List of NCAA ice hockey programs
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This is a list of current and former varsity ice hockey programs that played under NCAA guidelines and/or predated the NCAA's oversight of ice hockey.

Current teams
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Perspective
Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.
as of July 4, 2024.
Division I

1; 2; 3; 4; 6; 7; 11
Men's
Women's
Division II
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Number of seasons | Conference |
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Saint Michael's College | Colchester, Vermont | Purple Knights | 1922–23 | 65 | Northeast-10 |
Assumption University (Worcester) | Worcester, Massachusetts | Greyhounds | 1918–19 | 60 | Northeast-10 |
Saint Anselm College | Goffstown, New Hampshire | Hawks | 1969–70 | 54 | Northeast-10 |
Southern New Hampshire University | Manchester, New Hampshire | Penmen | 1975–76 | 48 | Northeast-10 |
Franklin Pierce University | Rindge, New Hampshire | Ravens | 2002–03 | 22 | Northeast-10 |
Post University | Waterbury, Connecticut | Eagles | 2016–17 | 7 | Northeast-10 |
Women's
No women's ice hockey programs currently play under Division II regulations. The NCAA allows D-II members to play under Division I regulations in any sport that does not have a D-II national championship, and all D-II members that sponsor varsity women's hockey choose to play as D-I.
Of the six schools that play under D-II regulations in men's ice hockey, four currently have women's varsity teams, all of which play in the NEWHA. Assumption started women's varsity play in 2023–24 as a NEWHA member.
Division III
Men's

1; 2; 3; 4; 7; 9; >10
• Wisconsin (11)
• New York (17)
• Massachusetts (19)
† UMass Boston's program began in 1980, however, the school merged in 1982 with Boston State College, which had started its ice hockey program in 1962.
Women's
- Albertus Magnus will join UCHC in 2025–26.
Future teams
Division I
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Tennessee State University | Nashville, Tennessee | Tigers | 2025-26 | Independent |
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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University of Delaware | Newark, Delaware | Fightin' Blue Hens | 2025–26 | AHA |
Division III
Men's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Beloit College | Beloit, Wisconsin | Buccaneers | 2025–26[1] | TBA |
Hiram College | Hiram, Ohio | Terriers | 2025–26[2] | TBA |
Roger Williams University | Bristol, Rhode Island | Hawks | 1983–84[a] [3] | CNE |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26[4] | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2025–26[5] | LEC |
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Conference |
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Beloit College | Beloit, Wisconsin | Buccaneers | 2025–26[1] | TBA |
Roger Williams University | Bristol, Rhode Island | Hawks | 2026–27[3] | CNE |
St. John Fisher University | Pittsford, New York | Cardinals | 2025–26 | UCHC |
Western Connecticut University | Danbury, Connecticut | Wolves | 2026–27[5] | LEC |
Former teams
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Defunct teams are listed at the level and in the conference they were when they ceased sponsoring ice hockey as a varsity sport. For programs that ended prior to the delineation of college hockey in 1961, all will be listed under Division I classification.
Division I
Men's
- Dropped hockey after the 2020–21 season (though officially "suspended") due to inability to find a new conference home after the demise of its former home league of the men's WCHA.[6]
- At the time the university was the separate Carnegie Institute of Technology, which merged with the Mellon Institute of Technology in 1967 to form the current Carnegie Mellon University.
- The Case Institute of Technology merged with Western Reserve University in 1967 to form the current Case Western Reserve University.
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
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University of North Dakota | Grand Forks, North Dakota | Fighting Hawks | 2002–03 | 2016–17 | 15 | WCHA |
Niagara University | Lewiston, New York | Purple Eagles | 1998–99 | 2011–12 | 14 | CHA |
Division II
Men's
Division III
Men's
Women's
Institution | Location | Nickname | First season | Last season | Total seasons | Conference |
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Finlandia University | Hancock, Michigan | Lions | 2004–05 | 2022–23 | 18 | NCHA |
See also
- "List of Defunct teams". College Hockey News.
Timeline
Legend
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Pre-NCAA Tournament
Men's programs starting thru 1918

Men's programs starting from 1919 thru 1945

NCAA Tournament
Men's programs after World War II

Men's programs beginning after World War II thru 1975

† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.
Men's programs beginning after 1975 thru 2000

Men's programs after 2000


Men's programs starting after 2000

References
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