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8.1 percent of Shepherd University students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 8.1 percent of Shepherd University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Shepherd University has 3,380 undergraduate students, of which 56 percent are women and 44 percent are men, and a total student body of 3,648 students. Of these students, 204 men and 90 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 Shepherd University with the most participants are football (116), soccer (51) and baseball (34).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
Football1160116
Soccer282351
Baseball34034
Basketball111425
Lacrosse01919
Softball01717
Tennis7613
Volleyball01111
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