Equestrian

77 US Colleges sponsor varsity Equestrian teams:
 Division# of teams% of teamsTotal Athletes% of AthletesAverage RosterScholarship
limit
Average
Scholarship *
NCAA I2026%79839%4015 16,567
NCAA II23%412%2015 6,825
NCAA III1519%33916%23 -
IHSA4052%89343%22 -
Totals77100%2,071100%27

Equestrian is an emerging women’s sport for NCAA I and  II schools  and an equivalency sport for  scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can  be awarded to meet the limit per school.  For example, an NCAA  I school can award 30 participants each a 1/2 scholarship and still meet the  limit of 15 per team.  The National Collegiate Equestrian Association (NCEA) is the governing body for schools competing in NCAA sanctioned equestrian.  Many NCAA member schools compete within the Intercollegiate Horse Shows Association (IHSA)  and are not subject to the NCAA scholarship limits. There are no men’s varsity teams, however some equestrian teams are coed.

* 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. 

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

Hover over individual states on the map below to see how many schools sponsor varsity Equestrian programs. The table following the map has information on each sponsoring school and links to all 77 team sites.

Schools sponsoring varsity Equestrian teams 2024-25

US Colleges with varsity Equestrian teams
2024-25
City / CampusStateDivision
Auburn UniversityAuburn ALNCAA  I
College of the SequoiasVisaliaCAIHSA
Fresno State FresnoCANCAA  I
Reedley CollegeReedleyCAIHSA
University of California-DavisDavisCANCAA  I
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldCTNCAA  I
Delaware State UniversityDoverDENCAA  I
Berry CollegeMount BerryGAIHSA
Savannah College of Art & DesignSavannahGAIHSA
University of GeorgiaAthensGANCAA  I
Wesleyan CollegeMaconGAIHSA
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods St Mary WoodsINIHSA
Colby CCColbyKSIHSA
Midway UniversityMidwayKYIHSA
Anna Maria CollegePaxtonMAIHSA
Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewaterMANCAA III 
Endicott CollegeBeverlyMAIHSA
Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth HadleyMANCAA III 
Stonehill CollegeEastonMANCAA  I
Goucher CollegeBaltimoreMDIHSA
Adrian CollegeAdrianMIIHSA
Albion CollegeAlbionMIIHSA
University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookstonMNNCAA II 
Nebraska College of Tech AgricultureCurtisNEIHSA
Colby-Sawyer CollegeNew LondonNHIHSA
Dartmouth CollegeHanoverNHNCAA  I
Centenary UniversityHackettstownNJIHSA
Drew UniversityMadisonNJIHSA
Alfred UniversityAlfredNYIHSA
Cazenovia CollegeCazenoviaNYIHSA
Cornell UniversityIthacaNYNCAA  I
Hartwick CollegeOneontaNYNCAA  III 
Long Island UniversityBrooklynNYNCAA  I
Nazareth CollegeRochesterNYNCAA  III 
Pratt InstituteBrooklynNYIHSA
Sarah Lawrence CollegeBronxvilleNYNCAA  III 
Skidmore CollegeSaratoga SpringsNYNCAA  III 
St Lawrence UniversityCantonNYIHSA
SUNY at New PaltzNew PaltzNYNCAA III 
SUNY College at CobleskillCobleskillNYIHSA
SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseoNYNCAA  III 
SUNY Morrisville MorrisvilleNYNCAA  III 
Hocking CollegeNelsonvilleOHIHSA
Wilmington CollegeWilmingtonOHNCAA III 
Oklahoma Panhandle State UnivGoodwellOKIHSA
Oklahoma State UniversityStillwaterOKNCAA  I
Southern Nazarene UniversityBethanyOKIHSA
Alvernia UniversityReadingPANCAA III 
Bucks County CCNewtownPAIHSA
Delaware Valley UniversityDoylestownPANCAA  III 
Seton Hill UniversityGreensburgPANCAA II 
Wilson CollegeChambersburgPAIHSA
Brown UniversityProvidenceRINCAA  I
Johnson & Wales UniversityProvidenceRIIHSA
Roger Williams UniversityBristolRIIHSA
Salve Regina UniversityNewportRINCAA  III 
College of CharlestonCharlestonSCNCAA  I 
Converse CollegeSpartanburgSCIHSA
University of South CarolinaColumbiaSCNCAA  I
South Dakota State UniversityBrookingsSDNCAA  I
Maryville CollegeMaryvilleTNIHSA
Sewanee-The University of the SouthSewaneeTNIHSA
University of Tennessee-MartinMartinTNNCAA  I
Baylor UniversityWacoTXNCAA  I
Schreiner UniversityKerrvilleTXIHSA
Southern Methodist UniversityDallasTXNCAA  I
Texas A & M UniversityCollege StationTXNCAA  I
Texas Christian UniversityFort WorthTXNCAA  I
Averett UniversityDanvilleVAIHSA
Bridgewater CollegeBridgewaterVANCAA III 
Emory & Henry CollegeEmoryVAIHSA
Ferrum CollegeFerrumVAIHSA
Hollins UniversityRoanokeVAIHSA
Sweet Briar CollegeSweet Briar VANCAA III 
University of LynchburgLynchburgVAIHSA
University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburgVAIHSA
Washington & Lee UniversityLexingtonVAIHSA