Trivia
Longest-standing NCAA members
The schools that have been in the NCAA the longest, by the membership date in the NCAA directory.
1906
#1 · Allegheny College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Meadville, PA
1970
Median
of 1,083 schools, all divisions
1906
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, all divisions
#1 · Allegheny Collegeevery school
The spread across 1,083 schools; the median is 1970.
How it is measured
Membership dates on file; founding dates of the schools themselves are older.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Member since | Undergrads | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Allegheny College Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Meadville, PA | 1906 | 1,231 | Private | |
| 2 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | 1906 | 1,910 | Private | |
| 3 | Colgate University Division I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY | 1906 | 3,131 | Private | |
| 4 | Dartmouth College Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH | 1906 | 4,447 | Private | |
| 5 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | 1906 | 2,405 | Private | |
| 6 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | 1906 | 1,911 | Private | |
| 7 | Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA | 1906 | 1,424 | Private | |
| 8 | Lehigh University Division I · Patriot League · Bethlehem, PA | 1906 | 5,811 | Private | |
| 9 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | 1906 | 29,760 | Private | |
| 10 | Oberlin College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH | 1906 | 2,966 | Private | |
| 11 | Ohio Wesleyan University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Delaware, OH | 1906 | 1,452 | Private | |
| 12 | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick Division I · Big Ten Conference · New Brunswick, NJ | 1906 | 36,588 | Public | |
| 13 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | 1906 | 1,644 | Private | |
| 14 | Syracuse University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY | 1906 | 15,739 | Private | |
| 15 | The College of Wooster Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Wooster, OH | 1906 | 1,876 | Private | |
| 16 | Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA | 1906 | 6,877 | Private | |
| 17 | Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY | 1906 | 2,082 | Private | |
| 18 | University of Colorado Boulder Division I · Big 12 Conference · Boulder, CO | 1906 | 32,105 | Public | |
| 19 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Division I · Big Ten Conference · Minneapolis, MN | 1906 | 39,556 | Public | |
| 20 | University of Missouri, Columbia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Columbia, MO | 1906 | 23,613 | Public | |
| 21 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln Division I · Big Ten Conference · Lincoln, NE | 1906 | 19,338 | Public | |
| 22 | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chapel Hill, NC | 1906 | 20,681 | Public | |
| 23 | University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA | 1906 | 11,611 | Private | |
| 24 | University of Pittsburgh Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Pittsburgh, PA | 1906 | 25,171 | Public | |
| 25 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | 1906 | 6,764 | Private | |
| 26 | U.S. Military Academy Division I · Patriot League · West Point, NY | 1906 | 4,508 | Public | |
| 27 | Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN | 1906 | 7,152 | Private | |
| 28 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | 1906 | 3,066 | Private | |
| 29 | The City College of New York Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | 1907 | 12,356 | Public | |
| 30 | The Ohio State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Columbus, OH | 1907 | 45,728 | Public | |
| 31 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | 1907 | 7,643 | Private | |
| 32 | University of Texas at Austin Division I · Southeastern Conference · Austin, TX | 1907 | 42,444 | Public | |
| 33 | University of Virginia Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Charlottesville, VA | 1907 | 17,612 | Public | |
| 34 | West Virginia University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Morgantown, WV | 1907 | 18,615 | Public | |
| 35 | Iowa State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Ames, IA | 1908 | 25,332 | Public | |
| 36 | Lafayette College Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA | 1908 | 2,764 | Private | |
| 37 | Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL | 1908 | 9,157 | Private | |
| 38 | Norwich University Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Northfield, VT | 1908 | 2,642 | Private | |
| 39 | Pennsylvania State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · University Park, PA | 1908 | 42,223 | Public | |
| 40 | Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ | 1908 | 4,092 | Private | |
| 41 | University of Iowa Division I · Big Ten Conference · Iowa City, IA | 1908 | 22,130 | Public | |
| 42 | University of Kansas Division I · Big 12 Conference · Lawrence, KS | 1908 | 20,696 | Public | |
| 43 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | 1909 | 1,753 | Private | |
| 44 | Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY | 1909 | 9,111 | Private | |
| 45 | Harvard University Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA | 1909 | 9,095 | Private | |
| 46 | Indiana University, Bloomington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Bloomington, IN | 1909 | 36,833 | Public | |
| 47 | University of Tennessee, Knoxville Division I · Southeastern Conference · Knoxville, TN | 1909 | 28,883 | Public | |
| 48 | Auburn University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Auburn, AL | 1910 | 26,874 | Public | |
| 49 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | 1910 | 1,775 | Private | |
| 50 | University of Connecticut Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Storrs, CT | 1910 | 19,388 | Public | |
| 51 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Division I · Big Ten Conference · Madison, WI | 1910 | 36,797 | Public | |
| 52 | Clemson University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Clemson, SC | 1912 | 22,875 | Public | |
| 53 | Drake University Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Des Moines, IA | 1912 | 2,702 | Private | |
| 54 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | 1912 | 6,089 | Private | |
| 55 | University of Massachusetts, Amherst Division I · Mid-American Conference · Amherst, MA | 1912 | 23,936 | Public | |
| 56 | Washington and Lee University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lexington, VA | 1912 | 1,898 | Private | |
| 57 | Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ | 1913 | 5,671 | Private | |
| 58 | Rice University Division I · American Conference · Houston, TX | 1913 | 4,574 | Private | |
| 59 | University of Georgia Division I · Southeastern Conference · Athens, GA | 1913 | 31,514 | Public | |
| 60 | University of the South Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Sewanee, TN | 1913 | 1,615 | Private | |
| 61 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | 1914 | 1,850 | Private | |
| 62 | Purdue University Division I · Big Ten Conference · West Lafayette, IN | 1914 | 39,864 | Public | |
| 63 | Springfield College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Springfield, MA | 1914 | 1,924 | Private | |
| 64 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Division I · Big Ten Conference · Champaign, IL | 1914 | 35,564 | Public | |
| 65 | Catholic University Division III · Landmark Conference · Washington, DC | 1915 | 3,139 | Private | |
| 66 | Yale University Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT | 1915 | 6,818 | Private | |
| 67 | Hamilton College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY | 1916 | 2,048 | Private | |
| 68 | Ohio University Division I · Mid-American Conference · Athens, OH | 1916 | 1,149 | Public | |
| 69 | Oregon State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · Corvallis, OR | 1916 | 30,021 | Public | |
| 70 | Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA | 1916 | 8,054 | Private | |
| 71 | University of Michigan Division I · Big Ten Conference · Ann Arbor, MI | 1916 | 33,730 | Public | |
| 72 | University of Oklahoma Division I · Southeastern Conference · Norman, OK | 1916 | 22,025 | Public | |
| 73 | Texas A&M University, College Station Division I · Southeastern Conference · College Station, TX | 1917 | 59,933 | Public | |
| 74 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | 1917 | 2,237 | Private | |
| 75 | University of New Hampshire Division I · America East Conference · Durham, NH | 1917 | 11,376 | Public | |
| 76 | Michigan State University Division I · Big Ten Conference · East Lansing, MI | 1919 | 40,483 | Public | |
| 77 | Temple University Division I · American Conference · Philadelphia, PA | 1919 | 21,720 | Public | |
| 78 | University of Cincinnati Division I · Big 12 Conference · Cincinnati, OH | 1919 | 31,184 | Public | |
| 79 | University of Maryland, College Park Division I · Big Ten Conference · College Park, MD | 1919 | 30,608 | Public | |
| 80 | Coe College Division III · American Rivers Conference · Cedar Rapids, IA | 1920 | 1,278 | Private | |
| 81 | Cornell University Division I · The Ivy League · Ithaca, NY | 1920 | 16,051 | Private | |
| 82 | DePauw University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN | 1920 | 1,819 | Private | |
| 83 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | 1920 | 4,576 | Private | |
| 84 | Miami University (Ohio) Division I · Mid-American Conference · Oxford, OH | 1920 | 2,345 | Public | |
| 85 | U.S. Naval Academy Division I · Patriot League · Annapolis, MD | 1920 | 4,465 | Public | |
| 86 | Alfred University Division III · Empire 8 · Alfred, NY | 1921 | 1,422 | Private | |
| 87 | Boston College Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA | 1921 | 10,083 | Private | |
| 88 | Widener University Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Chester, PA | 1921 | 2,811 | Private | |
| 89 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | 1921 | 5,453 | Private | |
| 90 | Baylor University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Waco, TX | 1922 | 15,155 | Private | |
| 91 | Kansas State University Division I · Big 12 Conference · Manhattan, KS | 1922 | 15,113 | Public | |
| 92 | Middlebury College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middlebury, VT | 1922 | 12 | Private | |
| 93 | University of Florida Division I · Southeastern Conference · Gainesville, FL | 1922 | 34,924 | Public | |
| 94 | Butler University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Indianapolis, IN | 1923 | 4,519 | Private | |
| 95 | Creighton University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Omaha, NE | 1923 | 4,262 | Private | |
| 96 | Fordham University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Bronx, NY | 1923 | 10,307 | Private | |
| 97 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III · Liberty League · Troy, NY | 1923 | 5,954 | Private | |
| 98 | Southern Methodist University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Dallas, TX | 1923 | 7,115 | Private | |
| 99 | Tulane University Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA | 1923 | 8,077 | Private | |
| 100 | University of Delaware Division I · Conference USA · Newark, DE | 1923 | 19,772 | Public |
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