1.5 percent of Iowa State University students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 1.5 percentage of Iowa State University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Iowa State University has 30,571 undergraduate students, of which 58 percent are men and 42 percent are women, and a total student body of 36,158 students. Of these students, 310 men and 244 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 Iowa State University with the most participants are all track combined (188), football (137) and wrestling (45).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
105
83
188
Football
137
0
137
Wrestling
45
0
45
Basketball
15
26
41
Swimming and Diving
0
30
30
Soccer
0
29
29
Gymnastics
0
21
21
Softball
0
21
21
Volleyball
0
17
17
Golf
8
5
13
Tennis
0
12
12