Fencing 2020

46 Schools sponsored varsity Fencing teams during 2019-20:

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. Our tables below have links to all 46 College varsity  team sites … search schools & see how you might compare.

Fencing - All Schools:

Schools with Varsity Fencing teams 2020:	City / Main Campus		State	Athletic Division		Tea	ms	Avr Men's Scholarship	Avr Women's Scholarship		Avr SAT Math	Avr ACT Comp	Admission Rate	In-State Tuition	Out of State Tuition
Stanford University * Dropped 2021	Palo Alto		CA	NCAA  I		M	W	31,347	30,370		760	34	4%	51,354	51,354
University of California-San Diego	La Jolla		CA	NCAA II		M	W	2,677	2,353		705	30	30%	14,167	43,159
U.S. Air Force Academy	Colorado Springs		CO	NCAA  I		M	W				670	31	11%	Full	Ride!
Sacred Heart University	Fairfield		CT	NCAA  I		M	W	13,525	12,026				60%	41,420	41,420
Yale University	New Haven		CT	NCAA  I		M	W				770	34	6%	53,430	53,430
Savannah College of Art & Design	Atlanta		GA	NAIA		M	W	18,380	13,887		550	24	70%	37,130	37,130
Northwestern University	Evanston		IL	NCAA  I			W	44,002	36,951		760	34	8%	54,568	54,568
University of Notre Dame	Notre Dame		IN	NCAA  I		M	W	34,327	35,108		750	34	18%	53,391	53,391
Boston College	Chestnut Hill		MA	NCAA  I		M	W	31,154	27,228		720	33	28%	55,464	55,464
Brandeis University	Waltham		MA	NCAA III		M	W				715	31	31%	55,395	55,395
Harvard University	Cambridge		MA	NCAA  I		M	W				770	34	5%	50,420	50,420
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge		MA	NCAA III		M	W				790	35	7%	51,832	51,832
Tufts University	Medford		MA	NCAA III			W				740	33	15%	56,382	56,382
Wellesley College	Wellesley		MA	NCAA III			W				720	32	20%	53,732	53,732
Johns Hopkins University	Baltimore		MD	NCAA III		M	W				770	34	11%	53,740	53,740
St John's College	Annapolis		MD	Indep		M	W						58%	53,343	53,343
University of Detroit Mercy	Detroit		MI	NCAA  I		M	W	14,030	19,141		575	24	83%	28,000	28,000
Wayne State University	Detroit		MI	NCAA II		M	W	9,385	12,040		550	24	71%	13,097	27,991
Duke University	Durham		NC	NCAA  I		M	W	32,384	41,803		770	34	9%	55,695	55,695
University of North Carolina	Chapel Hill		NC	NCAA  I		M	W	19,890	19,551		700	31	23%	8,987	35,170
Drew University	Madison		NJ	NCAA III		M	W						69%	39,800	39,800
Fairleigh Dickinson University	Teaneck		NJ	NCAA  I			W	20,543	27,348				89%	40,732	40,732
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Newark		NJ	NCAA  I		M	W	10,636	21,398		660	28	64%	17,338	32,750
Princeton University	Princeton		NJ	NCAA  I		M	W				765	34	5%	50,340	50,340
Stevens Institute of Technology	Hoboken		NJ	NCAA III		M	W				730	32	41%	52,202	52,202
Barnard (Columbia Univ)	New York		NY	NCAA  I			W				710	32	14%	55,032	55,032
City College of New York	New York		NY	NCAA III			W				590		48%	7,140	14,810
Columbia University	New York		NY	NCAA  I		M	W				770	34	6%	59,430	59,430
Cornell University	Ithaca		NY	NCAA  I			W				750	33	11%	55,188	55,188
Hunter College	New York		NY	NCAA III		M	W				630		36%	7,182	14,852
Long Island University	Brooklyn		NY	NCAA  I			W	19,761	20,151		575	24	76%	37,763	37,763
New York University	New York		NY	NCAA III		M	W				725	32	20%	51,828	51,828
St John's University	Queens		NY	NCAA  I		M	W	22,324	32,163		585	26	73%	41,760	41,760
Vassar College	Poughkeepsie		NY	NCAA III		M	W				730	32	25%	56,960	56,960
Wagner College	Staten Island		NY	NCAA  I			W	17,144	19,758				70%	47,090	47,090
Yeshiva University	New York		NY	NCAA III		M	W				630	26	60%	43,500	43,500
Cleveland State University	Cleveland		OH	NCAA  I		M	W	8,952	11,925		535	22	88%	10,457	14,824
Denison University	Granville		OH	NCAA III			W				660	30	34%	51,960	51,960
Ohio State University	Columbus		OH	NCAA  I		M	W	19,950	20,353		705	30	52%	10,726	30,742
Haverford College	Haverford		PA	NCAA III		M	W				735	33	19%	54,838	54,838
Lafayette College	Easton		PA	NCAA  I		M	W	20,385	19,157		683	30	29%	53,630	53,630
Pennsylvania State University	University Park		PA	NCAA  I		M	W	27,079	27,672		640	28	56%	18,454	34,858
Temple University	Philadelphia		PA	NCAA  I			W	28,376	28,133				59%	16,970	29,066
University of Pennsylvania	Philadelphia		PA	NCAA  I		M	W				760	34	8%	55,584	55,584
Brown University * Dropped 2021	Providence		RI	NCAA  I		M	W				755	34	8%	55,466	55,466
University of the Incarnate Word	San Antonio		TX	NCAA  I		M	W	21,057	28,161		515	20	88%	31,484	31,484
Lawrence University	Appleton		WI	NCAA III		M	W				670	29	62%	47,475	47,475