Each year, there are roughly 180,000 athletic scholarships available for the NCAA's D-I and D-II schools. The NCAA requires that a student-athlete meet certain academic requirements in high school, before becoming eligible for an athletic scholarship.
What percent of athletes get scholarships?
- The odds of winning a NCAA sports scholarship are miniscule. Only about 2 percent of high school athletes win sports scholarships every year at NCAA colleges and universities. Yes, the odds are that dismal. For those who do snag one, the average scholarship is less than $11,000.
What is the average college athletic scholarship?
- The average athletic scholarship is about $10,400 per year, or $8,700 if you don't account for the more generous scholarships usually reserved for men's football and basketball players. Many scholarships apply to only one year of your education, meaning that you must maintain a certain level of athletic and academic excellence so that your scholarship can be renewed each year.
How much does the average professional athlete make per year?
- The average professional athlete will earn at least 36 times more than the typical U.S. household, though it could be as much as 113. To make at least $2.1 million a year (like the average pro athlete) while earning the average hourly wage for someone making $57,617 a year, you’d have to work 1,458 hours a week—equivalent to nearly 61 days.
How much do colleges receive in athletic scholarship money?
- There are over 2,000 US Colleges (2 & 4 year) with varsity athletic programs. Collectively these schools awarded over $ 4.2 billion in athletic scholarships during their 2019-20 fiscal years. NCAA Division I Schools account for almost 2/3 of every athletic scholarship dollar awarded.
NCAA Divisions I and II schools provide more than $3.6 billion in athletics scholarships annually to more than 180,000 student-athletes. Division III schools do not offer athletics scholarships.