List of NCAA Division III institutions
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There are currently 438 American colleges and universities classified as Division III for NCAA competition. Schools from 35 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented.
Conference affiliations listed in this table are primary affiliations as of the current 2021–22 school year. Many schools will house some sports in other conferences if their primary leagues do not sponsor a given sport.
Division III institutions[edit]
- Reclassifying institutions in yellow.
Pending[edit]
These schools are actively pursuing Division III membership.
| School | Nickname | City | State/ province |
Conference | Current affiliation | Latest attempt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Hartford[5] | Hawks | West Hartford | Connecticut | Commonwealth Coast Conference (2023–24) | America East (Division I) | January 2022 |
| Lyon College[6] | Scots | Batesville | Arkansas | TBD (2022) | American Midwest (NAIA) | February 2022 |
Exploratory[edit]
This school is actively exploring Division III membership and it was granted the exploratory membership for one year.
| School | Nickname | City | State/ province |
Current affiliation | Latest attempt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson & Wales University Charlotte | Wildcats | Charlotte | North Carolina | Eastern Metro (USCAA) | March 2021 |
See also[edit]
- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III football programs
- List of NCAA Division III ice hockey programs
- List of NAIA institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions
- List of NJCAA Division I schools
- List of NJCAA Division II schools
- List of NJCAA Division III schools
Notes[edit]
- ^ First-year provisional Division III member.
- ^ a b Second-year provisional Division III member.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Conference renamed from Capital Athletic Conference on November 18, 2020.
- ^ A combined team of Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College, and Scripps College.
- ^ a b c d Plays men's ice hockey in Division I and is allowed to award scholarships.[3]
- ^ a b c Plays women's ice hockey in Division I and is allowed to award scholarships.[3]
- ^ Plays women's soccer in Division I and is allowed to award scholarships.
- ^ Competes in Division I in men's wrestling, but is not allowed to award scholarships.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Conference renamed from North Eastern Athletic Conference on August 2, 2021.
- ^ Fields a Division I men's lacrosse team, but is not allowed to award lacrosse scholarships.
- ^ Johns Hopkins fields Division I teams in men's and women's lacrosse. Both teams are allowed to award scholarships.
- ^ Competes in Division I in women's rowing, but is not allowed to award scholarships.
- ^ Mills College has announced that they will merge with Northeastern University after the 2022-23 school year. Following the 2021-22 school year the school will drop athletics.
- ^ a b c Third-year provisional Division III member.
- ^ a b Plays men's ice hockey in Division I, but is not allowed to award scholarships.
- ^ a b Plays women's ice hockey in Division I, but is not allowed to award scholarships.
References[edit]
- ^ "Division III Members". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved January 20, 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Conference History". American Rivers Conference.
- ^ a b "Scholarships Will Continue For D-III 'Play Up' Schools". USCHO.com. January 12, 2004. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ^ "Member Institutions". North Atlantic Conference.
- ^ "Athletics Transition" (Press release). University of Hartford. May 6, 2021. Retrieved May 18, 2021.
- ^ "Lyon College to move to NCAA Division III Athletics" (Press release). Lyon College. February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022.
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