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 April 15, 2023.

Division I

Men's

Women's

Division II

Men's

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

† 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

Future teams

Division I

Men's

Women's

Division III

Men's

Women's

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 1961, all will be listed under Division I classification.

Division I

Men's

Women's

Division II

Men's

Division III

Men's

Women's

See also

• "List of Defunct teams". College Hockey News.

Timeline

Legend

Pre-NCAA Tournament

Men's programs starting thru 1918

Men's programs starting from 1919 thru 1945

NCAA Tournament

Men's programs after World War II

Men's programs beginning after World War II thru 1975

† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.

Men's programs beginning after 1975 thru 2000

Men's programs after 2000

Men's programs starting after 2000

References

1. List of NCAA Division III ice hockey programs
2. List of NCAA Division I ice hockey programs
3. List of NCAA Division II ice hockey programs
4. NCAA men's ice hockey championship
5. List of NCAA Division I ice hockey arenas
6. College ice hockey
7. List of ice hockey leagues
8. NCAA Division I women's ice hockey conferences and teams
9. NCAA Division I men's ice hockey tournament
10. Former NCAA players in the National Hockey League
11. NCAA women's ice hockey tournament
12. NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)
13. List of NCAA Division II institutions
14. List of NCAA Division III institutions
15. NCAA Division II men's ice hockey tournament
16. List of current NCAA Division I men's ice hockey coaches
17. List of college athletic programs in Wisconsin
18. Ice hockey
19. NCAA Division III men's ice hockey tournament
20. List of college athletic programs in Massachusetts