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The smallest NCAA schools by undergraduate headcount.

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338
#1 · Principia College
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Elsah, IL
1,857
Median
of 420 schools, Division III
5.5×
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. 13Westminster College (Missouri)Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Fulton, MO593
  14. 14Bluffton UniversityDivision III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Bluffton, OH602
  15. 15Elmira CollegeDivision III · Empire 8 · Elmira, NY613

Every school, Division III

33829,760
#1 · Principia Collegeevery school

The spread across 420 schools; the median is 1,857.

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
13Westminster College (Missouri)
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Fulton, MO
593382Town
14Bluffton University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Bluffton, OH
602372Rural
15Elmira College
Division III · Empire 8 · Elmira, NY
613348City
16Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
620355City
17Earlham College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN
635258Town
18Bethany College (West Virginia)
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Bethany, WV
645433Rural
19Pfeiffer University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Misenheimer, NC
654459Rural
20Saint Elizabeth University
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Morristown, NJ
670199Suburb
21Hollins University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Roanoke, VA
673—Suburb
22Notre Dame of Maryland University
Division III · United East Conference · Baltimore, MD
686159City
23Monmouth College (Illinois)
Division III · Midwest Conference · Monmouth, IL
727368Town
24William Peace University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Raleigh, NC
730248City
25Ripon College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Ripon, WI
734383Town
26Spalding University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Louisville, KY
734272City
27Warren Wilson College
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Swannonoa, NC
742197Rural
28Martin Luther College
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · NEW ULM, MN
743253Town
29Maranatha Baptist University
Division III · Independent · Watertown, WI
759142Town
30University of the Ozarks (Arkansas)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Clarksville, AR
763253Town
31Brevard College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Brevard, NC
764542Town
32Howard Payne University
Division III · American Southwest Conference · Brownwood, TX
768348Town
33Greensboro College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Greensboro, NC
809362City
34Whittier College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Whittier, CA
813290Suburb
35Thiel College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Greenville, PA
819373Town
36Colby-Sawyer College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New London, NH
834276Rural
37Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Adams, MA
836212Town
38Wabash College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Crawfordsville, IN
845—Town
39Bethany Lutheran College
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Mankato, MN
850275City
40Cairn University
Division III · United East Conference · Langhorne, PA
855207Suburb
41Eastern Mennonite University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Harrisonburg, VA
863265City
42North Central University
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Minneapolis, MN
865207City
43Huntingdon College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Montgomery, AL
866563City
44Hampden-Sydney College
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Hampden-Sydney, VA
876—Rural
45University of Saint Joseph (Connecticut)
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · West Hartford, CT
879308City
46Cedar Crest College
Division III · United East Conference · Allentown, PA
886132City
47Alverno College
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Milwaukee, WI
88750City
48Maine Maritime Academy
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Castine, ME
889242Rural
49Albertus Magnus College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · New Haven, CT
892274City
50Greenville University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Greenville, IL
905509Town
51Heidelberg University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Tiffin, OH
905551Town
52Covenant College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Lookout Mountain, GA
908208Suburb
53Agnes Scott College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Decatur, GA
911—Suburb
54Franklin College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Franklin, IN
911434Suburb
55Manchester University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Manchester, IN
915374Town
56Washington College (Maryland)
Division III · Centennial Conference · Chestertown, MD
916385Town
57Gallaudet University
Division III · United East Conference · Washington, DC
919235City
58Keuka College
Division III · Empire 8 · Keuka Park, NY
922262Town
59Wilmington College (Ohio)
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Wilmington, OH
924401Town
60The University of Olivet
Division III · Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association · Olivet, MI
938598Rural
61Hilbert College
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Hamburg, NY
939266Suburb
62U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Division III · Skyline Conference · Kings Point, NY
947435Suburb
63Beloit College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Beloit, WI
948319City
64Centenary University (New Jersey)
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Hackettstown, NJ
951198Suburb
65Illinois College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Jacksonville, IL
956420Town
66Hanover College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Hanover, IN
962473Town
67Goucher College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Baltimore, MD
964283City
68Southern Virginia University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Buena Vista, VA
967645Town
69Rockford University
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Rockford, IL
968332City
70Houghton University
Division III · Empire 8 · Houghton, NY
975268Rural
71Keystone College
Division III · United East Conference · La Plume, PA
978261Suburb
72Hiram College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Hiram, OH
983436Rural
73New England College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Henniker, NH
986377Rural
74Knox College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Galesburg, IL
1,001352Town
75University of Pittsburgh, Bradford
Division III · Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference · Bradford, PA
1,003222Town
76University of Minnesota, Morris
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Morris, MN
1,020327Town
77Wisconsin Lutheran College
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Milwaukee, WI
1,021457City
78Transylvania University
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Lexington, KY
1,022414City
79California Institute of Technology
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA
1,023263City
80Elms College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Chicopee, MA
1,038201Suburb
81Saint Joseph's College (Maine)
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Standish, ME
1,059369Rural
82Schreiner University
Division III · American Southwest Conference · Kerrville, TX
1,062394Town
83Lycoming College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Williamsport, PA
1,063416City
84Marian University (Wisconsin)
Division III · Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference · Fond Du Lac, WI
1,074370City
85Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Winona, MN
1,075349Town
86Russell Sage College
Division III · Empire 8 · Troy, NY
1,080321City
87U.S. Coast Guard Academy
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · New London, CT
1,081—City
88Cornell College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Mt. Vernon, IA
1,082153Town
89Marietta College
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Marietta, OH
1,085480Town
90Waynesburg University
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Waynesburg, PA
1,088407Town
91Anderson University (Indiana)
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Anderson, IN
1,095423City
92Central College (Iowa)
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Pella, IA
1,095629Town
93Regis College (Massachusetts)
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Weston, MA
1,096285Suburb
94Hendrix College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Conway, AR
1,098462City
95Hartwick College
Division III · Empire 8 · Oneonta, NY
1,112385Town
96Austin College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Sherman, TX
1,128417City
97Loras College
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Dubuque, IA
1,130598City
98Simpson College
Division III · American Rivers Conference · Indianola, IA
1,140683Town
99Maryville College (Tennessee)
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Maryville, TN
1,142371Suburb
100Geneva College
Division III · Presidents' Athletic Conference · Beaver Falls, PA
1,149427Suburb
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