Baseball

INTRO

Baseball is one of the top US College Sports and top 3 sports overall. College competition is regularly televised. Professional Baseball League recruits most of the athletes from the college ranks.

Most of the major schools carry baseball program. Although there are almost 35,000 college baseball student athletes, the full scholarships are only available for the most talented. Coaches in the major programs have to their disposal typical 11.7 scholarships for the team of 27 players. For this reason, academic preparation is very important to supplement possible athletic scholarship with other forms of financial aid.

• Schools Offering Baseball:
  NCAA Division I - 298, NCAA Division II - 259, NCAA Division III - 374, NAIA - 212, Junior College - 511, Total - 1,653.
  These numbers are approximate and subject to change each year.
• Athletic Scholarship Opportunities:
  Division I (per school) - 11.7, Division II (per school) - 9, NAIA (per school) - 12, NJCAA (*varies per school) – 24
• Student-Athlete Participation (Approx.):
  NCAA Division I - 10,400, NCAA Division II - 9,000, NCAA Division III - 11,200, NAIA - 6,300, Junior College - 15,300