List of NCAA fencing schools
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This is a list of colleges and universities with NCAA-sanctioned fencing teams. Starting in 2025–26, the NCAA has reinstated separate men's and women's fencing championship, after having held a single coeducational championship meet since the 1989–90 school year. Schools of every division compete together regularly. Most major conferences do not sponsor fencing, with the notable exceptions of the Ivy League, the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. The Atlantic Coast Conference reinstated the sport beginning in 2014–15 after having previously sponsored it from 1971 through 1980,[1] while the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation added the sport beginning in the 2021–22 season.[2] Most other schools compete as independents.[3]
Division I schools
| School | Conference | NCAA Fencing Region |
|---|---|---|
| Boston College | Atlantic Coast Conference | Northeast |
| Duke University | Atlantic Coast Conference | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | Atlantic Coast Conference | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| University of Notre Dame | Atlantic Coast Conference | Midwest |
| Stanford University | Atlantic Coast Conference | West |
| Brown University (Women Only) | Ivy League | Northeast |
| Columbia University | Ivy League | Northeast |
| Cornell University (Women Only) | Ivy League | Northeast |
| Harvard University | Ivy League | Northeast |
| Princeton University | Ivy League | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| University of Pennsylvania | Ivy League | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Yale University | Ivy League | Northeast |
| United States Air Force Academy | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | West |
| University of the Incarnate Word | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | West |
| University of California, San Diego | Mountain Pacific Sports Federation | West |
| Cleveland State University | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Midwest |
| University of Detroit Mercy | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Midwest |
| Fairleigh Dickinson University (Women Only, Men Beginning 2027-28[4]) | Independent | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Lafayette College | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Long Island University | Independent | Northeast |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Northwestern University (Women Only) | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Midwest |
| Ohio State University | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Midwest |
| Pennsylvania State University | Independent | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Sacred Heart University | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| St. John's University, New York | Independent | Northeast |
| Temple University (Women Only) | Independent | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Wagner College | Independent | Mid-Atlantic/South |
Division II schools
| School | Conference | NCAA Fencing Region |
|---|---|---|
| Wayne State University | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Mid-Atlantic/South |
Division III schools
| School | Conference | NCAA Fencing Region |
|---|---|---|
| Arcadia University (beginning 2027–28)[5] | N/A | N/A |
| Brandeis University | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| City College of New York (women only) | Independent | Northeast |
| Denison University (women only; men beginning 2026–27) | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Midwest |
| Drew University | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Haverford College | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Hunter College | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Northeast |
| Johns Hopkins University | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Lawrence University | Central Collegiate Fencing Conference | Midwest |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| New York University | Independent | Northeast |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |
| Tufts University (women only) | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| Vassar College | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| Wellesley College (women only) | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | Northeast Fencing Conference | Northeast |
| Yeshiva University | Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association | Mid-Atlantic/South |