4.9 percent of University of South Dakota students played sports on university teams in 2016-2017

In 2016-2017, 4.9 percentage of University of South Dakota students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

University of South Dakota has 7,648 undergraduate students, of which 62 percent are women and 38 percent are men, and a total student body of 10,261 students. Of these students, 244 men and 261 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 University of South Dakota with the most participants are all track combined (220), football (111) and swimming and diving (58).

Sports popularity
Type of sport
Men
Women
Total
All Track Combined
80
140
220
Football
111
0
111
Swimming and Diving
28
30
58
Basketball
15
14
29
Soccer
0
27
27
Softball
0
19
19
Golf
10
8
18
Volleyball
0
15
15
Tennis
0
8
8