Vassar College Sports

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's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	33	-	-	33
2	Basketball	19	Basketball	11	30
3	Cross Country	21	Cross Country	12	33
4	Fencing	21	Fencing	20	41
5	-	-	Field Hockey	24	24
6	-	-	Golf	5	5
7	Lacrosse	47	Lacrosse	29	76
8	Rowing	12	Rowing	17	29
9	Rugby	34	Rugby	39	73
10	Soccer	33	Soccer	31	64
11	Squash	11	Squash	12	23
12	Swimming and Diving	18	Swimming and Diving	16	34
13	Tennis	8	Tennis	9	17
14	Track and Field	27	Track and Field	29	56
15	Volleyball	19	Volleyball	14	33
Total Sports Played	13		14		27
Total Athletes		303		268	571

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