Student loans of NCAA student athletes in the U.S. 2019

The National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA, is an American sports association that organizes different sports programs for many schools and universities in United States. Its headquarters are located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The NCAA is the largest university sports organization in the world and, due to the great popularity of university sports with fans in the United States, it occupies a prominent place in the American sports scene. Some of the top performing athletes at high school level are often awarded college scholarships that cover all, or part, of their college tuition fees. During a November 2019 survey, 41 percent of NCAA student-athletes in the United States stated that they left college with no student debt.