Cornell University Sports

Cornell University is an Ivy League university with an undergraduate enrollment of 15,503 students, plays a total of 31 NCAA sports, 14 of them for men and 17 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Cornell University had a total of 1022 NCAA athletes comprising merely 7% of the total student body.

Cornell is likely to have recruited many of the athletes on its NCAA sports teams 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 about 50% to 75% of their teams comprise of recruited athletes while the remaining athletes are “walk-on” athletes who were admitted to Cornell University on merits unrelated to sports.

How Top Colleges in Division 1 Select their Athlete Recruits

The table below lists the NCAA and varsity sports played at Cornell University and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from Cornell University athletic website.

Cornell University
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	35	-	-	35
2	Basketball	18	Basketball	14	32
3	Cross Country	29	Cross Country	38	67
4	-	-	Equestrian	27	27
5	-	-	Fencing	28	28
6	-	-	Field Hockey	22	22
7	Football	85	-	-	85
8	Golf	14	-	-	14
9	-	-	Gymnastics	25	25
10	Ice Hockey	30	Ice Hockey	26	56
11	Lacrosse	48	Lacrosse	40	88
12	Rowing	55	Rowing	52	107
13	-	-	Sailing	22	22
14	Soccer	36	Soccer	30	66
15	-	-	Softball	19	19
16	Squash	21	Squash	14	35
17	Swimming and Diving	30	Swimming and Diving	27	57
18	Tennis	16	Tennis	12	28
19	Track and Field	71	Track and Field	86	157
20	-	-	Volleyball	13	13
21	Wrestling	39			39
Total Sports Played	13		17		30
Total Athletes		527		495	1022

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