4.6 percent of Fordham University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 4.6 percentage of Fordham University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Fordham University has 9,599 undergraduate students, of which 58 percent are women and 42 percent are men, and a total student body of 16,037 students. Of these students, 394 men and 351 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 Fordham University with the most participants are all track combined (300), football (93) and rowing (62).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
129
171
300
Football
93
0
93
Rowing
0
62
62
Swimming and Diving
29
30
59
Soccer
27
28
55
Baseball
42
0
42
Basketball
19
16
35
Tennis
12
9
21
Softball
0
20
20
Water Polo
20
0
20
Volleyball
0
15
15
Squash
13
0
13
Golf
10
0
10