Georgetown University is a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 7,213 students, plays a total of 24 NCAA sports, 11 of them for men and 13 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Georgetown University had a total of 711 NCAA athletes comprising of the total student body.

Georgetown 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 Georgetown University on merits unrelated to sports.

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

All data compiled from Georgetown University athletic website.

Georgetown University
Division 1
Men'sMen'sWomen'sWomen'sTotal
SportsTeam SizeSportsTeam SizeTeam Size
1Baseball39 - - 39
2Basketball15Basketball1530
3 - - Field Hockey1919
4Football24 - - 24
5Golf9Golf615
6Lacrosse49Lacrosse3786
7Rowing60Rowing64124
8Sailing52Sailing52104
9Soccer29Soccer3059
10Swimming and Diving29 - - 29
11 - - Softball2222
12 - - Squash1414
13 - - Swimming and Diving2727
14Tennis11Tennis1021
15Track and Field43Track and Field3477
16Volleyball2121
Total Sports Played101323
Total Athletes360351711

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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