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College athletes studies guided toward ‘major in eligibility’

Some athletes say they have pursued â?? or have been steered to â?? degree programs that helped keep them eligible for sports but didn’t prepare them for post-sports careers.

A USA TODAY study of the majors of juniors and seniors in five prominent sports at 142 of the NCAA’s top-level schools shows athletes at many institutions clustering in certain majors, in some cases at rates highly disproportionate to those of all students.