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easyeboy

M$1 November 06, 2009 05:26 PM

What percentage of NBA, NFL, MLB, or NHL players graduated from college? What percentage of professional athletes have advanced degrees?

Are there any statistics on each of the above professional sports on:
What percentage graduated from college or have advanced degrees?
Is one sport more than the other?
Is it a declining or increasing trend for professional athletes to graduate from college?

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theenlight...

November 09, 2009 07:30 PM

It is found that in baseball only 3 percent of the players have college degrees, while the NFL has about 46%. And in the NBA, it is about 27%.

Almost none of the pro athletes have advanced degrees before or during their career since they are often drafted out of college. But a lot of them get their higher degrees after their professional career is over, like Shaq.
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http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article1020758.ece

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• It would be better if you provided more information on the statistics or more recent stats. The source is good, but that was only based on a survey. Is there more reliable stats?

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November 09, 2009 08:03 PM

I am sorry, the source for this question was extremely hard to find and that was the best that I could find on the Internet.

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