Northeastern University Sports

Northeastern University, a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 20,337 students, plays a total of 16 NCAA sports, 7 of them for men and 9 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Northeastern University had a total of 452 NCAA athletes comprising 2% of the total student body.

Northeastern is highly 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 50% to 75% of their teams comprise of recruited athletes while the remaining athletes are “walk-on” athletes who were admitted to Northeastern University on merits unrelated to sports.

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Here’s the list of sports played at Northeastern University by gender together with their team sizes.

All data compiled from Northeastern University athletic website.

Northeastern University
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	40	-	-	40
2	Basketball	14	Basketball	7	21
3	Cross Country	23	Cross Country	17	40
4	-	-	Field Hockey	22	22
5	Gymnastics	29	-	-	29
6	-	-	Ice Hockey	30	30
7	Rowing	31	Rowing	46	77
8	Soccer	34	Soccer	31	65
9	-	-	Swimming and Diving	29	29
10	Track and Field	42	Track and Field	40	82
11			Volleyball	17	17
Total Sports Played	7		9		16
Total Athletes		213		239	452

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