A good portion of the available skiing scholarship money goes to skiers from Scandinavia. The majority of the remaining skiing scholarship money given out is done so mostly based on junior and senior year results at such events as World Junior Tryouts, Junior Nationals, Spring Series. The universities within each region compete against each other, and athletes qualify individually for the NCAA National Championships based on their performance within their region. Each region also has different limits on how many skiers they can send to the NCAA championships. The quotas very from year to year based on the performance of each region at the championships.
All teams can send a maximum of three men and three women cross-country skiers to the championships.
You also need to think about the ski conditions at the college you want to attend. Depending on where you go, you'll be on snow for three to six months a year. Make sure to find out about the ski trails. Besides ski conditions you should think about dry-land training, because you will be doing a lot of that too. All of these factors can make training either enjoyable or a headache.