Miami Dade College Athletics

Miami Dade College competes in the NJCAA, which is the junior college athletic division where schools can offer athletic scholarships but the competition level sits below NCAA Division I. With 90 total athletes across 5 varsity sports, only 0.26% of the 35,001 students participate in athletics. The Sharks receive $1,284,094 in athletic scholarships, which averages about $14,267 per athlete. Since Miami Dade is primarily a community college serving local students (99.21% are from Florida), most athletes are either developing their skills for transfer to four-year programs or competing while completing their associate degrees. The athletic program functions more as a stepping stone than a campus focal point, which makes sense given the school's massive enrollment and commuter-heavy student body spread across multiple campuses in the Miami area.