A second university now offers League of Legends scholarships

You spend all of your time playing video games, and I bet you’d love it if that could help you with other aspects of your life. Well, go get your mom, and tell her that it might help you pay for college.

The University of Pikeville, a liberal arts college in Kentucky, is now the second school in the United States offering athletic scholarships for e-sports competitors. The school announced that it is adding 20 scholarships for League of Legends players looking to continue their gaming career into college. Tuition at the university is $18,840 per year. UPIKE, as the school is known, joins Chicago’s Robert Morris University, which was the first institution of higher learning to add League of Legends as an official school sport.

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