The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has 237 member colleges and universities for athletic competition in the 2024–25 season.[1]
NAIA institutions
edit- Note: Non-basketball playing institutions are denoted by *. Members leaving are highlighted in red.
- ^ a b c d Women's only institution in undergraduate programs, therefore it does not compete in men's sports.
- ^ a b UBC and Victoria hold concurrent membership in Canada's governing body for university athletics, U Sports, where their basketball teams compete.
- ^ Cal Maritime will withdraw from NAIA membership after the 2024–25 academic year.[2]
- ^ UC Merced started a transition to NCAA Division II in July 2024, joining the California Collegiate Athletic Association.[3] However, it remains an NAIA member in the 2024–25 school year before starting full NCAA competition in 2025.
- ^ Concordia–Michigan announced that they will discontinue their athletic program after the 2024–25 academic year.[4]
- ^ Georgia Gwinnett will add men's and women's basketball in the 2025–26 school year.
- ^ Jamestown started a transition to NCAA Division II in July 2024, joining the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. However, it remains an NAIA member in the 2024–25 school year before starting full NCAA competition in 2025.
- ^ Middle Georgia will start a transition to NCAA Division II no later than July 2025, joining the Peach Belt Conference, before starting full NCAA competition by that time, pending NCAA approval.
- ^ The women's basketball team uses the nickname Flying Queens.
Future institutions
edit| School | Nickname | City | State/ province |
Current affiliation | Conference | Joins |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bismarck State College | Mystics | Bismarck | North Dakota | Mon-Dak Conference (NJCAA) | Frontier Conference | July 2025[8] |
| Mount Mary University[a] | Blue Angels | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | Coast to Coast Athletic Conference (NCAA D-III) | Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference | July 2025[9] |
| Trinity Western University*[b] | Spartans | Langley | British Columbia | Canada West (U Sports) | Cascade Collegiate Conference | July 2025[9] |
See also
edit- List of NCAA Division I institutions
- List of NCAA Division II institutions
- List of NCAA Division III institutions
- List of USCAA institutions
- List of NCCAA institutions
- List of NJCAA Division I schools
- List of NJCAA Division II schools
- List of NJCAA Division III schools
- List of NAIA football programs
- NAIA lacrosse
References
edit- ^ "2024-25 NAIA Member Institutions" (PDF). naia.org. NAIA.
- ^ "Withdrawal from the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and California Pacific Conference (Cal Pac)" (Press release). Cal Maritime Athletics. September 20, 2024. Retrieved September 20, 2024.
- ^ UC Merced set to join CCAA, Transition to NCAA D-II
- ^ Cunningham, Darren (14 June 2024). "Concordia University Ann Arbor discontinuing athletics after 2024-25 academic year". WXYZ. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "[Member institutions]". Continental Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "Baptist Bible College is Now Mission University". Baptist Bible Tribune. January 26, 2024. Retrieved February 6, 2024.
- ^ "Members". Gulf Coast Athletic Conference. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
- ^ "NAIA Announces Membership Additions". NAIA. April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ a b "NAIA Announces Two New Member Institutions". NAIA. October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.