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. 

* 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 Fencing teams:

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

Schools sponsoring varsity Fencing teams 2024-25

US Colleges with varsity Fencing teams 2024-25	City / Campus	State		Division		Teams
Stanford University	Palo Alto	CA		NCAA  I		M	W
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla	CA		NCAA  I		M	W
U.S. Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs	CO		NCAA  I		M	W
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield	CT		NCAA  I		M	W
Yale University	New Haven	CT		NCAA  I		M	W
Savannah College of Art & Design	Atlanta	GA		NAIA		M	W
Northwestern University	Evanston	IL		NCAA  I			W
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame	IN		NCAA  I		M	W
Boston College	Chestnut Hill	MA		NCAA  I		M	W
Brandeis University	Waltham	MA		NCAA III		M	W
Harvard University	Cambridge	MA		NCAA  I		M	W
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	MA		NCAA III		M	W
Tufts University	Medford	MA		NCAA III			W
Wellesley College	Wellesley	MA		NCAA III			W
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore	MD		NCAA III		M	W
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit	MI		NCAA  I		M	W
Wayne State University	Detroit	MI		NCAA II		M	W
Duke University	Durham	NC		NCAA  I		M	W
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill	NC		NCAA  I		M	W
Drew University	Madison	NJ		NCAA III		M	W
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Teaneck	NJ		NCAA  I			W
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark	NJ		NCAA  I		M	W
Princeton University	Princeton	NJ		NCAA  I		M	W
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken	NJ		NCAA III		M	W
Barnard  (Columbia Univ)	New York	NY		NCAA  I			W
City College of New York	New York	NY		NCAA III			W
Columbia University	New York	NY		NCAA  I		M	W
Cornell University	Ithaca	NY		NCAA  I			W
Hunter College	New York	NY		NCAA III		M	W
Long Island University	Brooklyn	NY		NCAA  I		M	W
New York University	New York	NY		NCAA III		M	W
St John's University	Queens	NY		NCAA  I		M	W
Vassar College	Poughkeepsie	NY		NCAA III		M	W
Wagner College	Staten Island	NY		NCAA  I		M	W
Yeshiva University	New York	NY		NCAA III		M	W
Cleveland State University	Cleveland	OH		NCAA  I		M	W
Denison University	Granville	OH		NCAA III			W
Ohio State University	Columbus	OH		NCAA  I		M	W
Haverford College	Haverford	PA		NCAA III		M	W
Lafayette College	Easton	PA		NCAA  I		M	W
Pennsylvania State University	University Park	PA		NCAA  I		M	W
Temple University	Philadelphia	PA		NCAA  I			W
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	PA		NCAA  I		M	W
Brown University	Providence	RI		NCAA  I			W
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio	TX		NCAA  I		M	W
Lawrence University	Appleton	WI		NCAA III		M	W

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.