Student debt is higher than ever. In fact, total student debt has surpassed $1.5 trillion. Furthermore, the average college graduate leaves college $38,000 in debt. In addition, one in six college graduates owes more in student loans than they make in a year. Currently, the average monthly student loan payment for recent grads is more than $350.

Numerous schools offer need-based financial aid and scholarships in addition to academic based incentive scholarships. In addition to school issued monies there a numerous outside organizations that offer scholarships. Find Outside Awards.

Need help - use these resources to find and filter outside award opportunities:

·       CollegeScholarships.com: Search private scholarships, find those that match your criteria, and send a personalized letter with your information to scholarship sponsors.

·       Fastweb!: Create a personalized profile that can be matched against a database of more than 1.5 million scholarships totaling more than $3.4 billion, and get notifications of new scholarships and approaching deadlines.

·       Scholarships.com: Search scholarships from nearly 3,000 sources, potentially worth up to $3 billion.

·       CollegeScholarships.org: Search for scholarships and grants from many different sources, and find information on both federal and private financial aid sources.

·       UNIGO: Find scholarships that match your hobbies, interests, and academic background in a database of 3.6 million awards worth over $14 billion. Gain tips on finding and applying for scholarships and download scholarship applications.

·       SchoolSoup Scholarship Directory: Search for scholarships by a variety of key categories using SchoolSoup’s free scholarship matching platform.

·       Scholarship Search by SallieMae: Access more than 5 million awards worth over $24 billion and get notifications when new scholarships become available.

For elite high school track and field / cross country athletes additional money can be obtained through an athletic scholarship. We have put together the times you will need to run to receive athletic scholarship money at a NCAA I Power Five program.

Below you will find the general recruiting standards NCAA I Power 5 Schools are using to decide whether or not to offer a full ride or a partial athletic scholarship. Remember, these standards are from "big-time" division one programs. Mid-major NCAA I, NCAA II and NAIA programs will have lesser standards depending on their level competitiveness.  

FULL SCHOLARSHIP TRACK AND FIELD STANDARDS        

EVENT       MEN / WOMEN                          

100m         10.35  11.50                

200m        21.00      23.50                         

400m        46.90      53.00                          

800m         1:49        2:07                              

1600m       4:04      4:47                           

3200m        8:50       10:30                         

110HH      13.65       13.50                   

300IH         36.50      41.80             

400IH         51.50       58.50                           

PV               17'          13' 3"               

LJ                25'           20'           

TJ                51'          41' 6'                         

HJ                7'             6'                        

SP              63'            50'             

Dis             200'           170'         

Jav            225'            160'        

Ham          225'            185'     

 

TRACK AND FIELD STANDARDS FOR A PARTIAL ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIP

EVENT       MEN        WOMEN                             

100m          10.50        11.70

200m          21.40        24.00

400m          47.50        54.20

800m          1:52          2:12

1600m         4:12         4:55

3200m         9:10         10:45

110HH        14.00      14.00 (100H)

300IH          37.50        43.00

400IH          52.80        60.00

PV                16'          12' 6"

LJ                  24'          19'

TJ                  49'          40'

HJ                6' 10"      5' 8"

SP                60'            47'

Dis              185'           155'

Jav             205'            145'

Ham           225'            185'