Nola Reporter

In 2017-2018, 5 percent of Southern University at New Orleans students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Southern University at New Orleans has 1,928 undergraduate students, of which 72 percent are women and 28 percent are men, and a total student body of 2,356 students. Of these students, 50 men and 67 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 Southern University at New Orleans with participants are all track combined (72), basketball (32) and volleyball (13).

Type of sport	Men	Women	Total
All Track Combined	33	39	72
Basketball	17	15	32
Volleyball	0	13	13