Duke University, a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 6,789 students, plays a total of 25 NCAA sports, 12 of them for men and 13 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Duke University had a total of 716 NCAA athletes comprising 11% of the total student body.

Duke University 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 Duke University on merits unrelated to sports.

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The table below lists the NCAA and varsity sports played at Duke University and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from Duke University athletic website.

Duke University
Division 1
Men'sMen'sWomen'sWomen'sTotal
SportsTeam SizeSportsTeam SizeTeam Size
1Baseball43 - - 43
2Basketball14Basketball1529
3Cross Country29Cross Country1443
4Fencing20Fencing1939
5 - - Field Hockey2525
6Football85 - - 85
7Golf9Golf615
8Lacrosse52Lacrosse3991
9 - - Rowing5151
10Soccer28Soccer1947
11 - - Softball2424
12Swimming and Diving29Swimming and Diving3059
13Tennis12Tennis820
14Track and Field58Track and Field46104
15 - - Volleyball1616
16Wrestling2525
Total Sports Played121325
Total Athletes404312716

Alex Irvine

Alex Irvine is a Product Development Associate and author for X Factor Admissions. He is a current UCLA junior who is majoring in history and has extensive personal experience in the college admissions process.

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