Varsity collegiate esports began in 2014 when Robert Morris University in Illinois announced a scholarship-sponsored League of Legends team. Since then, the scene has ballooned to include around 125 programs, with a national governing body known as the National Association of Collegiate Esports as the main home for most of those organizations.
This is the list of known NACE members and other institutions with varsity programs in North America. It is updated weekly.
Last updated on Feb. 11, 2019.
School | Location | Athletics |
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Albright College | Pennsylvania | Division III |
Alma College | Michigan | Division III |
Ashland University | Ohio | Division II |
Averett University | Virginia | Division III |
Barton College | North Carolina | Division II |
Bay State College | Massachusetts | N/A |
Becker College | Massachusetts | Division III |
Bellevue University | Nebraska | NAIA |
Benedictine University Mesa | Arizona | NAIA |
Boise State University | Idaho | Division I |
Brescia University | Kentucky | NAIA |
Campbellsville University | Kentucky | NAIA |
Catawba College | North Carolina | Division II |
Cazenovia College | New York | Division III |
Central Christian College of Kansas | Kansas | NAIA |
Central Maine Community College | Maine | NJCAA |
Central Methodist University | Missouri | NAIA |
Centralia College | Washington | NWAC |
Cincinnati Christian University | Ohio | NAIA |
Coker College | South Carolina | Division II |
College of St. Joseph | Vermont | Division II/NAIA |
Columbia College | Missouri | NAIA |
Concord University | West Virginia | Division II |
Cornell College | Iowa | Division III |
Culver-Stockton College | Missouri | NAIA |
Dakota Wesleyan University | South Dakota | NAIA |
Defiance College | Ohio | Division III |
Delaware Valley University | Delaware | Division III |
DeSales University | Pennsylvania | Division III |
Dickinson State University | North Dakota | NAIA |
DigiPen Institute of Technology | Washington | N/A |
ECPI University | Virginia | N/A |
Edinboro University | Pennsylvania | Division II |
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University | Arizona | NAIA |
Florida Southern College | Florida | Division II |
Fontbonne University | Missouri | Division III |
Full Sail University | Florida | N/A |
Georgia Southern University | Georgia | Division I |
Georgia State University | Georgia | Division I |
Grand View University | Iowa | NAIA |
Harrisburg University | Pennsylvania | N/A |
Hartwick College | New York | Division III |
Hawkeye Community College | Iowa | NJCAA |
Illinois College | Illinois | Division III |
Illinois Wesleyan University | Illinois | Division III |
Indiana Institute of Technology | Indiana | NAIA |
Iowa Central Community College | Iowa | NJCAA |
Jarvis Christian College | Texas | NAIA |
Juniata College | Pennsylvania | Division III |
Kansas Wesleyan University | Kansas | NAIA |
Keuka College | New York | Division III |
King University | Tennessee | Division II |
Lackawanna College | Pennsylvania | NJCAA |
Lambton College | Ontario | OCAA |
Lebanon Valley College | Pennsylvania | Division III |
Lees-McRae College | North Carolina | Division II |
Limestone College | South Carolina | Division II |
Lourdes University | Ohio | NAIA |
Marietta College | Ohio | Division III |
Maryville University | Missouri | Division II |
McPherson College | Kansas | NAIA |
Menlo College | California | NAIA |
Miami (Ohio) University | Ohio | Division I |
Midland University | Nebraska | NAIA |
Misericordia University | Pennsylvania | Division III |
Missouri Baptist University | Missouri | NAIA |
Missouri Valley College | Missouri | NAIA |
Molloy College | New York | Division II |
Morningside College | Iowa | NAIA |
Mount St. Joseph University | Ohio | Division III |
Mount Vernon Nazarene University | Ohio | NAIA |
New England College | New Hampshire | Division III |
New Mexico State University | New Mexico | Division I |
Northern Virginia Community College | Virginia | NJCAA |
Northwest Christian University | Oregon | NAIA |
Ohio Northern University | Ohio | Division III |
Ohio State University | Ohio | Division I |
Oregon Institute of Technology | Oregon | NAIA |
Park University | Missouri | NAIA |
Pratt Community College | Kansas | NJCAA |
Principia College | Illinois | Division III |
Randolph-Macon College | Virginia | Division III |
Robert Morris University | Illinois | NAIA |
Rogers State University | Oklahoma | Division II |
Schreiner University | Texas | Division III |
Shawnee State University | Ohio | NAIA |
Shenandoah University | Virginia | Division III |
Siena Heights University | Michigan | NAIA |
Southern New Hampshire University | New Hampshire | Division II |
Southwest Baptist University | Missouri | Division II |
Southwestern College | Kansas | NAIA |
Southwestern Oregon Community College | Oregon | NJCAA |
St. Ambrose University | Iowa | NAIA |
St. Clair College | Ontario | OCAA |
St. Louis College of Pharmacy | Missouri | NAIA |
St. Thomas Aquinas College | New York | Division II |
St. Thomas University | Florida | NAIA |
Stephens College | Missouri | NAIA |
Stevenson University | Maryland | Division III |
SUNY Canton | New York | Division III |
Talladega College | Alabama | NAIA |
Texas Wesleyan | Texas | Division II |
Thomas College | Maine | Division III |
Tiffin University | Ohio | Division II |
Trine University | Indiana | Division III |
Union Community College | New Jersey | NJCAA |
University of Akron | Ohio | Division I |
University of Antelope Valley | California | NAIA |
University of California-Irvine | California | Division I |
University of Jamestown | North Dakota | NAIA |
University of Missouri | Missouri | Division I |
University of Mount Union | Ohio | Division III |
University of North Texas | Texas | Division I |
University of Oklahoma | Oklahoma | Division I |
University of Pikeville | Kentucky | NAIA |
University of Providence | Montana | NAIA |
University of Rio Grande | Ohio | NAIA |
University of Saint Mary | Kansas | NAIA |
University of South Carolina-Sumter | South Carolina | NJCAA |
University of South Carolina-Union | South Carolina | NJCAA |
University of Texas at Dallas | Texas | Division III |
University of the Cumberlands | Kentucky | NAIA |
University of Utah | Utah | Division I |
Upper Iowa University | Iowa | Division II |
Wagner College | New York | Division I |
West Virginia Wesleyan College | West Virginia | Division II |
Western Kentucky University | Kentucky | Division I |
Wichita State University | Kansas | Division I |