NCAA Division I
- 11.7 full scholarships
- Scholarship monies can be divided up
- Full scholarships are VERY rare
- Some lower level Division I schools do not fully fund all 11.7 available scholarships
- Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)
NCAA Division II
- 9 full scholarships
- Scholarships monies can be divided up
- Full scholarships in baseball are very rare
- Many NCAA DII programs do not fully fund all 9 scholarships
In other words a school may only have 6 funded scholarships to work with – due to athletic department funding restrictions
- Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)
NCAA Division III
- 0 athletic scholarships available
- Many Division III schools do a very good job of finding the players academic and other aid funding
Ivy League & Patriot League
- The schools in the NCAA Division I “Ivy League and Patriot League” conferences do not offer athletic scholarship aid.
- Some schools in these conferences have programs available to offer “need based” aid to student-athletes
- Exceptional academically student-athletes may qualify for academic scholarship assistance
NAIA
- 12 full scholarships
- Scholarship monies can be divided up
- Full scholarships in baseball are very rare
- Some NAIA baseball programs do not have the full 12 scholarships funded
Typically the “year in year out” NAIA baseball powers have the full 12 scholarships
- Several NAIA baseball programs also have “junior varsity” baseball programs
- Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)
NJCAA Division I
- 24 full scholarships (including the following):
- Tuition, room, board, books and fees
- Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)
NJCAA Division II
- 24 scholarships (including the following):
- Tuition and books
- No room, board or fees
- Blending of athletic and academic scholarship monies is permissible for academically qualifying student-athletes (This varies from school to school)
NJCAA Division III
- 0 athletic scholarships
- Typically junior and community colleges are very inexpensive so many DIII juco baseball programs are able to field very competitive programs
Notes About NJCAA Scholarships:
- Many NJCAA scholarships ARE full scholarships – this is completely opposite to NCAA baseball program “norms.”
- The amount of fully funded scholarships varies widely from school to school and conference to conference
- Some NJCAA conferences / regions compete at DI or DII levels but per agreement among the conference schools do not offer scholarships or have reduced amounts of numbers of scholarships
- Scholarships and amounts offered can vary from conference/region to conference/region – per agreements made by the member teams