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35.5 percent of Augustana College students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 35.5 percent of Augustana College students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Augustana College has a total student body of 2,543 students, of which 57 percent are women and 43 percent are men. Of these students, 576 men and 328 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, 8.7 percent of students enrolled at institutions of higher education with sports teams were on teams.

The sports at Augustana College with the most participants are all track combined (389), football (115) and soccer (66).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined229160389
Football1150115
Soccer382866
Baseball50050
Swimming and Diving282250
Lacrosse281846
Basketball222042
Volleyball132942
Wrestling28028
Softball02525
Tennis121224
Golf13821
Bowling066

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