The University of California, Berkeley is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 32,143 students that plays a total of 28 NCAA sports, 13 of them for men and 15 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Berkeley had a total of 869 NCAA athletes comprising merely 3%of the total student body.

Berkeley 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 Berkeley 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 Berkeley and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from University of California, Berkeley athletic website.

University of California, Berkeley
Division 1
Men'sMen'sWomen'sWomen'sTotal
SportsTeam SizeSportsTeam SizeTeam Size
1Baseball39 - - 39
2Basketball17Basketball1532
3 - - Beach Volleyball1717
4Cross Country18Cross Country1836
5 - - Field Hockey3131
6Football91 - - 91
7Golf12Golf921
8Gymnastics20Gymnastics2040
9 - - Lacrosse3535
10Rowing61Rowing65126
11Rugby58 - - 58
12Soccer22Soccer3254
13 - - Softball2323
14Swimming and Diving40Swimming and Diving3272
15Tennis9Tennis1019
16Track and Field53Track and Field53106
17 - - Volleyball1212
18Water Polo28Water Polo29
Total Sports Played131528
Total Athletes468401869

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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