Rowing

152 Schools sponsor varsity Rowing teams:
 Total # of teamsTotal # of AthletesAverage RosterScholarship limit Average Scholarship *
DivisionSchoolsMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMenWomen
NCAA I9338921,8245,42948592013,51819,724
NCAA II13313993803329207,9949,193
NCAA III4229429251,1973229
Other43472492412
Totals152731512,9207,4884050

Women’s rowing is an equivalency sport  so partial scholarships can  be awarded in any proportion to meet the limit per school; for example,  an NCAA Division I team can award 40 rowers each a 1/2 scholarship and not exceed the NCAA school limit of 20.   See our page on scholarship limits for more information.

Even though it’s the oldest intercollegiate sport in the United States, men’s rowing has never been an official NCAA sport. The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) is the governing body for varsity Men’s programs while the American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA)  is the governing body for club teams and teams not competing under NCAA or IRA governance.

* 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 Rowing?

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 rowers currently on the roster of schools that interest you.

 

Stats & Links to all US Colleges sponsoring varsity Rowing teams:

Hover over individual states on the map below to see how many schools sponsor varsity rowing programs. The following table has information on each sponsoring school and links to all 152 team sites.

Schools sponsoring varsity Rowing teams 2022-23

US Colleges with varsity
Rowing teams 2022-23
City / Main CampusStateDivisionTeamsAvr Men's ScholarshipAvr Women's ScholarshipAvr SAT MathAvr ACT CompAdmission Rate In-State Tuition  Out of State Tuition 
University of AlabamaTuscaloosaALNCAA  IW          31,254           22,630            600               27 80%        10,780              30,250
Cal Poly Humboldt ArcataCANCAA II W            2,097             1,771            530               21 85%          5,742              17,622
California Maritime AcademyVallejoCANAIA  MW                184                 530       82%          5,742              17,622
Loyola Marymount UniversityLos AngelesCANCAA  I MW          21,301           27,105            650               29 50%        52,310              52,310
Orange Coast CollegeCosta MesaCACCCAAMW                   -                      -                   1,104                8,304
Sacramento State SacramentoCANCAA  IW          11,131           11,189            510               20 83%          5,742              17,622
Saint Mary's College MoragaCANCAA  I W          26,107           21,906            577               25 77%        51,568              51,568
Santa Clara UniversitySanta ClaraCANCAA  I MW          17,278           19,456            695               30 51%        55,224              55,224
Stanford UniversityPalo AltoCANCAA  IMW          31,347           30,370            760               33 5%        55,473              55,473
University of California-BerkeleyBerkeleyCANCAA  IMW          13,577           12,778            725               33 17%        11,442              41,196
University of California-Los AngelesLos AngelesCANCAA  IW          25,205           20,646       14%        11,442              41,196
University of California-San DiegoLa JollaCANCAA  IMW            2,677             2,353            710               31 37%        11,442              41,196
University of San DiegoSan DiegoCANCAA  IMW          11,911           22,755       59%        52,120              52,120
University of Southern CaliforniaLos AngelesCANCAA  IW          32,872           33,366            735               32 16%        60,446              60,446
Connecticut CollegeNew LondonCTNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              695               32 38%        60,420              60,420
Fairfield UniversityFairfieldCTNCAA  I MW          14,414           15,570            630               29 56%        52,070              52,070
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldCTNCAA  IW          13,525           12,026       66%        44,960              44,960
Trinity CollegeHartfordCTNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         36%        58,610              58,610
U.S. Coast Guard AcademyNew LondonCTNCAA IIIMW           660               30 20% full  ride 
University of ConnecticutStorrsCTNCAA  IW          29,056           26,662            650               30 56%        15,030              37,698
Wesleyan UniversityMiddletownCTNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         21%        61,449              61,449
Yale UniversityNew HavenCTNCAA  IMW                   -                      -              770               34 7%        59,950              59,950
Catholic University WashingtonDCNCAA III MW                   -                      -         82%        51,040              51,040
George Washington UniversityWashingtonDCNCAA  I W          20,749           27,570            680               32 43%        59,780              59,780
Georgetown UniversityWashingtonDCNCAA  IMW          12,040           16,502            740               33 17%        59,784              59,784
University of DelawareNewarkDENCAA  IW          22,753           19,758            620               28 66%        12,980              34,840
Barry UniversityMiamiFLNCAA II W          11,852           17,096       65%        31,200              31,200
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical UnivDaytona BeachFLNCAA II MW            9,670           13,872            615               27 61%        37,512              37,512
Jacksonville UniversityJacksonvilleFLNCAA  IMW            9,667           18,302                  22 78%        42,250              42,250
Rollins CollegeWinter ParkFLNCAA II MW            9,018           11,559       61%        54,740              54,740
Stetson UniversityDeLandFLNCAA  IMW          11,544           19,075       81%        50,440              50,440
University of Central FloridaOrlandoFLNCAA  IW          19,470           17,666            620               28 45%          4,478              19,810
University of MiamiCoral GablesFLNCAA  IW          53,667           35,775            675               30 33%        53,112              53,112
University of TampaTampaFLNCAA II W            7,809             8,663            575               25 56%        29,162              29,162
Drake UniversityDes MoinesIANCAA  IW            7,671           17,817            615               27 68%        45,734              45,734
University of IowaIowa CityIANCAA  IW          19,968           18,711            605               26 84%          8,356              30,319
Indiana UniversityBloomingtonINNCAA  IW          24,494           21,347            620               28 80%          9,913              36,932
University of Notre DameNotre DameINNCAA  IW          34,327           35,108            750               34 19%        58,336              58,336
University of Saint FrancisFort WayneINNAIA  MW          19,249           19,054            525               22 99%        32,230              32,230
Kansas State UniversityManhattanKSNCAA  IW          21,722           17,275       94%          9,489              25,560
University of KansasLawrenceKSNCAA  IW          26,657           21,857            600               26 91%        10,092              26,960
University of LouisvilleLouisvilleKYNCAA  IW          24,184           24,131            575               25 65%        12,174              28,520
Assumption CollegeWorcesterMANCAA II W            4,510             4,952       81%        45,100              45,100
Boston CollegeChestnut HillMANCAA  IW          31,154           27,228            720               33 26%        60,530              60,530
Boston UniversityBostonMANCAA  I MW          27,400           29,158            725               32 20%        58,560              58,560
Clark UniversityWorcesterMANCAA III W                   -                      -              620               30 47%        49,950              49,950
Gordon CollegeWenhamMANCAA III MW                   -                      -              560               25 68%        25,250              25,250
Harvard UniversityCambridgeMANCAA  IMW                   -                      -              770               34 5%        51,143              51,143
Holy CrossWorcesterMANCAA  IMW          16,827           16,235            685               31 38%        55,800              55,800
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMANCAA  IMW                   -                      -              790               35 7%        55,510              55,510
Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards BayMANCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              558               24 92%          1,946              16,534
Merrimack CollegeNorth AndoverMANCAA  IW          16,839           17,048       82%        43,842              43,842
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth HadleyMANCAA IIIW           705               29 52%        56,300              56,300
Northeastern UniversityBostonMANCAA  I MW          32,256           34,441            755               34 20%        56,500              56,500
Simmons CollegeBostonMANCAA IIIW           565               27 83%        41,872              41,872
Smith CollegeNorthamptonMANCAA IIIW      37%        55,830              55,830
Tufts UniversityMedfordMANCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              740               34 16%        61,646              61,646
University of MassachusettsAmherstMANCAA  IW          19,475           18,233            655               30 65%        15,791              36,316
Wellesley CollegeWellesley MANCAA IIIW           720               33 20%        60,424              60,424
Williams CollegeWilliamstownMANCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         15%        59,350              59,350
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcesterMANCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         59%        54,640              54,640
Loyola University MarylandBaltimoreMDNCAA  I MW          14,732           17,211       80%        52,130              52,130
St Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's CityMDNCAA III MW                   -                      -              570               26 79%        12,116              28,192
U.S. Naval AcademyAnnapolisMDNCAA  IMW           680               31 9% full  ride 
Washington CollegeChestertownMDNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         80%        48,678              48,678
Bates CollegeLewistonMENCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         14%        59,062              59,062
Colby CollegeWatervilleMENCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              740               33 10%        58,640              58,640
Adrian CollegeAdrianMINCAA III MW                   -                      -              509               22 61%        38,032              38,032
Eastern Michigan UniversityYpsilantiMINCAA  IW          21,075           16,495            540               23 75%        13,950              13,950
Michigan State UniversityEast LansingMINCAA  IW          25,033           21,721            605               26 76%        14,750              40,562
University of MichiganAnn ArborMINCAA  IW          30,573           26,088            730               33 26%        15,850              52,904
University of MinnesotaMinneapolisMNNCAA  IW          21,368           18,228            700               28 70%        13,532              32,096
Duke UniversityDurhamNCNCAA  IW          32,384           41,803            775               35 8%        58,085              58,085
University of North Carolina Chapel HillNCNCAA  IW          19,890           19,551            700               31 25%          7,019              34,882
Creighton UniversityOmahaNENCAA  I W          19,854           15,226       64%        42,618              42,618
Dartmouth CollegeHanoverNHNCAA  IMW                   -                      -              760               34 9%        58,953              58,953
Franklin Pierce UniversityRindgeNHNCAA II W            6,118             9,234       85%        38,100              38,100
Monmouth UniversityWest Long BranchNJNCAA  IW          20,582           20,287            560               24 79%        40,968              40,968
Princeton UniversityPrincetonNJNCAA  IMW                   -                      -              770               34 6%        56,010              56,010
Rutgers UniversityNew BrunswickNJNCAA  IW          22,851           21,167            665               29 67%        12,536              29,737
Stockton UniversityGallowayNJNCAA III W                   -                      -              547               24 77%        12,490              20,072
Barnard  (Columbia Univ)New YorkNYNCAA  I W           720               33 14%        57,734              57,734
Canisius CollegeBuffaloNYNCAA  I W            9,649           11,497            570               24 76%        29,300              29,300
Colgate UniversityHamiltonNYNCAA  IMW          20,822           20,600            700               32 27%        61,594              61,594
Columbia University New YorkNYNCAA  IMW                   -                      -              770               34 7%        60,514              60,514
Cornell UniversityIthacaNYNCAA  IMW                   -                      -              755               34 11%        60,286              60,286
D'Youville CollegeBuffaloNYNCAA IIW                   -                      -              530               22 83%        28,968              28,968
Fordham UniversityBronxNYNCAA  IW          24,451           31,565            660               30 53%        54,730              54,730
Hamilton CollegeClintonNYNCAA III MW                   -                      -              730               33 18%        59,380              59,380
Hobart William Smith CollegesGenevaNYNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              630               28 62%        58,990              58,990
Iona CollegeNew RochelleNYNCAA  IMW          13,499           13,050            545               24 86%        40,628              40,628
Ithaca CollegeIthacaNYNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         76%        46,610              46,610
Long Island UniversityBrooklynNYNCAA  I MW          19,761           20,151            595               26 85%        37,296              37,296
Manhattan CollegeRiverdaleNYNCAA  I W          16,751           18,839       78%        42,800              42,800
Marist CollegePoughkeepsieNYNCAA  IMW            7,578           12,700       55%        42,650              42,650
Nazareth CollegeRochesterNYNCAA III W                   -                      -         76%        35,890              35,890
Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochesterNYNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              675               31 74%        52,030              52,030
Saint John Fisher CollegeRochesterNYNCAA III  W                   -                      -              585               25 68%        35,352              35,352
Schenectady County CCSchenectadyNYNJCAA W                   -                      -             4,608                9,216
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga SpringsNYNCAA III MW                   -                      -              657               29 32%        59,064              59,064
St Lawrence UniversityCantonNYNCAA III MW                   -                      -              635               30 47%        59,800              59,800
SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs NeckNYNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              580               24 73%          7,070              16,980
Syracuse UniversitySyracuseNYNCAA  IMW          30,436           35,124       69%        55,920              55,920
Union CollegeSchenectadyNYNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              665               31 41%        61,308              61,308
University of RochesterRochesterNYNCAA III W                   -                      -              735               32 35%        58,276              58,276
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsieNYNCAA III MW                   -                      -              725               33 25%        61,940              61,940
Marietta CollegeMariettaOHNCAA III MW                   -                      -              550               23 74%        36,410              36,410
Ohio State UniversityColumbusOHNCAA  IW          19,950           20,353            680               29 68%        11,018              34,101
University of DaytonDaytonOHNCAA  IW          10,942           18,107            600               26 81%        44,890              44,890
University of Central OklahomaEdmondOKNCAA II W            6,501             5,970                  21 80%          6,822              17,709
University of OklahomaNormanOKNCAA  IW          28,312           24,788            595               26 83%          4,920              20,724
University of TulsaTulsaOKNCAA  IW          42,337           39,589            610               27 69%        44,238              44,238
Lewis & Clark CollegePortlandORNCAA IIIMW                   -                      -              630               29 80%        56,970              56,970
Oregon State UniversityCorvallisORNCAA  IMW          19,330           19,531            600               25 82%        10,065              29,456
Pacific UniversityForest GroveORNCAA IIIW                   -                      -              570               25 89%        48,928              48,928
University of PortlandPortlandORNCAA  I W          27,838           27,002            610               26 77%        49,424              49,424
Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr PANCAA IIIW      38%        55,025              55,025
Bucknell UniversityLewisburgPANCAA  IW          18,128           22,498            680               30 38%        59,474              59,474
Cabrini UniversityRadnorPANCAA III W                   -                      -              508               21 62%        32,830              32,830
Drexel UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA  I MW          19,042           22,837            645               28 77%        54,766              54,766
Duquesne UniversityPittsburghPANCAA  IW          22,382           19,538            590               26 77%        43,526              43,526
Franklin & Marshall CollegeLancasterPANCAA IIIMW                   -                      -         37%        63,216              63,216
La Salle UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA  I MW          10,247           11,453       76%        32,000              32,000
Lehigh UniversityBethlehemPANCAA  IMW          20,892           21,531            695               31 50%        56,980              56,980
Mercyhurst UniversityEriePANCAA II MW          14,253           15,271       88%        39,750              39,750
Robert Morris UniversityMoon TownshipPANCAA  IW          19,326           20,513            555               26 86%        31,450              31,450
Saint Joseph's UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA  I MW          14,923           20,125            590               26 80%        47,740              47,740
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA  IMW          28,376           28,133       71%        16,488              29,712
Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA II W            9,654           11,132            590               24 70%        41,900              41,900
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPANCAA  IMW                   -                      -              775               34 9%        54,652              54,652
Villanova UniversityVillanovaPANCAA  IW          22,853           19,304            710               32 31%        58,290              58,290
Brown UniversityProvidenceRINCAA  IMW                   -                      -              760               34 8%        60,944              60,944
Bryant UniversitySmithfieldRINCAA  IW          15,220           16,307            605               28 76%        46,885              46,885
University of Rhode IslandKingstonRINCAA  IW          21,467           19,477            585               26 76%        13,250              31,272
Clemson UniversityClemsonSCNCAA  IW          37,113           26,868            650               30 62%        14,118              37,110
University of TennesseeKnoxvilleTNNCAA  IW          28,682           23,315            607               28 78%        11,332              29,522
Southern Methodist UniversityDallasTXNCAA  IW          50,691           46,337            680               31 53%        53,464              53,464
University of Texas AustinTXNCAA  IW          24,825           19,535            675               30 32%        11,752              40,996
George Mason UniversityFairfaxVANCAA  I W          13,021           16,206            595               27 89%          9,510              32,970
Old Dominion UniversityNorfolkVANCAA  IW          22,646           19,071            520               22 95%          7,029              26,664
University of VirginiaCharlottesvilleVANCAA  IW          28,335           26,371            715               32 23%        16,010              49,710
Gonzaga UniversitySpokaneWANCAA  I MW          13,552           16,601            630               28 73%        47,560              47,560
Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacomaWANCAA III W                   -                      -         86%        46,816              46,816
Seattle Pacific UniversitySeattleWANCAA II  W          14,186           11,170            535               24 91%        35,100              35,100
Seattle UniversitySeattleWANCAA  I W          16,189           20,462            615               27 83%        48,510              48,510
University of Puget SoundTacomaWANCAA III MW                   -                      -         87%        55,390              55,390
University of WashingtonSeattleWANCAA  IMW          23,720           22,948            682               30 56%        10,927              38,757
Washington State UniversityPullmanWANCAA  IW          23,067           20,861            555               23 80%        10,457              25,773
Western Washington UniversityBellinghamWANCAA II W            5,216             6,311            575               25 94%          7,572              24,799
Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukeeWINCAA III MW                   -                      -              650               28 60%        43,284              43,284
University of WisconsinMadisonWINCAA  IMW          22,688           18,160            710               30 57%          9,273              37,161
West Virginia UniversityMorgantownWVNCAA  IW          20,243           19,123            560               24 84%          8,976              25,320