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1.1 percent of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 1.1 percent of The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley has 24,678 undergraduate students, of which 57 percent are women and 43 percent are men, and a total student body of 28,644 students. Of these students, 167 men and 152 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 Texas Rio Grande Valley with the most participants are all track combined (141), soccer (54) and baseball (35).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined7467141
Soccer243054
Baseball35035
Basketball151833
Volleyball01919
Golf10919
Tennis9918

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