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Dartmouth College Sports

Dartmouth College is an Ivy League university with an undergraduate enrollment of 4,556 students, plays a total of 35 NCAA sports, 16 of them for men and 19 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Dartmouth College had a total of 907 NCAA athletes comprising 20% of the total student body.

Dartmouth 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 Dartmouth College 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 Dartmouth College and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from Dartmouth College athletic website.

Dartmouth University
Division 1
Men'sMen'sWomen'sWomen'sTotal
SportsTeam SizeSportsTeam SizeTeam Size
1Alpine Skiing11Alpine Skiing920
2Baseball32 - - 32
3Basketball20Basketball1535
4Cross Country25Cross Country2550
5 - - Equestrian1717
6 - - Field Hockey2121
7Football125 - - 125
8Golf10Golf717
9Ice Hockey28Ice Hockey2149
10Lacrosse43Lacrosse3275
11Nordic Skiing10Nordic Skiing1323
12Rowing57Rowing46103
13 - - Rugby1919
14Sailing12Sailing2133
15Soccer31Soccer2859
16 - - Softball1717
17Squash19Squash1332
18Swimming and Diving19Swimming and Diving1938
19Tennis10Tennis1020
20Track and Field50Track and Field53103
21Volleyball1919
Total Sports Played161935
Total Athletes502405907

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