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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

36.6 percent of Illinois Wesleyan University students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 36.6 percent of Illinois Wesleyan University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Illinois Wesleyan University has a total student body of 1,693 students, of which 52 percent are women and 48 percent are men. Of these students, 382 men and 238 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 Illinois Wesleyan University with the most participants are all track combined (178), football (102) and lacrosse (73).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined8692178
Football1020102
Lacrosse532073
Soccer342559
Basketball271946
Baseball44044
Swimming and Diving111728
Golf151227
Volleyball02424
Softball02121
Tennis10818

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