List of NAIA institutions
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has 248 member colleges and universities for athletic competition.[1]
NAIA institutions
- Note: The NAIA once had basketball teams split into two divisions. The association discontinued its Division II basketball championships for both men and women after the 2019–20 season,[2] when the 2020 championships were canceled following a coronavirus pandemic. Non-basketball playing institutions are denoted by *.
- British Columbia and Victoria – hold concurrent membership in U Sports (formerly Canadian Interuniversity Sport, CIS).
- Holy Family – closing after the 2019–20 academic year.
- Milligan and Mount Marty – university status effective in the 2020–21 academic year.
Future institutions
| School | Nickname | City | State/ Province |
Conference | Joins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of North Texas at Dallas | Trailblazers | Dallas | Texas | TBD | 2020 |
| Oakland City University | Mighty Oaks | Oakland City | Indiana | River States Conference | |
| Park University Gilbert | Buccaneers | Gilbert | Arizona | California Pacific Conference | |
| Texas A&M University–San Antonio* | Jaguars | San Antonio | Texas | Red River Athletic Conference | |
| Westcliff University | Warriors | Irvine | California | California Pacific Conference | |
| Iowa Wesleyan University | Tigers | Mount Pleasant | Iowa | TBD | 2021 |
- Texas A&M–San Antonio – adding basketball in 2022.
See also
References
- "2019-20 NAIA Member Institutions by Conference" (PDF). naia.org. NAIA.
- "NAIA to Combine Basketball Divisions". NAIA. April 16, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- "Association of Independent Institutions". www.aiisports.com. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- "Lincoln College seeking conferences as athletics moves into four-year NAIA play | WJBC AM 1230". Wjbc.com. April 23, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- "Association of Independent Institutions - 2019-20 Men's Basketball-D2". www.aiisports.com. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- Sarah Dettmer, sdettmer@greatfallstribune.com (July 13, 2017). "So long, University of Great Falls; Welcome, University of Providence". Greatfallstribune.com. Retrieved September 6, 2019.
- "Gulf Coast Athletic Conference - Members". www.gcaconf.com. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
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