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8.5 percent of Mississippi College students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 8.5 percent of Mississippi College students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Mississippi College has 3,232 undergraduate students, of which 62 percent are women and 38 percent are men, and a total student body of 5,103 students. Of these students, 291 men and 142 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 Mississippi College with the most participants are football (129), soccer (82) and all track combined (77).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
Football1290129
Soccer424082
All Track Combined403777
Basketball201535
Baseball34034
Tennis14923
Volleyball02222
Softball01919
Golf12012

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