New River Valley Times

In 2017-2018, 1.9 percent of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University has 27,811 undergraduate students, of which 57 percent are men and 43 percent are women, and a total student body of 34,683 students. Of these students, 388 men and 288 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 the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with the most participants are all track combined (203), football (123) and swimming and diving (64).

Type of sport	Men	Women	Total
All Track Combined	103	100	203
Football	123	0	123
Swimming and Diving	31	33	64
Soccer	29	26	55
Lacrosse	0	41	41
Wrestling	33	0	33
Baseball	33	0	33
Basketball	13	17	30
Tennis	14	16	30
Softball	0	24	24
Golf	9	11	20
Volleyball	0	20	20