Division III
Division III Facts and Figures
MEMBERSHIP
Source: September 2012 Membership Report
- 446 Total Members (439 Active and 7 Provisional/Reclassifying)
- *Division III is the NCAA’s largest division (approximately 40% of total membership)
- Eighty percent (353) of active Division III institutions are private, while 20 percent (86) of institutions are public.
- 43 Division III voting Conferences
STUDENT-ATHLETE COMPOSITION
Source: 2011 NCAA Financial Reporting System
On average, student-athletes comprise 19 percent of the student body at Division III institutions. (This percentage ranges from 1 – 50 percent.)
- 254 = median number of student-athletes at schools that don‘t sponsor football.
- 502 = median number of student-athletes at schools that sponsor football.
UNDERGRADUATE ENROLLMENT
Source: 2011 NCAA Financial Reporting System
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LOWEST |
AVERAGE |
HIGHEST |
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Overall |
363 |
2734 |
20,483 |
DIII-SPONSORED CHAMPIONSHIPS
Source: 2011-12 Division III Manual
Men Championship Sports (14)
Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Volleyball, Wrestling
Women Championship Sports (14)
Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Golf, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Rowing, Soccer, Softball, Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Indoor Track and Field, Outdoor Track and Field, Volleyball
National Collegiate Championships (8) Men - Gymnastics, Water Polo; Women - Bowling, Gymnastics, Water Polo; Men and Women - Fencing, Rifle, Skiing
ATHLETICS PARTICIPATION (including emerging sports)
Source: 2011-12 Participation and Sponsorship Report
About 40 percent of NCAA student-athletes compete at Division III institutions.
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DIVISION III |
OVERALL |
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|
Men |
104,376 (58%) |
261,150 (40%) |
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Women |
74,065 (42%) |
198,103 (37%) |
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Total |
178,441 |
459,253 (39%) |
SPORTS SPONSORED PER INSTITUTION
Source: 2011-12 Participation and Sponsorship Report
17 = average numbers of sports that Division III schools sponsor
NCAA BUDGET ALLOCATION
Source: NCAA Financial Statements
3.18 percent of NCAA operating budget, which equals about $25 million in 2012-13.
PRIORITY INITIATIVES
Source: NCAA Division III Strategic Plan
- Clarify the values of Division III athletics.
- Appropriately leverage presidential leadership in the Division III governance structure.
- Ensure the division is effectively managing equity and inclusion issues.
- Enhance the well-being of prospects, student-athletes and staff.
- Promote the Division III philosophical principle that the academic performance of student-athletes should be consistent with the general student body.
- Enhance formal accountability of the governance structure.
DIVISION III STUDENT-ATHLETES
- Report participating in club sports and intramural sports at greater rates than non-athletes.
- Report active academic engagement and participation in academic “extras,” such as research with faculty, study abroad opportunities and capstone/senior thesis projects.
- Are more likely to report “leadership potential” as an important consideration in choosing a career.
- Report significantly greater gains in time management when compared with non-athletes.
- Report greater involvement in volunteering.
- Are more likely to report that they see themselves as part of the campus community.
- Have equal opportunity and access to financial aid as the general student body – but are not awarded aid based on athletics leadership, ability, performance or participation. Three-quarters of all student-athletes in Division III receive some form of grant or non-athletics scholarship.
