Carnegie Mellon University Sports
Carnegie Mellon University, a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 7,365 students, plays a total of 21 NCAA sports, 10 of them for men and 11 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Bates College had a total of 625 NCAA athletes comprising just 8% of the total student body.
As a NCAA Division 3 member college, Carnegie Mellon 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 Carnegie Mellon University by gender together with their team sizes.
All data compiled from Carnegie Mellon athletic website.
| Carnegie Mellon University | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division 3 | |||||
| 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 | 20 | Cross Country | 26 | 46 |
| 3 | Football | 95 | - | - | 95 |
| 4 | Golf | 12 | Golf | 14 | 26 |
| 5 | Soccer | 30 | Soccer | 34 | 64 |
| 6 | - | - | Softball | 24 | 24 |
| 7 | Swimming and Diving | 39 | Swimming and Diving | 46 | 85 |
| 8 | Tennis | 39 | Tennis | 14 | 53 |
| 9 | Track and Field | 49 | Track and Field | 51 | 100 |
| 10 | Volleyball | 16 | 16 | ||
| Total Sports Played | 8 | 8 | 16 | ||
| Total Athletes | 301 | 238 | 539 |
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