The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has compiled the following chart that estimates the probability of high school athletes competing in college athletics.
| Athletes | Women’s Basketball | Men’s Basketball | Baseball | Men’s Ice Hockey | Football | Men’s soccer |
| High School Athletes | 452,929 | 546,335 | 470,671 | 36,263 | 1,071,775 | 358,935 |
| High School senior athletes | 129,408 | 156,096 | 134,477 | 10,361 | 306,221 | 102,553 |
| NCAA Athletes | 15,096 | 16,571 | 28,767 | 3,973 | 61,252 | 19,797 |
| NCAA Freshman Positions | 4,313 | 4,735 | 8,219 | 1,135 | 17,501 | 5,655 |
| NCAA Senior Athletes | 3,355 | 3,682 | 6,393 | 883 | 13,612 | 4,398 |
| NCAA Senior Athletes Drafted | 32 | 44 | 600 | 33 | 250 | 75 |
| Percentage: High School To NCAA | 3.3% | 3.0% | 6.1% | 11.0% | 5.7% | 5.5% |
| Percentage: NCAA To Professional | 1.0% | 1.2% | 9.4% | 3.7% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Percentage: High School To Professional | 0.02% | 0.03% | 0.45% | 0.32% | 0.08% | 0.07% |