NCAA Women’s Swimming and Diving Teams

Below is a list of NCAA women’s swimming and diving teams at the Division I, II, and III level. Our list focuses on swimming and diving programs at the most selective colleges and universities in the U.S.

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Unit ID	Institution	TAG	Division	Conference	Region	Selectivity
210669	Allegheny College		III	Presidents' Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
131159	American University	AU	I	Patriot League	Zone A	Moderately Selective
164465	Amherst College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
104151	Arizona State University	ASU	I	Pac-12	Zone E	Less Selective
100858	Auburn University		I	Southeastern	Zone B	Moderately Selective
164580	Babson College		III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Very Selective
189088	Bard College		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
189097	Barnard College		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
160977	Bates College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Very Selective
238333	Beloit College		III	Midwest	Central	Moderately Selective
164739	Bentley University		II	Northeast-10	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
196079	Binghamton University		I	America East	Zone A	Very Selective
164924	Boston College	BC	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone A	Extremely Selective
164988	Boston University	BU	I	Patriot League	Zone A	Extremely Selective
161004	Bowdoin College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
165015	Brandeis University		III	University Athletic Association	Northeast	Very Selective
230038	Brigham Young University-Provo	BYU	I	Big 12	Zone E	Moderately Selective
217156	Brown University		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
217165	Bryant University		I	America East	Zone A	Moderately Selective
211273	Bryn Mawr College		III	Centennial	Northeast	Very Selective
211291	Bucknell University		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Very Selective
150163	Butler University		I	Big East	Zone C	Moderately Selective
110404	California Institute of Technology	Caltech	III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Most Selective
110422	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Cal Poly	I	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation	Zone E	Extremely Selective
110556	California State University-Fresno		I	Mountain West	Zone E	Less Selective
173258	Carleton College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Central	Extremely Selective
211440	Carnegie Mellon University	CMU	III	University Athletic Association	Northeast	Most Selective
201645	Case Western Reserve University		III	University Athletic Association	Central	Extremely Selective
131283	Catholic University of America		III	Landmark	Northeast	Moderately Selective
156408	Centre College		III	Southern Athletic Association	South	Moderately Selective
111948	Chapman University		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Moderately Selective
112260	Claremont McKenna College	CMC	III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Most Selective
165334	Clark University		III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
190044	Clarkson University		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
161086	Colby College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
190099	Colgate University		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Extremely Selective
166124	College of the Holy Cross		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Very Selective
231624	College of William and Mary	W&M	I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone A	Very Selective
126678	Colorado College	CC	III	Southern Collegiate Athletic	West	Extremely Selective
126775	Colorado School of Mines		II	Rocky Mountain Athletic	District 7	Moderately Selective
126818	Colorado State University	CSU	I	Mountain West	Zone E	Moderately Selective
190150	Columbia University in the City of New York		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
128902	Connecticut College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Very Selective
190415	Cornell University		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
190512	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College		III	City University of New York Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
190594	CUNY Hunter College		III	City University of New York Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
182670	Dartmouth College		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
198385	Davidson College		I	Atlantic 10	Zone B	Extremely Selective
202523	Denison University		III	North Coast Athletic	Central	Very Selective
150400	DePauw University		III	North Coast Athletic	Central	Moderately Selective
212009	Dickinson College		III	Centennial	Northeast	Very Selective
184348	Drew University		III	Landmark	Northeast	Moderately Selective
212054	Drexel University		I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone A	Moderately Selective
198419	Duke University		I	Atlantic Coast	Zone B	Most Selective
212106	Duquesne University		I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Moderately Selective
198464	East Carolina University	ECU	I	American Athletic	Zone B	Less Selective
212197	Elizabethtown College		III	Landmark	Northeast	Moderately Selective
139658	Emory University		III	University Athletic Association	South	Most Selective
129242	Fairfield University		I	Metro Atlantic Athletic	Zone A	Moderately Selective
133669	Florida Atlantic University	FAU	I	American Athletic	Zone B	Less Selective
133881	Florida Institute of Technology		II	Sunshine State	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
133951	Florida International University	FIU	I	American Athletic	Zone B	Less Selective
134079	Florida Southern College		II	Sunshine State	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
134097	Florida State University	FSU	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone B	Very Selective
191241	Fordham University		I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Moderately Selective
212577	Franklin and Marshall College	F&M	III	Centennial	Northeast	Very Selective
232186	George Mason University	GMU	I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Moderately Selective
131469	George Washington University	GWU	I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Very Selective
131496	Georgetown University		I	Big East	Zone A	Most Selective
139755	Georgia Institute of Technology	Georgia Tech	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone B	Extremely Selective
212674	Gettysburg College		III	Centennial	Northeast	Moderately Selective
162654	Goucher College		III	Landmark	South	Moderately Selective
153384	Grinnell College		III	Midwest	Midwest	Most Selective
212805	Grove City College		III	Presidents' Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
173647	Gustavus Adolphus College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Central	Moderately Selective
191515	Hamilton College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
150756	Hanover College		III	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	Central	Moderately Selective
166027	Harvard University		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
115409	Harvey Mudd College	HMC	III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Most Selective
107080	Hendrix College		III	Southern Athletic Association	Midwest	Moderately Selective
170286	Hillsdale College		II	Great Midwest Athletic	District 4	Extremely Selective
191630	Hobart William Smith Colleges		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
170301	Hope College		III	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Central	Moderately Selective
131520	Howard University	HU	I	Northeast	Zone A	Moderately Selective
145725	Illinois Institute of Technology	IIT	III	Independent	Central	Moderately Selective
145646	Illinois Wesleyan University		III	College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin	Central	Moderately Selective
151351	Indiana University-Bloomington	IUB	I	Big Ten	Zone C	Moderately Selective
153603	Iowa State University		I	Big 12	Zone D	Less Selective
191968	Ithaca College		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
232423	James Madison University	JMU	I	Sun Belt	Zone A	Moderately Selective
162928	Johns Hopkins University	JHU	III	Centennial	South	Most Selective
213251	Juniata College		III	Landmark	Northeast	Moderately Selective
170532	Kalamazoo College		III	Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association	Central	Moderately Selective
203535	Kenyon College		III	North Coast Athletic	Central	Very Selective
146427	Knox College		III	Midwest	Central	Moderately Selective
213385	Lafayette College		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Very Selective
146481	Lake Forest College		III	Midwest	Central	Moderately Selective
239017	Lawrence University		III	Midwest	Central	Moderately Selective
192323	Le Moyne College		I	Northeast	Zone A	Moderately Selective
213543	Lehigh University		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Very Selective
209056	Lewis & Clark College		III	Northwest	West	Moderately Selective
159391	Louisiana State University	LSU	I	Southeastern	Zone D	Moderately Selective
117946	Loyola Marymount University	LMU	I	Independent	Zone E	Very Selective
163046	Loyola University Maryland		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Moderately Selective
173902	Macalester College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Central	Extremely Selective
161299	Maine Maritime Academy		III	North Atlantic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
192819	Marist College		I	Metro Atlantic Athletic	Zone A	Moderately Selective
166683	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MIT	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
204024	Miami University-Oxford		I	Mid-American	Zone C	Moderately Selective
230959	Middlebury College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
239318	Milwaukee School of Engineering	MSOE	III	Northern Athletics Collegiate	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
166939	Mount Holyoke College	MHC	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
193900	New York University	NYU	III	University Athletic Association	Northeast	Most Selective
199193	North Carolina State University	NC State	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone B	Very Selective
167358	Northeastern University		I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone A	Extremely Selective
147767	Northwestern University		I	Big Ten	Zone C	Most Selective
204501	Oberlin College		III	North Coast Athletic	Central	Extremely Selective
120254	Occidental College	Oxy	III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Very Selective
204796	Ohio State University	OSU	I	Big Ten	Zone C	Moderately Selective
204857	Ohio University	OU	I	Mid-American	Zone C	Less Selective
204909	Ohio Wesleyan University		III	North Coast Athletic	Central	Moderately Selective
214777	Pennsylvania State University	PSU; Penn State	I	Big Ten	Zone A	Moderately Selective
121150	Pepperdine University		I	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation	Zone E	Moderately Selective
121257	Pitzer College		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Extremely Selective
121345	Pomona College		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Most Selective
186131	Princeton University		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
217402	Providence College		I	Big East	Zone A	Moderately Selective
243780	Purdue University-Main Campus		I	Big Ten	Zone C	Moderately Selective
186201	Ramapo College of New Jersey		III	New Jersey Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
194824	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	RPI	III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
221351	Rhodes College		III	Southern Athletic Association	South	Moderately Selective
227757	Rice University		I	American Athletic	Zone D	Most Selective
195003	Rochester Institute of Technology	RIT	III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
136950	Rollins College		II	Sunshine State	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
152318	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	RHIT	III	Heartland Collegiate Athletic	Central	Moderately Selective
184782	Rowan University		III	New Jersey Athletic	Northeast	Less Selective
186380	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	RU	I	Big Ten	Zone A	Moderately Selective
179159	Saint Louis University	SLU	I	Atlantic 10	Zone D	Moderately Selective
231059	Saint Michael's College		II	Northeast-10	District 1	Moderately Selective
122409	San Diego State University	SDSU	I	Mountain West	Zone E	Moderately Selective
122755	San Jose State University	SJSU	I	Mountain West	Zone E	Less Selective
195304	Sarah Lawrence College	SLC	III	Skyline	Northeast	Moderately Selective
123165	Scripps College		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Extremely Selective
236595	Seattle University		I	Western Athletic	Zone E	Moderately Selective
195474	Siena College		I	Metro Atlantic Athletic	Zone A	Moderately Selective
167783	Simmons University		III	Great Northeast Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
195526	Skidmore College		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Extremely Selective
167835	Smith College		III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Very Selective
228246	Southern Methodist University	SMU	I	American Athletic	Zone D	Moderately Selective
228343	Southwestern University		III	Southern Collegiate Athletic	Midwest	Moderately Selective
195216	St. Lawrence University	SLU	III	Liberty League	Northeast	Moderately Selective
174844	St. Olaf College		III	Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic	Central	Very Selective
163912	St. Mary's College of Maryland		III	Atlantic East	South	Moderately Selective
243744	Stanford University		I	Pac-12	Zone E	Most Selective
196176	State University of New York at New Paltz		III	State University of New York Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
186867	Stevens Institute of Technology		III	Middle Atlantic Conferences	Northeast	Moderately Selective
167996	Stonehill College		I	Northeast	Unassigned	Less Selective
196097	Stony Brook University		I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone A	Very Selective
196219	SUNY at Purchase College		III	Skyline	Northeast	Moderately Selective
196167	SUNY College at Geneseo		III	State University of New York Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
216287	Swarthmore College		III	Centennial	Northeast	Most Selective
228723	Texas A & M University-College Station		I	Southeastern	Zone D	Moderately Selective
228875	Texas Christian University	TCU	I	Big 12	Zone D	Moderately Selective
187134	The College of New Jersey	TCNJ	III	New Jersey Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
206589	The College of Wooster		III	North Coast Athletic	Central	Moderately Selective
100751	The University of Alabama		I	Southeastern	Zone B	Less Selective
137847	The University of Tampa		II	Sunshine State	Unassigned	Less Selective
221759	The University of Tennessee-Knoxville	UTK	I	Southeastern	Zone B	Moderately Selective
228778	The University of Texas at Austin	UT Austin	I	Big 12	Zone D	Very Selective
221519	The University of the South		III	Southern Athletic Association	South	Moderately Selective
164076	Towson University		I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone A	Less Selective
130590	Trinity College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Very Selective
229267	Trinity University		III	Southern Collegiate Athletic	Midwest	Extremely Selective
178615	Truman State University		II	Great Lakes Valley	District 5	Moderately Selective
168148	Tufts University		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
160755	Tulane University of Louisiana		I	American Athletic	Zone D	Most Selective
196866	Union College		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Very Selective
128328	United States Air Force Academy	USAFA	I	Mountain West	Zone E	Extremely Selective
130624	United States Coast Guard Academy	USCGA	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
197027	United States Merchant Marine Academy		III	Skyline	Northeast	Moderately Selective
197036	United States Military Academy	USMA	I	Patriot League	Zone A	Very Selective
164155	United States Naval Academy		I	Patriot League	Zone A	Very Selective
196088	University at Buffalo		I	Mid-American	Zone A	Moderately Selective
104179	University of Arizona	UA	I	Pac-12	Zone E	Less Selective
106397	University of Arkansas - Fayetteville		I	Southeastern	Zone D	Less Selective
110635	University of California-Berkeley	UCB: UC Berkeley	I	Pac-12	Zone E	Extremely Selective
110644	University of California-Davis	UCD; UC Davis	I	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation	Zone E	Very Selective
110662	University of California-Los Angeles	UCLA	I	Pac-12	Zone E	Extremely Selective
110680	University of California-San Diego	UCSD; UC San Diego	I	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation	Zone E	Extremely Selective
110705	University of California-Santa Barbara	UCSB; UC Santa Barbara	I	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation	Zone E	Extremely Selective
110714	University of California-Santa Cruz	UCSC; UC Santa Cruz	III	Independent	West	Moderately Selective
144050	University of Chicago	UChicago	III	University Athletic Association	Central	Most Selective
201885	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus		I	Big 12	Zone C	Moderately Selective
129020	University of Connecticut	UConn	I	Big East	Zone A	Moderately Selective
130943	University of Delaware	UD	I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone A	Moderately Selective
127060	University of Denver	UD	I	The Summit League	Zone E	Moderately Selective
134130	University of Florida	UF	I	Southeastern	Zone B	Extremely Selective
139959	University of Georgia	UGA	I	Southeastern	Zone B	Very Selective
225511	University of Houston		I	Big 12	Zone D	Moderately Selective
142285	University of Idaho		I	Western Athletic	Zone E	Less Selective
145600	University of Illinois at Chicago	UIC	I	Missouri Valley	Zone C	Moderately Selective
145637	University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	UIUC	I	Big Ten	Zone C	Moderately Selective
153658	University of Iowa		I	Big Ten	Zone D	Less Selective
155317	University of Kansas	KU	I	Big 12	Zone D	Less Selective
157085	University of Kentucky	UK	I	Southeastern	Zone C	Less Selective
157289	University of Louisville		I	Atlantic Coast	Zone C	Less Selective
161253	University of Maine		I	America East	Zone A	Less Selective
232681	University of Mary Washington		III	New Jersey Athletic	South	Moderately Selective
163268	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	UMBC	I	America East	Zone A	Moderately Selective
166629	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	UMass Amherst	I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Moderately Selective
135726	University of Miami	UM	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone B	Extremely Selective
170976	University of Michigan	UMich	I	Big Ten	Zone C	Extremely Selective
174251	University of Minnesota-Morris		III	Independent	Central	Less Selective
174066	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	UMN	I	Big Ten	Zone D	Moderately Selective
178396	University of Missouri-Columbia	Mizzou	I	Southeastern	Zone D	Moderately Selective
181464	University of Nebraska-Lincoln	UNL	I	Big Ten	Zone D	Less Selective
182281	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	UNLV	I	Mountain West	Zone E	Less Selective
182290	University of Nevada-Reno	UNR	I	Mountain West	Zone E	Less Selective
183044	University of New Hampshire	UNH	I	America East	Zone A	Moderately Selective
199111	University of North Carolina at Asheville	UNC Asheville	I	Atlantic Sun	Zone B	Less Selective
199120	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	UNC Chapel Hill	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone B	Extremely Selective
199218	University of North Carolina Wilmington	UNC Wilmington	I	Coastal Athletic Association	Zone B	Moderately Selective
152080	University of Notre Dame	UND	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone C	Extremely Selective
215062	University of Pennsylvania	UPenn	I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective
215293	University of Pittsburgh		I	Atlantic Coast	Zone A	Moderately Selective
236328	University of Puget Sound		III	Northwest	West	Moderately Selective
121691	University of Redlands		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Less Selective
217484	University of Rhode Island	URI	I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Moderately Selective
233374	University of Richmond		I	Atlantic 10	Zone A	Extremely Selective
195030	University of Rochester		III	University Athletic Association	Northeast	Very Selective
122436	University of San Diego	USD	I	Mountain Pacific Sports Federation	Zone E	Moderately Selective
215929	University of Scranton		III	Landmark	Northeast	Moderately Selective
218663	University of South Carolina - Columbia	USC	I	Southeastern	Zone B	Moderately Selective
123961	University of Southern California	USC	I	Pac-12	Zone E	Most Selective
174914	University of St. Thomas (MN)		I	The Summit League	Zone C	Moderately Selective
231174	University of Vermont	UVM	I	America East	Zone A	Moderately Selective
234076	University of Virginia	UVA	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone A	Extremely Selective
240444	University of Wisconsin-Madison	UW-Madison	I	Big Ten	Zone D	Moderately Selective
216524	Ursinus College		III	Centennial	Northeast	Moderately Selective
221999	Vanderbilt University	Vandy	I	Southeastern	Zone B	Most Selective
197133	Vassar College		III	Liberty League	Northeast	Extremely Selective
216597	Villanova University		I	Big East	Zone A	Extremely Selective
233921	Virginia Tech	Virginia Tech	I	Atlantic Coast	Zone A	Moderately Selective
234207	Washington and Lee University	W&L; WLU	III	Old Dominion Athletic	South	Extremely Selective
164216	Washington College		III	Centennial	South	Moderately Selective
236939	Washington State University	WSU	I	Pac-12	Zone E	Less Selective
179867	Washington University in St Louis	WashU	III	University Athletic Association	Midwest	Most Selective
168218	Wellesley College		III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Extremely Selective
130697	Wesleyan University		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Extremely Selective
216764	West Chester University of Pennsylvania		II	Pennsylvania State Athletic	District 2	Moderately Selective
238032	West Virginia University	WVU	I	Big 12	Zone A	Less Selective
125727	Westmont College		II	Pacific West	Unassigned	Moderately Selective
149781	Wheaton College (IL)		III	College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin	Central	Moderately Selective
168281	Wheaton College (MA)		III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
237057	Whitman College		III	Northwest	West	Moderately Selective
125763	Whittier College		III	Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic	West	Less Selective
210401	Willamette University		III	Northwest	West	Moderately Selective
168342	Williams College		III	New England Small College Athletic	Northeast	Most Selective
168421	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	WPI	III	New England Women's and Men's Athletic	Northeast	Moderately Selective
130794	Yale University		I	The Ivy League	Zone A	Most Selective

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