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21.4 percent of Ouachita Baptist University students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 21.4 percent of Ouachita Baptist University students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Ouachita Baptist University has a total student body of 1,660 students, of which 55 percent are women and 45 percent are men. Of these students, 236 men and 119 women represented the school by participating in one or more of the sports with teams at the school.

This total does not include students playing intramural sports.

According to NCES, 8.7 percent of students enrolled at institutions of higher education with sports teams were on teams.

The sports at Ouachita Baptist University with the most participants are football (105), soccer (64) and baseball (34).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
Football1050105
Soccer352964
Baseball34034
Swimming201232
Basketball141630
Softball02222
Tennis121022
Volleyball01919
Wrestling16016
Track and Field, X-Country01111

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