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Wednesday, September 10, 2025

3.3 percent of Grand Valley State University students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 3.3 percent of Grand Valley State University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Grand Valley State University has 21,680 undergraduate students, of which 59 percent are women and 41 percent are men, and a total student body of 24,677 students. Of these students, 466 men and 349 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 Grand Valley State University with the most participants are all track combined (409), football (127) and swimming and diving (61).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined225184409
Football1270127
Swimming and Diving332861
Baseball39039
Lacrosse03535
Soccer03535
Basketball201434
Tennis111021
Softball01919
Golf11718
Volleyball01717

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