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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

17.4 percent of Furman students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 17.4 percent of Furman students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Furman has 2,768 undergraduate students, of which 59 percent are women and 41 percent are men, and a total student body of 2,947 students. Of these students, 326 men and 187 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 Furman with the most participants are all track combined (112), football (99) and lacrosse (89).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined6052112
Football99099
Lacrosse593089
Soccer303666
Baseball39039
Basketball161430
Softball02323
Golf12921
Tennis11920
Volleyball01414

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