List of NCAA ice hockey programs

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

Time in the NAIA is included for any team so long as they played at the varsity level.as of July 1, 2026. Division I

Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonNumber of seasonsConference

Women's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonNumber of seasonsConference

Division II

Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonNumber of seasonsConference

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

InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonNumber of seasonsConference † †

† 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 InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonNumber of seasonsConference

Future teams Division I Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonConference

Division III Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonConference

Women's

InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonConference

Former teams 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 1965, all will be listed under Division I classification.

Division I Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonLast seasonTotal seasonsConference

Women's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonLast seasonTotal seasonsConference

Division II Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonLast seasonTotal seasonsConference

Division III Men's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonLast seasonTotal seasonsConference

Women's InstitutionLocationNicknameFirst seasonLast seasonTotal seasonsConference

List of NCAA ice hockey programs

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