In 2016-2017, 9.2 percentage of Fairfield University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).
Fairfield University has 4,113 undergraduate students, of which 60 percent are women and 40 percent are men, and a total student body of 5,192 students. Of these students, 231 men and 248 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 Fairfield University with the most participants are rowing (88), lacrosse (85) and soccer (59).