46 US Colleges sponsor varsity Fencing teams:
| # of teams | Total Athletes | Average team size | Scholarship limit | Average Scholarship | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Men's | Women's | Men | Women | Men's | Women's | Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| NCAA I |  | 23 | 28 | | 444 | 506 | | 19 | 18 | | 4.5 | 5 | | 16,802 | 18,400 |
| NCAA II | 1 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6,031 | 7,197 | |||||
| NCAA III | 11 | 15 | 228 | 241 | 21 | 16 | - | - | |||||||
| NAIA | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | - | |||||||
| Totals | 36 | 45 | 689 | 765 | 19 | 17 | |||||||||
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
