Top 10 Surf Colleges in the U.S.

With application deadlines looming, it’s time to narrow down where you’ll be continuing your education—and your ripping—for the next couple years.

Luckily Transworld Surf has compiled a list of the top 10 surf colleges in America. They describe what makes a great surf school and what to look for when choosing a one. Obviously location is important but good to look at academics, life experience and costs as well.

The top 10 list includes obvious choices like the University of California – Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara and San Diego campuses along with Pepperdine (Malibu), University of Hawaii (Manoa), Flager College (St. Augustine, Florida) and University of North Carolina in Wilmington. For the hearty, the list also includes schools in Rhode Island and New Jersey.

If you’re looking for a school with stoke – you’ll definitely want to check out the list.

At the same time, you might want to also surf for scholarships. College money has been offered to surfers in the past by the Wrightsville Beach Longboard Association and the Duke Kahanamoku Foundation.

Also check out the Surfrider Foundation Thomas Pratte Memorial Scholarship for students with an interest in coastal environmental science, such as oceanography, marine affairs, environmental sciences, public policy, community planning and natural resources.

Other scholarships with a connection to surfing include:

• TJ Stockdale Memorial Scholarship sponsored by the Jersey Shore Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation.
• East Coast Surfing Scholarship by the Buddy Pelletier Surfing Foundation.
• National Scholastic Surfing Association.
• Joshua Dean Hall Scholarship. Three $500 scholarships for high school seniors at Huntington Beach High School who are members of the HBHS Surfing Team.
• Eastern Surfing Association Marsh Scholarship. $8,000 scholarship. May 15 deadline.

Good luck and good surf…