Hockey

189 US Colleges sponsor varsity Hockey teams:
 # of teamsTotal AthletesAverage team sizeScholarship limit Average Scholarship
Division# of SchoolsMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMenWomen
NCAA I6463391,8341,0062926181817,40216,914
NCAA II13137398189312713.5185,4656,541
NCAA III9390752,7211,8883025--
NAIA131384841323717
Other662149412521
Totals1891851315,5863,2553025

Hockey is an equivalency sport for NCAA scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can  be awarded (up to 30 per team in NCAA Division I) and meet the limit per school.  For example, an NCAA Division I school can award 27 players each a 2/3  scholarship and still meet the  limit of 18 per school.  Hockey teams at most NCAA II member schools compete at the NCAA I level. NAIA and several NCAA schools with varsity level hockey programs compete in the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) which is composed primarily of club 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. 

US Colleges & Universities sponsoring varsity Hockey teams:

Hover over individual states on the map below to see how many schools sponsor varsity hockey programs. The following table has information on each sponsoring school and links to all 189  team sites.

Schools sponsoring varsity Hockey teams 2024-25

US Colleges with varsity Hockey teams
2024-25
City / CampusStateDivisionTeams
University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorageAKNCAA  IM
University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanksAKNCAA  IM
Arizona State UniversityTempeAZNCAA  IM
Colorado CollegeColorado SpringsCONCAA  IM
Colorado Mesa UniversityGrand JunctionCONCAA II M
U.S. Air Force AcademyColorado SpringsCONCAA  IM
University of DenverDenverCONCAA  IM
Albertus Magnus CollegeNew HavenCTNCAA III MW
Connecticut CollegeNew LondonCTNCAA III MW
Post UniversityWaterburyCTNCAA II MW
Quinnipiac UniversityHamdenCTNCAA  IMW
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldCTNCAA  IMW
Trinity CollegeHartfordCTNCAA III MW
University of ConnecticutStorrsCTNCAA  IMW
Wesleyan UniversityMiddletownCTNCAA III MW
Yale UniversityNew HavenCTNCAA  IMW
Dordt CollegeSioux CenterIANAIA  M 
Waldorf UniversityForest CityIANAIA  M
Aurora UniversityAuroraILNCAA III MW
Lake Forest CollegeLake ForestILNCAA III MW
McKendree UniversityLebanonILACHAMW
Roosevelt UniversityChicagoILNAIA II MW
Indiana Institute of TechnologyFort WayneINACHAMW
Purdue University NorthwestWestvilleINACHAM 
Trine UniversityAngolaINNCAA III MW
University of Notre DameNotre DameINNCAA  IM
American International CollegeSpringfieldMANCAA  IM
Amherst CollegeAmherstMANCAA III MW
Anna Maria CollegePaxtonMANCAA III MW
Assumption CollegeWorcesterMANCAA II MW
Babson CollegeWellesleyMANCAA III M
Bentley UniversityWalthamMANCAA  IM
Boston CollegeChestnut HillMANCAA  IMW
Boston UniversityBostonMANCAA  IMW
Curry CollegeMiltonMANCAA III MW
Endicott CollegeBeverlyMANCAA III MW
Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburgMANCAA III M
Framingham State UniversityFraminghamMANCAA III M
Harvard UniversityCambridgeMANCAA  IMW
Holy CrossWorcesterMANCAA  IMW
Massachusetts College of Liberal ArtsNorth AdamsMANCAA III MW
Merrimack CollegeNorth AndoverMANCAA  IMW
Nichols CollegeDudleyMANCAA III MW
Northeastern UniversityBostonMANCAA  IMW
Quincy CollegeQuincyMANJCAAM 
Salem State UniversitySalemMANCAA III MW
Stonehill CollegeEastonMANCAA  IMW
Suffolk UniversityBostonMANCAA III MW
Tufts UniversityMedfordMANCAA III M
Univ of Massachusetts-BostonBostonMANCAA III MW
Univ of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth DartmouthMANCAA III M
Univ of Massachusetts-LowellLowellMANCAA  IM
University of MassachusettsAmherstMANCAA  IM
Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBostonMANCAA III M
Western New England UniversitySpringfieldMANCAA III MW
Westfield State UniversityWestfieldMANCAA III M
Williams CollegeWilliamstownMANCAA III MW
Worcester State UniversityWorcesterMANCAA III MW
Stevenson UniversityStevensonMDNCAA III MW
Bowdoin CollegeBrunswickMENCAA III MW
Central Maine CCAuburnMEUSCAAM 
Colby CollegeWatervilleMENCAA III MW
Thomas CollegeWatervilleMEACHAM 
University of MaineOronoMENCAA  IMW
University of New EnglandBiddefordMENCAA III MW
University of Southern MainePortlandMENCAA III MW
Adrian CollegeAdrianMINCAA III MW
Aquinas CollegeGrand RapidsMIACHAMW
Calvin CollegeGrand RapidsMIACHAM 
Cleary UniversityHowellMINAIA  M 
Concordia University-Ann ArborAnn ArborMINAIA  MW
Ferris State UniversityBig RapidsMINCAA  IM
Finlandia UniversityHancockMINCAA III MW
Hope CollegeHollandMIACHAM 
Lake Superior State UniversitySault Ste MarieMINCAA  IM
Lawrence Technological UniversitySouthfieldMIACHAMW
Michigan State UniversityEast LansingMINCAA  IM
Michigan Technological UniversityHoughtonMINCAA  IM
Northern Michigan UniversityMarquetteMINCAA  IM
Rochester CollegeRochester HillsMIACHAM 
University of MichiganAnn ArborMINCAA  IM
University of Michigan-DearbornDearbornMIACHAMW
Western Michigan UniversityKalamazooMINCAA  IM
Augsburg CollegeMinneapolisMNNCAA III MW
Bemidji State UniversityBemidjiMNNCAA  IMW
Bethel UniversitySaint PaulMNNCAA III MW
College of Saint BenedictSt. JosephMNNCAA IIIW
College of Saint ScholasticaDuluthMNNCAA III MW
Concordia College at MoorheadMoorheadMNNCAA III MW
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeSaint PeterMNNCAA III MW
Hamline UniversitySaint PaulMNNCAA III MW
Minnesota State University-MankatoMankatoMNNCAA  IMW
Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint CloudMNNCAA  IMW
Saint John's UniversityCollegevilleMNNCAA IIIM
Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinonaMNNCAA III MW
St Catherine UniversitySaint PaulMNNCAA III W
St Olaf CollegeNorthfieldMNNCAA III MW
University of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNNCAA  IMW
University of Minnesota-DuluthDuluthMNNCAA  IMW
University of St ThomasSaint PaulMNNCAA  IMW
Lindenwood UniversitySaint CharlesMONCAA  IMW
University of ProvidenceGreat FallsMTNAIA  M 
Dakota College at BottineauBottineauNDACHAMW
Minot State UniversityMinotNDNCAA II MW
University of JamestownJamestownNDACHAMW
University of MaryBismarckNDNCAA II M
University of North DakotaGrand ForksNDNCAA  IM
Williston State CollegeWillistonNDACHAM
Midland UniversityFremontNEACHAMW
University of Nebraska at OmahaOmahaNENCAA  IM
Dartmouth CollegeHanoverNHNCAA  IMW
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindgeNHNCAA II MW
New England CollegeHennikerNHNCAA III MW
Plymouth State UniversityPlymouthNHNCAA III MW
Rivier UniversityNashuaNHNCAA III MW
Saint Anselm CollegeManchesterNHNCAA II MW
Southern New Hampshire UnivManchesterNHNCAA II M
University of New HampshireDurhamNHNCAA  IMW
Princeton UniversityPrincetonNJNCAA  IMW
Buffalo State CollegeBuffaloNYNCAA III MW
Canisius CollegeBuffaloNYNCAA  IM
Clarkson UniversityPotsdamNYNCAA  IMW
Colgate UniversityHamiltonNYNCAA  IMW
Cornell UniversityIthacaNYNCAA  IMW
Elmira CollegeElmiraNYNCAA III MW
Erie Community CollegeBuffaloNYACHAM
Hamilton CollegeClintonNYNCAA III MW
Hilbert CollegeHamburgNYNCAA III W
Hobart William Smith CollegesGenevaNYNCAA III MW
Long Island UniversityBrooklynNYNCAA  I MW
Manhattanville CollegePurchaseNYNCAA III MW
Nazareth CollegeRochesterNYNCAA III MW
Niagara UniversityNiagara UniversityNYNCAA  IM
Paul Smith's College Paul SmithsNYUSCAAMW
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroyNYNCAA  IMW
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochesterNYNCAA  IMW
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga SpringsNYNCAA III M
St Lawrence UniversityCantonNYNCAA  IMW
St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSparkillNYNCAA II M
SUNY at FredoniaFredoniaNYNCAA III M
SUNY College at BrockportBrockportNYNCAA III M
SUNY College at CantonCantonNYNCAA III MW
SUNY College at CortlandCortlandNYNCAA III MW
SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseoNYNCAA III M
SUNY College at OswegoOswegoNYNCAA III MW
SUNY College at PlattsburghPlattsburghNYNCAA III MW
SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdamNYNCAA III MW
SUNY Morrisville MorrisvilleNYNCAA III MW
Syracuse UniversitySyracuseNYNCAA  I W
U.S. Military AcademyWest PointNYNCAA  IM
Union CollegeSchenectadyNYNCAA  IMW
Utica CollegeUticaNYNCAA III MW
Bowling Green State UniversityBowling GreenOHNCAA  IM
Miami UniversityOxfordOHNCAA  IM
Ohio State UniversityColumbusOHNCAA  IMW
Alvernia UniversityReadingPANCAA III MW
Arcadia UniversityGlensidePANCAA III MW
Bryn Athyn College Bryn AthynPAACHAM 
Chatham UniversityPittsburghPANCAA III MW
King's CollegeWilkes-BarrePANCAA III MW
Lebanon Valley CollegeAnnvillePANCAA III MW
Mercyhurst UniversityEriePANCAA  IMW
Neumann UniversityAstonPANCAA III MW
Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPANCAA  IMW
Robert Morris UniversityMoon TownshipPANCAA  IMW
Wilkes UniversityWilkes-BarrePANCAA III MW
Brown UniversityProvidenceRINCAA  IMW
Johnson & Wales UniversityProvidenceRINCAA III MW
Providence CollegeProvidenceRINCAA  IMW
Salve Regina UniversityNewportRINCAA III MW
Augustana UniversitySioux FallsSDNCAA II MW
East Texas Baptist UniversityMarshallTXNCAA III M 
Castleton UniversityCastletonVTNCAA III MW
Middlebury CollegeMiddleburyVTNCAA III MW
Norwich UniversityNorthfieldVTNCAA III MW
Saint Michael's CollegeColchesterVTNCAA II MW
University of VermontBurlingtonVTNCAA  IMW
Concordia University-WisconsinMequonWINCAA III MW
Lawrence UniversityAppletonWINCAA III MW
Marian UniversityFond Du LacWINCAA III MW
Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukeeWINCAA III MW
Northland CollegeAshlandWINCAA III MW
St. Norbert CollegeDe PereWINCAA III MW
Univ of Wisconsin- Eau ClaireEau ClaireWINCAA III MW
Univ of Wisconsin-River FallsRiver FallsWINCAA III MW
Univ of Wisconsin-Stevens PointStevens PointWINCAA III MW
Univ of Wisconsin-StoutMenomonieWINCAA III M
Univ of Wisconsin-SuperiorSuperiorWINCAA III MW
University of WisconsinMadisonWINCAA  IMW
# of Schools with varsity Hockey teams by State:

# of Schools with varsity Hockey
teams by State 2022-23
 Total NCAA INCAA IINCAA IIIACHA 
New York              33 121182
Massachusetts              32 111191
Michigan              17 737
Minnesota              17 611
Wisconsin              12 111
Pennsylvania              11 38
Connecticut                9 414
New Hampshire                8 233
Maine                7 151
North Dakota                6 1212
Vermont                5 113
Colorado                4 31
Illinois                4 22
Indiana                4 121 
Rhode Island                4 22
Ohio                3 3
Alaska                2 2
Iowa                2 2
Nebraska                2 11
Arizona                1 1
Maryland                1 1
Missouri                1 1
Montana                1 1
New Jersey                1 1
South Dakota                1 1
Texas                1 1
Totals           189               64               13               93               19

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