Perspective: College Scholarship Prospects For Soccer Players in MA.

• Youth Soccer Programs in MA: 305
• Travel Teams: 5,321
• Players: 72,225
• Dues Paid Per year: $77.8M
• Uniforms Bought: $12.4M
• Average Club Fees: $3,212
• Average Club Uniform Costs: $390
• Average Town Fees: $201.80
• Average Town Uniform Costs: $66.18

Massachussetts Population (8-17 Years Old): 743,000

Kids playing in the top tiers: 2,496

Congrats your kid is in the top :3.4%

Now lets put some rubber on the road…..

• Public 4-Year Colleges (In-State): Approximately $29,910 Source
• Public 4-Year Colleges (Out-of-State): Approximately $49,080 Source
• Private Nonprofit 4-Year Colleges: Approximately $62,990 Source

The average NCAA Division 1 scholarship is $12,742 for women and $8,457 for the men Source The Equivalency sports designation just shot you in the seast….

Now the 1% of the 1% Quagmire

Thats right 1% of high school soccer plays receive athletic scholarships at the college level. Source

Of that….

1.2% receive full athletic scholarships. Source

In Massachussets of the 2,496 players in the top 3.4% of the state, 24 Will Receive an Equivalency Scholarship of $8,457 for the men and $12,742 for the women.

Of those, a Quarter of a person gets a full ride.

Dont believe me?

In 1996:

• Approximately 1.0% of male and 2.0% of female high school soccer players received athletic scholarships.

This equated to around 433 scholarships for boys and 806 for girls nationwide. Source

In 2003:

Only 1.8% of high school soccer playing boys received a soccer scholarship and only 3.4% of the women received a soccer scholarship. $8,533 for the boys and $8,404 for the girls. Source

In 2008:

The somber fact is that 96.6% of female high school soccer players will be offered $0.00 to play in college. Source

In 2017:

• There were 450,234 Men and 388,339 Women playing High School Soccer.
• 336 NCAA D1 schools offered 5,956 Men an average of $16,199 in scholaraships per year and $17,121 for the women.
• 267 D2 Colleges gave out $6,364 to 6,575 men and $7,756 to 7,244 Women.

Summary

Now if you add your club costs to your college outlook, the fully-loaded college costs to get you to the roulette table is $63,948. (Assuming annual college costs are $49,080 and you divide the club costs over 4 years without calculating any time value of money or debt payments acrrued to afford the club costs).

But Don’t fret, 2.78% of you boys and 4.28% of the girls will get equivalency based scholarships bring the annual cost (assuming you are award all 4 years which literally never happens) down to $47,749 for the boys and $46,827 for the girls.

But there is good news…Lets weight some averages for accuracy.

• Public 4-Year Institutions: Approximately 7.8 million students
• Public 2-Year Institutions: Approximately 5.3 million students
• Private Nonprofit 4-Year Institutions: Approximately 4.1 million students
• Private For-Profit Institutions: Approximately 1.9 million students

Source

• Public 4-Year (In-State): $29,910
• Public 2-Year (In-District): $20,570
• Private Nonprofit 4-Year: $62,990
• Private For-Profit: $33,000 (estimated average)

Source

• Public 4-Year: 7.8 million × $29,910 = $233.3 billion
• Public 2-Year: 5.3 million × $20,570 = $109.0 billion
• Private Nonprofit 4-Year: 4.1 million × $62,990 = $258.3 billion
• Private For-Profit: 1.9 million × $33,000 = $62.7 billion

Source

Calculating the weighted Average

Calculating a simple weighted Average cost of College: (segmented by total population attendance by college tuition type)

Total Combined Cost ÷ Total Enrollment =

$663.3 billion ÷ 19.1 million students ≈ $34,740 per student per year

But oh no - the savings are the same regardless of the college cost calculation. Oh snap thats right…..

The Annual pay-down of club costs over 4 years is only $1,331 less than the average scholarship for the 1%…..

Therefore here are the odds:

You have a 1 in 100 chance of saving $5,500 on total college costs of $214,970.84.

I’d like to pay tribute to the incredible patience shown by others on the sidelines as you muddle through a hurricane force headwind of a wager, prancing around on the sidelines like a delusional chimp who hasn’t realized there is a banana famine.