,798 students. Of these students, 255 men and 186 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 Ferris State University with the most participants are all track combined (148), football (117) and basketball (31).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
73
75
148
Football
117
0
117
Basketball
16
15
31
Ice Hockey
28
0
28
Soccer
0
28
28
Softball
0
28
28
Golf
10
14
24
Tennis
11
11
22
Volleyball
0
15
15