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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

3.8 percent of Eastern Michigan University students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 3.8 percent of Eastern Michigan University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Eastern Michigan University has 16,022 undergraduate students, of which 60 percent are women and 40 percent are men, and a total student body of 19,123 students. Of these students, 408 men and 324 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 Eastern Michigan University with the most participants are all track combined (278), football (113) and swimming and diving (77).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined170108278
Football1130113
Swimming and Diving364177
Rowing06666
Baseball35035
Basketball161430
Wrestling27027
Soccer02525
Softball02222
Golf11819
Gymnastics01818
Volleyball01414
Tennis088

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