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2.2 percent of Prairie State College students played sports on university teams in 2017-2018

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In 2017-2018, 2.2 percent of Prairie State College students participated in collegiate sports, according to data made available by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES).

Prairie State College has a total student body of 3,946 students, of which 61 percent are women and 39 percent are men. Of these students, 51 men and 37 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 Prairie State College with the most participants are soccer (35), basketball (21) and baseball (13).

Sports popularity
Type of sportMenWomenTotal
Soccer201535
Basketball12921
Baseball13013
Softball01313
Tennis606

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