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2.7 percent of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 2.7 percent of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The University of Louisiana at Lafayette has 15,073 undergraduate students, of which 57 percent are women and 43 percent are men, and a total student body of 17,123 students. Of these students, 275 men and 186 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 University of Louisiana at Lafayette with the most participants are all track combined (154), football (123) and baseball (44).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined7678154
Football1230123
Baseball44044
Softball03333
Basketball151530
Soccer02828
Volleyball02121
Tennis91120
Golf808

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