With many student-athletes realistic about their professional prospects, they look toward broadcasting as a way to stay connected to sports. Student-athletes also frequently major in exercise sports science, Boxill says.
Dr. Ferna L. Phillips, director of learning resources for student-athletes at Boston College, an ACC school, says clustering may occur but it would be because a major like communications tends to be popular with student-athletes, many of whom aspire to careers in broadcasting.
Boston College has a 92 percent graduation rate for football players, which far exceeds the national average.
Phillips says she finds that the student-athletes, both male and female, at her college are reflective of the general undergraduate student population.
As for majors like general studies, “There aren’t places like that to hide here,” Phillips says.
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