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Tuesday, March 4, 2025

37.2 percent of Houghton College students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 37.2 percent of Houghton College students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Houghton College has 988 undergraduate students, of which 60 percent are women and 40 percent are men, and a total student body of 1,001 students. Of these students, 168 men and 204 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 Houghton College with the most participants are all track combined (145), soccer (61) and basketball (30).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
All Track Combined6976145
Soccer303161
Basketball151530
Lacrosse151429
Field Hockey02525
Baseball25025
Tennis141024
Softball02020
Volleyball01313

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