Boston University Sports

Boston University, a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 18,229 students, plays a total of 21 NCAA sports, 9 of them for men and 12 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Boston University had a total of 574 NCAA athletes comprising 3% of the total student body.

Boston University is highly 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 50% to 75% of their teams comprise of recruited athletes while the remaining athletes are “walk-on” athletes who were admitted to Boston University on merits unrelated to sports.

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Here’s the list of sports played at Boston University by gender together with their team sizes.

All data compiled from Boston University athletic website.

Boston University
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Basketball	17	Basketball	13	30
2	Cross Country	26	Cross Country	19	45
3	-	-	Field Hockey	17	17
4	-	-	Golf	6	6
5	Ice Hockey	22	Ice Hockey	26	48
6	Lacrosse	54	Lacrosse	34	88
7	Rowing	44	Rowing	50	94
8	Soccer	22	Soccer	21	43
9	-	-	Softball	18	18
10	Swimming and Diving	30	Swimming and Diving	33	63
11	Tennis	11	Tennis	10	21
12	Track and Field	56	Track and Field	45	101
Total Sports Played	9		12		21
Total Athletes		282		292	574

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