Columbia University and Barnard College Sports

Columbia University is an Ivy League college in NCAA Division 1 with a total undergraduate enrollment of 8,842, while its sister college, Barnard College, a women’s only college, has an undergraduate enrollment of 3,008 bringing the their combined undergraduate enrollment to 11,850.

Columbia University has a total of 13 NCAA Men’s sports with 396 athletes, and Columbia and Barnard combined have a total of 15 women’s NCAA sports with 413 athletes making the 809 athletes just 7% of the combined undergraduate population at Columbia and Barnard.

Both Columbia and Barnard are highly likely to have recruited many of the athletes on their NCAA sports team through the Division 1 athlete recruitment process, enabling these recruited athletes to leapfrog the normal admissions process. It is our best estimate based on team profiles that 50% to 75% of their teams comprise of recruited athletes while the remaining athletes are “walk-on” athletes who were admitted to Columbia and Barnard on merits unrelated to sports.

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Table of Sports Played and Team Sizes at Columbia University/Barnard College

The table below lists the sports played at Columbia/Barnard and the total number of athletes on each of their sports teams.

Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
	-	-	Archery	14	14
	Baseball	40	-	-	40
	Basketball	17	Basketball	15	32
	Cross Country	26	Cross Country	30	56
	Fencing	26	Fencing	28	54
	Football	90	-	-	90
	-	-	Field Hockey	29	29
	Golf	7	Golf	9	16
	-	-	Lacrosse	33	33
	Rowing	27	Rowing	50	77
	Soccer	17	Soccer	32	49
	-	-	Softball	19	19
	Squash	19	Squash	18	37
	Swimming and	32	Swimming and	41	73
	Diving		Diving
	Tennis	14	Tennis	17	31
	Track and Field	44	Track and Field	59	103
	Wrestling	37	-	-	37
			Volleyball	19	19
Total Sports Played	13		15		28
Total Athletes		396		399	809

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