NCAA Scholarship Award Limits Per Sport, Division I and II Universities

The following table indicates the total number of scholarships which can be offered by division, sport, and gender for a fully funded university athletics program.

Armed with these numbers, families can appreciate why we discuss fractional scholarships (between 0.25 and 0.50 scholarships) being offered to entering freshmen. Once you read these numbers, you will quickly understand that it is very unlikely that a freshman player on a team of 25 players will get a "full ride" in their first year for athletics alone.

Remember, academic scholarships are typically more valuable, easier to get, and they are not reversed if you cannot play or decide to quit your collegiate team.

NCAA D1 Sport ...... Men's Women's
Baseball/Softball .. 11.7 / 12.0
Basketball ......... 13.0 / 15.0
Track & Field ...... 12.6 / 18.0
Football ........... 85.0 / 0.0
Golf ............... 4.5 / 6.0
Gymnastics ......... 6.3 / 12.0
Field Hockey ....... 0.0 / 12.0
Ice Hockey ......... 18.0 / 18.0
Lacrosse ........... 12.6 / 12.0
Rowing ............. 0.0 / 20.0
Soccer ............. 9.9 / 12.0
Swimming/Diving .... 9.9 / 8.1
Tennis ............. 4.5 / 8.0
Volleyball ......... 4.5 / 12.0
Water Polo ......... 4.5 / 8.0
Wrestling .......... 9.9 / 0.0

NCAA D2 Sport ...... Men's Women's
Baseball/Softball .. 9.0 / 7.2
Badmitton .......... 0.0 / 10.0
Basketball ......... 10.0 / 10.0
Bowling ............ 0.0 / 5.0
Track & Field ...... 12.7 / 12.7
Fencing ............ 4.5 / 4.5
Football ........... 36.0 / 0.0
Golf ............... 3.6 / 4.5
Gymnastics ......... 5.4 / 6.0
Field Hockey ....... 0.0 / 6.3
Ice Hockey ......... 13.5 / 18.0
Lacrosse ........... 10.8 / 9.9
Rifle .............. 3.6 / 7.2
Rowing ............. 0.0 / 20.0
Skiing ............. 6.3 / 6.3
Soccer ............. 9.0 / 9.9
Squash ............. 9.0 / 7.2
Swimming/Diving .... 0.0 / 9.0
Syncronize Swim .... 0.0 / 5.0
Tennis ............. 4.5 / 6.0
Volleyball ......... 4.5 / 12.0
Water Polo ......... 4.5 / 8.0
Wrestling .......... 9.0 / 0.0