Fencing

46 US Colleges sponsor varsity Fencing teams:
 # of teamsTotal AthletesAverage team sizeScholarship limit Average Scholarship
DivisionMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMen'sWomen'sMenWomenMenWomen
NCAA I232844450619184.5516,80218,400
NCAA II11131213124.54.56,0317,197
NCAA III11152282412116--
NAIA115656--
Totals36456897651917

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 / CampusStateDivisionTeams
Stanford UniversityPalo AltoCANCAA  IMW
University of California-San DiegoLa JollaCANCAA  IMW
U.S. Air Force AcademyColorado SpringsCONCAA  IMW
Sacred Heart UniversityFairfieldCTNCAA  IMW
Yale UniversityNew HavenCTNCAA  IMW
Savannah College of Art & DesignAtlantaGANAIA  MW
Northwestern UniversityEvanstonILNCAA  IW
University of Notre DameNotre DameINNCAA  IMW
Boston CollegeChestnut HillMANCAA  IMW
Brandeis UniversityWalthamMANCAA III MW
Harvard UniversityCambridgeMANCAA  IMW
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridgeMANCAA III MW
Tufts UniversityMedfordMANCAA III W
Wellesley CollegeWellesley MANCAA IIIW
Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimoreMDNCAA III  MW
University of Detroit MercyDetroitMINCAA  IMW
Wayne State UniversityDetroitMINCAA II MW
Duke UniversityDurhamNCNCAA  IMW
University of North Carolina Chapel HillNCNCAA  IMW
Drew UniversityMadisonNJNCAA III MW
Fairleigh Dickinson UniversityTeaneckNJNCAA  IW
New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewarkNJNCAA  IMW
Princeton UniversityPrincetonNJNCAA  IMW
Stevens Institute of TechnologyHobokenNJNCAA III MW
Barnard  (Columbia Univ)New YorkNYNCAA  I W
City College of New YorkNew YorkNYNCAA III W
Columbia University New YorkNYNCAA  IMW
Cornell UniversityIthacaNYNCAA  IW
Hunter CollegeNew YorkNYNCAA III MW
Long Island UniversityBrooklynNYNCAA  I MW
New York UniversityNew YorkNYNCAA III MW
St John's UniversityQueensNYNCAA  IMW
Vassar CollegePoughkeepsieNYNCAA III MW
Wagner CollegeStaten IslandNYNCAA  IMW
Yeshiva UniversityNew YorkNYNCAA III MW
Cleveland State UniversityClevelandOHNCAA  IMW
Denison UniversityGranvilleOHNCAA III W
Ohio State UniversityColumbusOHNCAA  IMW
Haverford CollegeHaverfordPANCAA III MW
Lafayette CollegeEastonPANCAA  IMW
Pennsylvania State UniversityUniversity ParkPANCAA  IMW
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaPANCAA  IW
University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphiaPANCAA  IMW
Brown UniversityProvidenceRINCAA  I W
University of the Incarnate WordSan AntonioTXNCAA  IMW
Lawrence UniversityAppletonWINCAA III MW
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.