2 percent of West Virginia University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 2 percentage of West Virginia University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

West Virginia University has 22,501 undergraduate students, of which 53 percent are men and 47 percent are women, and a total student body of 28,406 students. Of these students, 288 men and 276 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 West Virginia University with the most participants are football (128), all track combined (84) and soccer (62).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
Football
128
0
128
All Track Combined
0
84
84
Soccer
31
31
62
Swimming and Diving
36
25
61
Rowing
0
60
60
Basketball
15
33
48
Baseball
36
0
36
Wrestling
31
0
31
Volleyball
0
17
17
Gymnastics
0
15
15
Golf
11
0
11
Tennis
0
11
11