College Sports - Bowling
Schools sponsored varsity Bowling teams in 2024:
| # of Scholarships | Average Athletic | ||||||||||
| # of | # of teams | Total Athletes | Average team size | limit per team | Scholarship | ||||||
| Division | Schools | Men's | Women's | Men | Women | Men's | Women's | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| NCAA I | 35 | - | 35 | - | 335 | - | 10 | - | 5 | - | 17,917 |
| NCAA II | 39 | 6 | 39 | 66 | 368 | 11 | 9 | - | 5 | - | 8,543 |
| NCAA III | 26 | 3 | 26 | 36 | 239 | 12 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| NAIA | 63 | 61 | 63 | 903 | 756 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8,037 | 7,654 |
| NJCAA | 33 | 32 | 32 | 235 | 178 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 1,029 | 1,675 |
| USCAA | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 200 | 104 | 199 | 1,252 | 1,898 | 12 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
Bowling is an official NCAA sport for women and is an equivalency sport for NCAA scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can be awarded to meet the limit per school. For example, an NCAA I school can award 10 women each a 1/2 scholarship and still meet the limit of 5 per team. Both Men's & Women's bowling are official NAIA sports. See our page on scholarship limits for more information.
* Average Athletic Scholarship is the average annual award per athlete for ALL varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. Some athletes receive full awards, some receive partial and many receive none. Additionally some sports within a school may be fully funded, some partially and some sports provide no athletic scholarships. Private schools generally have higher tuition than public schools and the average award will reflect this.
Odds of a High School Bowling Player competing in College 2024:
| Male | Female | |
| Number of US High School Bowlers 2019-20 | 35,825 | 30,796 |
| Number of US College Bowlers | 1,252 | 1,898 |
| % of US High School Bowlers competing at any College Level | 3.50% | 6.20% |
| % of High School Bowlers Competing at NCAA I Schools | - | 1.10% |
| Odds of a High School Bowler making any College Roster | 29:1 | 16:1 |
| Odds of a High School Bowler making an NCAA I Roster | - | 92:1 |
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