Athletes' majors?

Mwfan1921
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 20:53:34 +0000

I’ve really not heard of kids who are academically capable not being able to major in anything they want to.

The higher the level of the sport/NCAA division combo, the more likely majors are limited, practically speaking…nothing is typically formally prohibited. Coaches are the best ones to speak with about any major constraints and practicalities.

As an example, athletes from many teams in Power 5 conferences miss a lot of school and/or scheduling doesn’t allow late afternoon and early evening classes/labs/review sessions…which takes certain majors off the table. I recently had this conversation with an AO at an SEC school…feedback was for many of the athletes/sport teams engineering would not work, nor would honors college, nor would lab majors…AO recommended said [academically strong] student look elsewhere or expect to attend two additional years after academic eligibility is up.

For OP, both Purdue and IU list majors in players’ bios for some teams…it’s really eye opening to see the patterns of predominant majors (look only at juniors/seniors). My son’s baseball coach played at IU and said he basically had a choice of about 8 majors.