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The smallest NCAA schools by undergraduate headcount.

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All divisionsDivision IDivision IIDivision III
338
#1 · Principia College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL
3,244
Median
of 1,085 schools, all divisions
9.6×
Median vs top
how many times the median the leader is below
582
10th place
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Top 15

  1. 1Principia CollegeDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL338
  2. 2Blackburn CollegeDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Carlinville, IL389
  3. 3Willamette UniversityDivision III · Northwest Conference · Salem, OR412
  4. 4Salem College (North Carolina)Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Winston-Salem, NC436
  5. 5Sweet Briar CollegeDivision III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Sweet Briar, VA464
  6. 6University of Valley ForgeDivision III · United East Conference · Phoenixville, PA498
  7. 7Mitchell CollegeDivision III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New London, CT500
  8. 8Eureka CollegeDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Eureka, IL527
  9. 9Randolph CollegeDivision III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA541
  10. 10LaGrange CollegeDivision III · Collegiate Conference of the South · LaGrange, GA582
  11. 11Millsaps CollegeDivision III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS582
  12. 12Lyon CollegeDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR584
  13. 13Wheeling UniversityDivision II · Mountain East Conference · Wheeling, WV588
  14. 14Westminster College (Missouri)Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Fulton, MO593
  15. 15Bluffton UniversityDivision III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Bluffton, OH602

Every school, all divisions

338159,653
#1 · Principia Collegeevery school

The spread across 1,085 schools; the median is 3,244.

How it is measured

Fall enrollment.

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#SchoolUndergraduatesAthletesSetting
1Principia College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL
338163Rural
2Blackburn College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Carlinville, IL
389173Town
3Willamette University
Division III · Northwest Conference · Salem, OR
412—City
4Salem College (North Carolina)
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Winston-Salem, NC
436—City
5Sweet Briar College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Sweet Briar, VA
464—Rural
6University of Valley Forge
Division III · United East Conference · Phoenixville, PA
498138Suburb
7Mitchell College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New London, CT
500158City
8Eureka College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Eureka, IL
527290Town
9Randolph College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lynchburg, VA
54165City
10LaGrange College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · LaGrange, GA
582332Town
11Millsaps College
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Jackson, MS
582358City
12Lyon College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Batesville, AR
584395Town
13Wheeling University
Division II · Mountain East Conference · Wheeling, WV
588478City
14Westminster College (Missouri)
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Fulton, MO
593382Town
15Bluffton University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Bluffton, OH
602372Rural
16Elmira College
Division III · Empire 8 · Elmira, NY
613348City
17Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
620355City
18Allen University
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Columbia, SC
635298City
19Earlham College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN
635258Town
20Ursuline College
Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Pepper Pike, OH
637196Suburb
21Chowan University
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Murfreesboro, NC
638456Rural
22Bethany College (West Virginia)
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Bethany, WV
645433Rural
23LeMoyne-Owen College
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Memphis, TN
646149City
24Pfeiffer University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Misenheimer, NC
654459Rural
25Saint Elizabeth University
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Morristown, NJ
670199Suburb
26Hollins University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Roanoke, VA
673—Suburb
27Davis & Elkins College
Division II · Mountain East Conference · Elkins, WV
683404Town
28Notre Dame of Maryland University
Division III · United East Conference · Baltimore, MD
686159City
29Salem University (West Virginia)
Division II · Independent · Salem, WV
695271Rural
30Goldey-Beacom College
Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · Wilmington, DE
702269Suburb
31Monmouth College (Illinois)
Division III · Midwest Conference · Monmouth, IL
727368Town
32William Peace University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Raleigh, NC
730248City
33Ripon College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Ripon, WI
734383Town
34Spalding University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Louisville, KY
734272City
35Warren Wilson College
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Swannonoa, NC
742197Rural
36Martin Luther College
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · NEW ULM, MN
743253Town
37Lake Erie College
Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Painesville, OH
744487Suburb
38Ferrum College
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Ferrum, VA
747420Rural
39Maranatha Baptist University
Division III · Independent · Watertown, WI
759142Town
40University of the Ozarks (Arkansas)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Clarksville, AR
763253Town
41Brevard College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Brevard, NC
764542Town
42Howard Payne University
Division III · American Southwest Conference · Brownwood, TX
768348Town
43Livingstone College
Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Salisbury, NC
799248Suburb
44Greensboro College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Greensboro, NC
809362City
45Whittier College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Whittier, CA
813290Suburb
46Lees-McRae College
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Banner Elk, NC
818384Rural
47Thiel College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Greenville, PA
819373Town
48Lane College
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Jackson, TN
822241City
49Menlo College
Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · Atherton, CA
831329Suburb
50Colby-Sawyer College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New London, NH
834276Rural
51Kentucky Wesleyan College
Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Owensboro, KY
834362City
52Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Adams, MA
836212Town
53Shaw University
Division II · Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Raleigh, NC
843298City
54Wabash College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Crawfordsville, IN
845—Town
55Bethany Lutheran College
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN
850275City
56Spring Hill College
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Mobile, AL
851293City
57Converse University
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Spartanburg, SC
852370City
58Erskine College
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Due West, SC
854690Rural
59Cairn University
Division III · United East Conference · Langhorne, PA
855207Suburb
60Emmanuel University (Georgia)
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Franklin Springs, GA
861683Rural
61Eastern Mennonite University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Harrisonburg, VA
863265City
62North Central University
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Minneapolis, MN
865207City
63Huntingdon College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Montgomery, AL
866563City
64William Jewell College
Division II · Great Lakes Valley Conference · Liberty, MO
868576Suburb
65Hampden-Sydney College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Hampden-Sydney, VA
876—Rural
66University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · West Hartford, CT
879308City
67Cedar Crest College
Division III · United East Conference · Allentown, PA
886132City
68Alverno College
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Milwaukee, WI
88750City
69Southern Wesleyan University
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Central, SC
887307Suburb
70Maine Maritime Academy
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Castine, ME
889242Rural
71Albertus Magnus College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New Haven, CT
892274City
72Ohio Dominican University
Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Columbus, OH
894400City
73Westminster University (Utah)
Division II · Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference · Salt Lake City, UT
895254City
74Presbyterian College
Division I · Big South Conference · Clinton, SC
903488Town
75Greenville University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Greenville, IL
905509Town
76Heidelberg University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Tiffin, OH
905551Town
77Covenant College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Lookout Mountain, GA
908208Suburb
78Agnes Scott College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Decatur, GA
911—Suburb
79Franklin College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Franklin, IN
911434Suburb
80Manchester University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Manchester, IN
915374Town
81Washington College (Maryland)
Division III · Centennial Conference · Chestertown, MD
916385Town
82Gallaudet University
Division III · United East Conference · Washington, DC
919235City
83Keuka College
Division III · Empire 8 · Keuka Park, NY
922262Town
84Wilmington College (Ohio)
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Wilmington, OH
924401Town
85The University of Olivet
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Olivet, MI
938598Rural
86West Virginia Wesleyan College
Division II · Mountain East Conference · Buckhannon, WV
938518Town
87Hilbert College
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Hamburg, NY
939266Suburb
88U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Division III · Skyline Conference · Kings Point, NY
947435Suburb
89Beloit College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI
948319City
90Centenary University (New Jersey)
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Hackettstown, NJ
951198Suburb
91Illinois College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Jacksonville, IL
956420Town
92Hanover College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Hanover, IN
962473Town
93Goucher College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Baltimore, MD
964283City
94University of Jamestown
Division II · Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference · Jamestown, ND
964586Town
95Southern Virginia University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Buena Vista, VA
967645Town
96Rockford University
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Rockford, IL
968332City
97Chestnut Hill College
Division II · Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference · Philadelphia, PA
972335City
98Houghton University
Division III · Empire 8 · Houghton, NY
975268Rural
99Keystone College
Division III · United East Conference · La Plume, PA
978261Suburb
100Hiram College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Hiram, OH
983436Rural
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