University of Pennsylvania Sports

The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn), an Ivy League university with an undergraduate enrollment of 9,962 students, plays a total of 29 NCAA sports, 14 of them for men and 15 for women. In the 2021/2022 season, the University of Pennsylvania had a total of 863 NCAA athletes comprising 9% of the total student body.

UPenn 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 UPenn 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 the University of Pennsylvania and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from University of Pennsylvania athletic website.

University of Pennsylvania
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	37	-	-	37
2	Basketball	19	Basketball	16	35
3	Cross Country	26	Cross Country	19	45
4	Fencing	20	Fencing	25	45
5	-	-	Field Hockey	26	26
6	Football	89	-	-	89
7	Golf	12	Golf	9	21
8	-	-	Gymnastics	25	25
9	Lacrosse	46	Lacrosse	34	80
10	Rowing	39	Rowing	44	83
11	Soccer	31	Soccer	30	61
12	-	-	Softball	21	21
13	Squash	17	Squash	17	34
14	Swimming and Diving	31	Swimming and Diving	41	72
15	Tennis	11	Tennis	11	22
16	Track and Field	52	Track and Field	50	102
17	-	-	Volleyball	19	19
18	Wrestling	46			46
Total Sports Played	14		15		29
Total Athletes		476		387	863

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