6 percent of Northern Michigan University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 6 percentage of Northern Michigan University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Northern Michigan University has 7,018 undergraduate students, of which 54 percent are women and 46 percent are men, and a total student body of 7,612 students. Of these students, 230 men and 226 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 Northern Michigan University with the most participants are football (106), soccer (60) and swimming and diving (57).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
Football
106
0
106
Soccer
30
30
60
Swimming and Diving
29
28
57
Track and Field, Indoor
0
36
36
Track and Field, Outdoor
0
36
36
Basketball
15
16
31
Ice Hockey
28
0
28
Track and Field, X-Country
0
26
26
Lacrosse
0
20
20
Golf
12
7
19
Skiing
10
9
19
Volleyball
0
18
18