Vanderbilt University Sports

Vanderbilt University is a private research university with an undergraduate enrollment of 7,111 students, plays a total of 15 NCAA sports, 6 of them for men and 9 of them for women. In the 2021/2022 season, Vanderbilt University had a total of 340 NCAA athletes comprising a mere 5% of the total student body.

Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt University and the number of athletes in each sports team.

All data compiled from Vanderbilt University athletic website.

Vanderbilt University
Division 1
	Men's	Men's	Women's	Women's	Total
	Sports	Team Size	Sports	Team Size	Team Size
1	Baseball	41	-	-	41
2	Basketball	15	Basketball	12	27
	-	-	Bowling	11	11
3	Cross Country	11	Cross Country	19	30
4	Football	72	-	-	72
5	Golf	9	Golf	8	17
6	-	-	Lacrosse	38	38
7	-	-	Soccer	23	23
8	-	-	Swimming and Diving	28	28
9	Tennis	9	Tennis	9	18
10			Track and Field	35	35
Total Sports Played	6		9		15
Total Athletes		157		183	340

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