University of California, Los Angeles Sports

The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 32,119 students that plays a total of 23 NCAA sports, 10 of them for men and 13 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Berkeley had a total of 702 NCAA athletes comprising merely 2%of the total student body.

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

All data compiled from University of California, Los Angeles athletic website.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	38	-	-	38
2	Basketball	15	Basketball	15	30
3	-	-	Beach Volleyball	20	20
4	Cross Country	20	Cross Country	22	42
5	Football	125	-	-	125
6	Golf	14	Golf	10	24
7	-	-	Gymnastics	21	21
8	-	-	Rowing	55	55
9	Soccer	27	Soccer	29	56
10	-	-	Softball	23	23
11	-	-	Swimming and Diving	43	43
12	Tennis	14	Tennis	9	23
13	Track and Field	46	Track and Field	60	106
14	Volleyball	22	Volleyball	13	35
15	Water Polo	34	Waterpolo	27	61
Total Sports Played	10		13		23
Total Athletes		355		347	702

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