Scholarships by Sport: Swimming and Diving

Swimming and Diving

For millions of athletes that swim and dive in America there are many college scholarships available. To receive a scholarship you will need to follow specific guidelines (Please refer to our scholarship article). If you are a high school swimmer or diver, you may be able to use your talents to pay for college. College coaches have the options and the flexibility to divide scholarships among the majority of players and grant larger scholarships to attract better talent.

The Scholarship Break Down:

-The NCAA allows each DI swimming program 9.9 scholarships for men and 14 for women.

-In DII athletics, 8.1 scholarships are available for both men and women’s programs.

-There are 142 DI and 50 DII colleges that offer swimming scholarships to Men.

-There are 185 DI and 64 DII colleges that offer scholarships to women.

-That's a total of 1,810.8 swimming and diving scholarships for men in and 3,108.4 for women in the NCAA.