Fencing

46 US Colleges sponsor varsity Fencing teams:

Fencing is an equivalency sport for NCAA scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can  be awarded to meet the limit per school.  For example, an NCAA Division I school can award 10 female fencers each a 1/2 scholarship and not exceed the limit of 5 per team.  See our page on scholarship limits for more information. During 2020  Stanford University & Brown University announced they were discontinuing fencing as varsity level programs. 

* Average Athletic Scholarship is the average annual amount of athletically related student aid per athlete for ALL varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. Some athletes receive full awards, some receive partial and many receive none. Additionally some sports within a school may be fully funded, some partially and some sports provide no athletic scholarships. Private schools generally have higher tuition than public schools and the average award will reflect this.

Do you have the skills to compete in College Fencing?

What level of athlete are coaches looking for and who are you competing with for a roster spot? A good way to get an idea is to look at the high-school bios of fencers currently on the roster of schools that interest you.

Stats & Links to all US Colleges sponsoring Fencing teams:

Hover over individual states on the map below to see how many schools sponsor varsity fencing programs. The following table has information on each sponsoring school and and links to all 46 team sites.

Schools sponsoring varsity Fencing teams 2022-23

US Colleges with varsity Fencing teams 2022-23	City / Main Campus		State	Division		Tea	ms	Avr Men's Scholarship	Avr Women's Scholarship		Avr SAT Math	Avr ACT Comp	Admission Rate	In-State Tuition	Out of State Tuition
Stanford University	Palo Alto		CA	NCAA  I		M	W	31,347	30,370		760	33	5%	55,473	55,473
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla		CA	NCAA  I		M	W	2,677	2,353		710	31	37%	11,442	41,196
U.S. Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs		CO	NCAA  I		M	W				675	31	13%	full	ride
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield		CT	NCAA  I		M	W	13,525	12,026				66%	44,960	44,960
Yale University	New Haven		CT	NCAA  I		M	W	-	-		770	34	7%	59,950	59,950
Savannah College of Art & Design	Atlanta		GA	NAIA		M	W	18,380	13,887				78%	38,340	38,340
Northwestern University	Evanston		IL	NCAA  I			W	44,002	36,951		760	34	9%	60,276	60,276
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame		IN	NCAA  I		M	W	34,327	35,108		750	34	19%	58,336	58,336
Boston College	Chestnut Hill		MA	NCAA  I		M	W	31,154	27,228		720	33	26%	60,530	60,530
Brandeis University	Waltham		MA	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		735	32	33%	59,408	59,408
Harvard University	Cambridge		MA	NCAA  I		M	W	-	-		770	34	5%	51,143	51,143
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge		MA	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		790	35	7%	55,510	55,510
Tufts University	Medford		MA	NCAA III			W	-	-		740	34	16%	61,646	61,646
Wellesley College	Wellesley		MA	NCAA III			W				720	33	20%	60,424	60,424
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore		MD	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		775	35	11%	58,720	58,720
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit		MI	NCAA  I		M	W	14,030	19,141		585	25	79%	30,154	30,154
Wayne State University	Detroit		MI	NCAA II		M	W	9,385	12,040		550	24	69%	12,376	28,346
Duke University	Durham		NC	NCAA  I		M	W	32,384	41,803		775	35	8%	58,085	58,085
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill		NC	NCAA  I		M	W	19,890	19,551		700	31	25%	7,019	34,882
Drew University	Madison		NJ	NCAA III		M	W	-	-				73%	41,820	41,820
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Teaneck		NJ	NCAA  I			W	20,543	27,348				89%	32,000	32,000
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark		NJ	NCAA  I		M	W	10,636	21,398		665	28	66%	14,790	30,808
Princeton University	Princeton		NJ	NCAA  I		M	W	-	-		770	34	6%	56,010	56,010
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken		NJ	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		725	33	53%	54,780	54,780
Barnard  (Columbia Univ)	New York		NY	NCAA  I			W				720	33	14%	57,734	57,734
City College of New York	New York		NY	NCAA III			W	-	-		590	27	51%	6,930	14,880
Columbia University	New York		NY	NCAA  I		M	W	-	-		770	34	7%	60,514	60,514
Cornell University	Ithaca		NY	NCAA  I			W	-	-		755	34	11%	60,286	60,286
Hunter College	New York		NY	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		640	28	40%	6,930	14,880
Long Island University	Brooklyn		NY	NCAA  I		M	W	19,761	20,151		595	26	85%	37,296	37,296
New York University	New York		NY	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		750	33	21%	53,770	53,770
St John's University	Queens		NY	NCAA  I		M	W	22,324	32,163		600	26	75%	44,450	44,450
Vassar College	Poughkeepsie		NY	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		725	33	25%	61,940	61,940
Wagner College	Staten Island		NY	NCAA  I		M	W	17,144	19,758				70%	48,730	48,730
Yeshiva University	New York		NY	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		630	28	67%	44,300	44,300
Cleveland State University	Cleveland		OH	NCAA  I		M	W	8,952	11,925		525	22	94%	11,610	16,573
Denison University	Granville		OH	NCAA III			W	-	-		680	30	28%	57,500	57,500
Ohio State University	Columbus		OH	NCAA  I		M	W	19,950	20,353		680	29	68%	11,018	34,101
Haverford College	Haverford		PA	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		730	34	18%	60,442	60,442
Lafayette College	Easton		PA	NCAA  I		M	W	20,385	19,157		680	31	36%	55,874	55,874
Pennsylvania State University	University Park		PA	NCAA  I		M	W	27,079	27,672		630	28	58%	19,286	38,651
Temple University	Philadelphia		PA	NCAA  I			W	28,376	28,133				71%	16,488	29,712
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia		PA	NCAA  I		M	W	-	-		775	34	9%	54,652	54,652
Brown University	Providence		RI	NCAA  I			W	-	-		760	34	8%	60,944	60,944
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio		TX	NCAA  I		M	W	21,057	28,161		515	20	97%	31,800	31,800
Lawrence University	Appleton		WI	NCAA III		M	W	-	-		650	29	69%	52,101	52,101