I have helped send roughly 200 kids go play college baseball from high D-1 to NAIA and all inbetween….several have gone on to be drafted and played minor league ball and a few have made it to the majors.
When I spoke to kids parents there were only a handful that cared at all about playing pro ball as a factor of where they went to school.
Their MAIN concern was making sure any school considering their kid had the degree plan they were interested in obtaining.
So basically the exact opposite of what @JLCoog was saying.
A high percentage of college athletes graduate. In Division I, the NCAA reports that 91% of student-athletes graduate. This rate is significantly higher than the general student body graduation rate.
Why are their special admits then? We all know if football wasn’t there would half the athletes in P4 be admitted normally? You’ve seen firsthand what SMU begged and pleaded on how to admit jucos and other transfers - to accommodate them you had to create majors designed for them
It’s mostly integrated studies. A degree without a major. Some sports related degrees (health, kinesiology, sports admin., etc).
I do actually see a small number (fewer than five) of engineering majors, but they are all freshman; I’m guessing no more than one or two will graduate with such a degree, if even that.
I see NO architecture, I see some “pre-business,” again, whether they actually get a degree is business may be a different story.
I only see one life science major (Biochemistry), and NO hard science (Physics, Chemistry, Math, etc) majors.
No Hotel and Restaurant Management majors (which is an area of curricular strength at UH).
from high D-1 to NAIA and all inbetween….several have gone on to be drafted and played minor league ball and a few have made it to the majors.