University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill Sports

The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill (UNC Chapel Hill), a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 19,897 students, plays a total of 26 NCAA sports, 12 of them for men and 14 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, UNC Chapel Hill had a total of 762 NCAA athletes comprising 4% of the total student body.

UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill on merits unrelated to sports.

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Here’s the list of sports played at UNC Chapel Hill by gender together with their team sizes.

All data compiled from University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill athletic website.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	43	-	-	43
2	Basketball	18	Basketball	14	32
3	Cross Country	19	Cross Country	19	38
4	Fencing	24	Fencing	16	40
5	-	-	Field Hockey	29	29
6	Football	90	-	-	90
7	Golf	11	Golf	9	20
8	-	-	Gymnastics	21	21
9	Lacrosse	52	Lacrosse	41	93
10	-	-	Rowing	44	44
11	Soccer	38	Soccer	37	75
12	-	-	Softball	27	27
13	Swimming and Diving	28	Swimming and Diving	28	56
14	Tennis	10	Tennis	11	21
15	Track and Field	38	Track and Field	38	76
16	-	-	Volleyball	20	20
17	Wrestling	37			37
Total Sports Played	12		14		26
Total Athletes		408		354	762

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