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 4, 2024.

Division I
[[File:NCAA Division I men's ice hockey by state (2023).png|thumb|right|Distribution of teams by state (2023)

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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.

Men's
[[File:NCAA Division III men's ice hockey by state (2023).png|thumb|right|Distribution of teams by state (2023)

• Wisconsin (11) • New York (17) • Massachusetts (19) ]]

† 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.

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.

Men's programs beginning after World War II thru 1975
† Boston State merged with UMass Boston in 1982.