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About 12%.  Yes Drell.  Thankfully it’s a new administration and they care about athletes.

15% of the undergraduates at the Stanford of the East participate in a varsity sport...and here's an article on the "Professionalization of Ivy League Sports." It's from 2019. Imagine what that article would look like today...

The Professionalization of Ivy League Sports | Harvard Magazine

Here's the percentages by Ivy League schools, Stanford, a few other top "academic" universities and the military academies:

Dartmouth  21%
Princeton    20%
Yale           16%
Harvard     15%
Brown       14%
Columbia    10%
Penn            9%
Cornell        8%

Stanford        12%
Navy             26%
MIT              15%
Cal Tech        14%
Army             22%
Amherst         32%
Air Force        16%


Source Data: Chances of playing sports at Ivy League Schools | Scholarship Stats.com

This data is interesting to me for a few reasons.  

First, this brings home just how important sports are in American life and culture.  At the top 20 private schools in the country, like 1 in 7 kids is a varsity athlete.  People who want to get on the fast track to success in life should consider competitive sports.  

Second, if you compare this data to what I imagine is the data at big state schools, the percentage of varsity athletes is much higher at these small private schools and military academies.  The number of varsity athletes may be similar, but the student body is much bigger at the state schools.  Do state schools have a much smaller percentage of students who played sports in high school?  I doubt it.  Is there an outlet for that large population of HS athletes at big state schools to play competitive sports?  Are intramural sports really legit at big state schools?

Third, I clicked the link and looked at the rest of the data.  Although the percentage of varsity athletes is high throughout the Ivy League, it's like double or triple that percentage at some of the top liberal arts colleges.  Amherst, Williams, Hamilton, Colby, Bowdoin all over 30%.  I would not have guessed that, but I guess it makes sense because the student body at those schools is so small.

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About 12%.  Yes Drell.  Thankfully it’s a new administration and they care about athletes.

15% of the undergraduates at the Stanford of the East participate in a varsity sport...and here's an article on the "Professionalization of Ivy League Sports." It's from 2019. Imagine what that article would look like today...

The Professionalization of Ivy League Sports | Harvard Magazine

Here's the percentages by Ivy League schools, Stanford, a few other top "academic" universities and the military academies:

Dartmouth  21%
Princeton    20%
Yale           16%
Harvard     15%
Brown       14%
Columbia    10%
Penn            9%
Cornell        8%

Stanford        12%
Navy             26%
MIT              15%
Cal Tech        14%
Army             22%
Amherst         32%
Air Force        16%


Source Data: Chances of playing sports at Ivy League Schools | Scholarship Stats.com

This data is interesting to me for a few reasons.  

First, this brings home just how important sports are in American life and culture.  At the top 20 private schools in the country, like 1 in 7 kids is a varsity athlete.  People who want to get on the fast track to success in life should consider competitive sports.  

Second, if you compare this data to what I imagine is the data at big state schools, the percentage of varsity athletes is much higher at these small private schools and military academies.  The number of varsity athletes may be similar, but the student body is much bigger at the state schools.  Do state schools have a much smaller percentage of students who played sports in high school?  I doubt it.  Is there an outlet for that large population of HS athletes at big state schools to play competitive sports?  Are intramural sports really legit at big state schools?

Third, I clicked the link and looked at the rest of the data.  Although the percentage of varsity athletes is high throughout the Ivy League, it's like double or triple that percentage at some of the top liberal arts colleges.  Amherst, Williams, Hamilton, Colby, Bowdoin all over 30%.  I would not have guessed that, but I guess it makes sense because the student body at those schools is so small.