List of college athletic programs in Massachusetts

This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Massachusetts.

NCAA

Division I

List of college athletic programs in Massachusetts is located in Massachusetts

Boston College

Boston University

Harvard

Holy Cross

UMass

Merrimack

Northeastern

Stonehill

UMass Lowell

Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Massachusetts.

– FBS Football,

– FCS Football,

– Non-football

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
				Foot- ball	M	W	Base- ball	Soft- ball	M	W	M	W
Boston College Eagles	Boston College	Chestnut Hill	ACC	FBS					[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
Boston University Terriers	Boston University	Boston	Patriot						[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
Harvard Crimson	Harvard University	Cambridge	Ivy League	FCS					[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 2]
Holy Cross Crusaders	College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	Patriot	FCS					[lower-alpha 3]	[lower-alpha 1]
UMass Minutemen and Minutewomen [lower-alpha 4]	University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst	Atlantic 10	FBS [lower-alpha 5]					[lower-alpha 1]
Merrimack Warriors	Merrimack College	North Andover	Northeast	FCS					[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
Northeastern Huskies	Northeastern University	Boston	Colonial						[lower-alpha 1]	[lower-alpha 1]
Stonehill Skyhawks [lower-alpha 6]	Stonehill College	Easton	Northeast	FCS						[lower-alpha 7]
UMass Lowell River Hawks	University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell	America East						[lower-alpha 1]

The men's and women's ice hockey teams of Boston College, Boston University, Massachusetts, Merrimack, and Northeastern all compete in Hockey East, as do the UMass Lowell men's and Holy Cross women's teams.
Harvard's ice hockey teams compete in ECAC Hockey.
Holy Cross's men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey.
While national media generally use "Massachusetts", the shortened "UMass" is in wide usage, especially in Massachusetts itself.
Massachusetts's football team competes as an independent.
As of the 2023–24 academic year, Stonehill is in the second year of a four-year transition to Division I and will become an active Division I member in 2026–27.
Stonehill's women's ice hockey team competes in Division I as a member of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.

Division II

American International

Assumption

Bentley

Full NCAA Division II member colleges in Massachusetts.

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
				Foot- ball	M	W	Base- ball	Soft- ball	M	W	M	W
American International Yellow Jackets	American International College	Springfield	Northeast-10						[lower-alpha 1]
Assumption Greyhounds	Assumption University	Worcester	Northeast-10
Bentley Falcons	Bentley University	Waltham	Northeast-10						[lower-alpha 1]

American International and Bentley's men's ice hockey teams compete in Division I as members of Atlantic Hockey.

Division III

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Foot- ball	Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Ice hockey		Soccer
				Foot- ball	M	W	Base- ball	Soft- ball	M	W	M	W
Amherst Mammoths	Amherst College	Amherst	NESCAC
Anna Maria AmCats	Anna Maria College	Paxton	Great Northeast	[lower-alpha 1]					[lower-alpha 2]	[lower-alpha 2]
Babson Beavers	Babson College	Wellesley	NEWMAC						[lower-alpha 3]
Brandeis Judges	Brandeis University	Waltham	UAA
Bridgewater State Bears	Bridgewater State University	Bridgewater	MASCAC
Clark Cougars	Clark University	Worcester	NEWMAC
Curry Colonels	Curry College	Milton	Commonwealth Coast
Dean Bulldogs	Dean College	Franklin	Great Northeast	[lower-alpha 1]
Eastern Nazarene Lions	Eastern Nazarene College	Quincy	New England
Elms Blazers	Elms College	Chicopee	Great Northeast
Emerson Lions	Emerson College	Boston	NEWMAC
Emmanuel Saints	Emmanuel College	Boston	Great Northeast
Endicott Gulls	Endicott College	Beverly	Commonwealth Coast							[lower-alpha 4]
Fitchburg State Falcons	Fitchburg State University	Fitchburg	MASCAC
Framingham State Rams	Framingham State University	Framingham	MASCAC
Gordon Fighting Scots	Gordon College	Wenham	Commonwealth Coast
Lasell Lasers	Lasell College	Auburndale	Great Northeast
Lesley Lynx	Lesley University	Cambridge	New England [lower-alpha 5]
MCLA Trailblazers	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	MASCAC
MIT Engineers	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	NEWMAC
Massachusetts Maritime Buccaneers	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Buzzards Bay	MASCAC
Mount Holyoke Lyons	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	NEWMAC
Nichols Bison	Nichols College	Dudley	Commonwealth Coast							[lower-alpha 4]
Regis Pride	Regis College	Weston	Great Northeast
Salem State Vikings	Salem State University	Salem	MASCAC							[lower-alpha 3]
Simmons Sharks	Simmons University	Boston	Great Northeast
Smith Pioneers	Smith College	Northampton	NEWMAC
Springfield Pride	Springfield College	Springfield	NEWMAC
Suffolk Rams	Suffolk University	Boston	Commonwealth Coast						[lower-alpha 3]	[lower-alpha 3]
Tufts Jumbos	Tufts University	Medford	NESCAC
UMass Boston Beacons	University of Massachusetts Boston	Boston	Little East						[lower-alpha 3]	[lower-alpha 3]
UMass Dartmouth Corsairs	University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	Little East	[lower-alpha 6]					[lower-alpha 6]
Wellesley Blue	Wellesley College	Wellesley	NEWMAC
Wentworth Leopards	Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	Commonwealth Coast
Western New England Golden Bears	Western New England University	Springfield	Commonwealth Coast
Westfield State Owls	Westfield State University	Westfield	MASCAC
Wheaton Lyons	Wheaton College	Norton	NEWMAC
Williams Ephs	Williams College	Williamstown	NESCAC
Worcester State Lancers	Worcester State University	Worcester	MASCAC							[lower-alpha 7]
WPI Engineers	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	NEWMAC

Anna Maria and Dean's football teams compete in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference.
Anna Maria's ice hockey teams compete as independents.
The men's ice hockey teams of Babson, Suffolk, and UMass Boston compete in the New England Hockey Conference, as do the women's ice hockey teams of Salem State, Suffolk, and UMass Boston.
Endicott and Nichols's women's ice hockey teams compete in the Colonial Hockey Conference.
Lesley will join the North Atlantic Conference in 2023–24.
UMass Dartmouth's football and men's ice hockey teams compete in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Worcester State's women's ice hockey team competes as an independent.

NAIA

Team	School	City	Conference	Sport sponsorship
				Basketball		Base- ball	Soft- ball	Soccer
				M	W	Base- ball	Soft- ball	M	W
Fisher Falcons	Fisher College	Boston	Independent

USCAA

Team	School	City	Conference
Bay Path Wildcats	Bay Path University	Longmeadow
Hampshire Black Sheep	Hampshire College	Amherst	Yankee Small College Conference

NJCAA

Team	School	City	Conference
Bristol Bees	Bristol Community College	Fall River	Massachusetts CC
Bunker Hill Bulldogs	Bunker Hill Community College	Boston	Massachusetts CC
Holyoke Cougars	Holyoke Community College	Holyoke	Massachusetts CC
Mass Bay Buccaneers	Massachusetts Bay Community College	Wellesley Hills	Massachusetts CC
Massasoit Warriors	Massasoit Community College	Brockton	Massachusetts CC
Northern Essex Knights	Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill	Massachusetts CC
Quincy Granite	Quincy College	Quincy	Massachusetts CC
Quinsigamond Wyverns	Quinsigamond Community College	Worcester	Massachusetts CC
Roxbury Tigers	Roxbury Community College	Roxbury Crossing	Massachusetts CC
Springfield Tech Rams	Springfield Technical Community College	Springfield	Massachusetts CC

Other/None

Team	School	City	Conference
Stockbridge School of Agriculture	Stockbridge School of Agriculture	Amherst

¹The Stockbridge School of Agriculture, a division of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has separate athletic programs from UMass in basketball and golf.