Scholarships by Sport: Soccer

Soccer:
It’s a fact that soccer is the most popular sport in the world. There are millions of players world wide and many of them are in high school. For those who do not sign a professional contract after their senior year, or after there fourteenth birthday like Freddy Adu, college is a fine choice, and your skills could help you financially. If you are aware of intricate process of receiving a scholarship, you will have a firm foundation to be rewarded for you hard work, which can help you pay for the rising cost of college (Please refer to our scholarship article).

If you are looking for other scholarships most colleges and universities have endowed scholarships for athletics as well as other departments. Also look at local soccer associations for soccer scholarships. Please note, college coaches have the options and the flexibility to divide scholarships among the majority of players and may grant larger scholarships to attract better talent.

The Scholarship Break Down:
-The NCAA allows each DI soccer program 9.9 scholarships for Men and 12 for Women.

-DII programs have a total of 9 for men and 9.9 for women.

-There are 199 men's soccer programs at the DI level and 320 women's programs.

-There are 179 men's programs and 227 women's programs in DII soccer.