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There are currently 431 American colleges and universities classified as Division III for NCAA competition, making it the largest division in the NCAA by school count. Schools from 34 of the 50 states and the District of Columbia are represented. All schools do not provide athletic scholarships to students.
Five Division III members are allowed to award athletic scholarships in their Division I sports—a practice otherwise not allowed for Division III schools. All of these schools sponsored a men's sport in the NCAA University Division, the predecessor to today's Division I, before the NCAA adopted its current three-division setup in 1974–75.
School Nickname City State/ province Enrollment Future conference Note Begins play New England College: Pilgrims Henniker: New Hampshire: 4,327 CNE: 2025 [2] [3]: Roanoke
1921: The Midwest Conference (MWC) was founded as the Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference (MCAC). Charter members included Beloit College, Carleton College, Coe College, Cornell College, Knox College and Lawrence College (now Lawrence University), effective beginning the 1921–22 academic year. 1922: Hamline University and Millikin College ...
NCAA Division III independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III level, but do not belong to an established intercollegiate athletic conference for a particular sport.
Part of the University of Illinois system: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: Urbana Champaign: 1867 56,916 Research University Part of the University of Illinois system: Northeastern Illinois University: Chicago: 1867 5,756 Master's Northern Illinois University: DeKalb: 1895 15,649 Research University Southern Illinois University ...
The College Division split again in 1973 when the NCAA went to its current naming convention: Division I, Division II, and Division III. D-III schools are not allowed to offer athletic scholarships, while D-II schools can. D-III is the NCAA's largest division with around 450 member institutions, which are 80% private and 20% public.