Vassar College is a private liberal arts college with an undergraduate enrollment of 2,516 students, plays a total of 27 NCAA sports, 13 of them for men and 14 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Vassar College had a total of 571 NCAA athletes comprising 23% of the total student body.

Vassar 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 Vassar on merits unrelated to sports.

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

All data compiled from Vassar College athletic website.

Vassar College
Division 1
Men'sMen'sWomen'sWomen'sTotal
SportsTeam SizeSportsTeam SizeTeam Size
1Baseball33 - - 33
2Basketball19Basketball1130
3Cross Country21Cross Country1233
4Fencing21Fencing2041
5 - - Field Hockey2424
6 - - Golf55
7Lacrosse47Lacrosse2976
8Rowing12Rowing1729
9Rugby34Rugby3973
10Soccer33Soccer3164
11Squash11Squash1223
12Swimming and Diving18Swimming and Diving1634
13Tennis8Tennis917
14Track and Field27Track and Field2956
15Volleyball19Volleyball1433
Total Sports Played131427
Total Athletes303268571

Alex Irvine

Alex Irvine is a Product Development Associate and author for X Factor Admissions. He is a current UCLA junior who is majoring in history and has extensive personal experience in the college admissions process.

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