University of California, Berkeley Sports

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's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	39	-	-	39
2	Basketball	17	Basketball	15	32
3	-	-	Beach Volleyball	17	17
4	Cross Country	18	Cross Country	18	36
5	-	-	Field Hockey	31	31
6	Football	91	-	-	91
7	Golf	12	Golf	9	21
8	Gymnastics	20	Gymnastics	20	40
9	-	-	Lacrosse	35	35
10	Rowing	61	Rowing	65	126
11	Rugby	58	-	-	58
12	Soccer	22	Soccer	32	54
13	-	-	Softball	23	23
14	Swimming and Diving	40	Swimming and Diving	32	72
15	Tennis	9	Tennis	10	19
16	Track and Field	53	Track and Field	53	106
17	-	-	Volleyball	12	12
18	Water Polo	28	Water Polo	29
Total Sports Played	13		15		28
Total Athletes		468		401	869

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