A breeding ground for some of the most prolific sportsmen and women, American Collegiate Sport is renowned for it’s standard and quality throughout the world.
Participating athletes enjoy an amateur status however, with scholarship budgets exceeding $1billion, television companies playing over $5 billion for rights to broadcast events and some sports attracting more than 80,000 regular supporters it is as close to professional as you can get.
In an era where multi-media and public relations have a prominent role in the marketing process the success of a institutions sports programmes provide the ideal platform and an integral role, in the recruitment of new students to the respective universities or colleges.
The U.S. Scholarship system allows the individual to combine their educational needs with the opportunity to pursue their sporting ambitions on a full-time basis. Upon the completion of their four years of study they will leave with an excellent degree and an experience that will offer them the ideal platform to realise career goals.
There are over 2500 universities and colleges throughout the United States with over 1000 of these institutions offering funded sporting scholarships. Three athletics associations govern these sports. |