In the 2025 academic year, over 550,000 students competed in NCAA sports across the United States. White NCAA athletes comprised 61 percent of this athlete population, with a total of 332,016 white athletes competing in NCAA college sports that year.
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National Collegiate Athletic Association. (December 11, 2025). Number of NCAA student athletes in the United States in 2025, by ethnicity [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 22, 2026, from /statistics/1607585/student-athletes-by-ethnicity/
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