Carleton College Sports
Carleton College, a liberal arts college with an undergraduate enrollment of 2,046 students, plays a total of 18 NCAA sports, 9 of them for men and 9 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Carleton College had a total of 439 NCAA athletes comprising 21% of the total student body.
As a NCAA Division 3 member college, Carleton most likely accepted some of their student athletes through either the normal admissions process (Early Decision or Regular Decision) with strong coach support, while others “walked on” to the teams after they were admitted on merits unrelated to sports.
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Here’s the list of sports played at Carleton College by gender together with their team sizes.
All data compiled from Carleton College athletic website.
| Carleton College | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 1 | |||||
| Men's | Men's | Women's | Women's | Total | |
| Sports | Team Size | Sports | Team Size | Team Size | |
| 1 | Baseball | 34 | - | - | 34 |
| 2 | Basketball | 15 | Basketball | 10 | 25 |
| 3 | Cross Country | 20 | Cross Country | 19 | 39 |
| 4 | Football | 69 | - | - | 69 |
| 5 | Golf | 8 | Golf | 6 | 14 |
| 6 | Soccer | 37 | Soccer | 22 | 59 |
| 7 | - | - | Softball | 22 | 22 |
| 8 | Swimming and Diving | 25 | Swimming and Diving | 36 | 61 |
| 9 | Tennis | 11 | Tennis | 14 | 25 |
| 10 | Track and Field | 40 | Track and Field | 36 | 76 |
| Volleyball | 15 | 15 | |||
| Total Sports Played | 9 | 8 | 17 | ||
| Total Athletes | 259 | 180 | 439 |
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