The University of Virginia, a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 17,299 students, plays a total of 25 NCAA sports, 12 of them for men and 13 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, the University of Virginia had a total of 839 NCAA athletes comprising 5% of the total student body.

Virginia 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 Virginia 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 Virginia and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from University of Virginia athletic website.

University of Virginia
Division 1
Men'sMen'sWomen'sWomen'sTotal
SportsTeam SizeSportsTeam SizeTeam Size
1Baseball36 - - 36
2Basketball13Basketball1124
3Cross Country57Cross Country50107
4 - - Field Hockey2929
5Football105 - - 105
6Golf12Golf1022
7Lacrosse44Lacrosse2872
8 - - Rowing6363
9Soccer27Soccer2653
10 - - Softball2929
11Squash13Squash1528
12Swimming and Diving57Swimming and Diving3087
13Tennis10Tennis919
14Track and Field57Track and Field50107
15 - - Volleyball1414
16Wrestling4444
Total Sports Played121325
Total Athletes475364839

Alex Irvine

Alex is a data analyst and author for X Factor Admissions. He is currently a UCLA junior majoring in pre-history and has extensive personal experience in the college admissions process.

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