List of NAIA Regions

Region I of the NAIA

• Cascade Collegiate Conference
  Cascade Collegiate Conference
  The Cascade Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. Member schools are located in the Northwestern United States. Its basketball teams compete in Division II, the lower of the two levels of NAIA basketball competition. ...
  
  
• Frontier Conference
  Frontier Conference
  The Frontier Conference is a college athletic conference, founded in 1952 and affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in the northwestern United States, in the states of Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Utah....
  
  
• Independents:
  • University of Alberta
    University of Alberta
    The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
    
    
  • University of British Columbia
    University of British Columbia
    The University of British Columbia is a public research university. UBC’s two main campuses are situated in Vancouver and in Kelowna in the Okanagan Valley...
    
    
  • Northwest Christian College
    Northwest Christian College
    Northwest Christian University is a private, liberal arts college located in Eugene, Oregon and is affiliated with the Christian Church and the Christian churches and churches of Christ. U.S...
    
    
  • Simon Fraser University
    Simon Fraser University
    Simon Fraser University is a Canadian public research university in British Columbia with its main campus on Burnaby Mountain in Burnaby, and satellite campuses in Vancouver and Surrey. The main campus in Burnaby, located from downtown Vancouver, was established in 1965 and has more than 34,000...
    
    
  • University of Victoria
    University of Victoria
    The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, is the second oldest public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It is a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, about northeast of downtown Victoria. The University's annual enrollment is about 20,000 students...
    
    

Region II of the NAIA

• California Pacific Conference
  California Pacific Conference
  The California Pacific Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The conference commissioner is Don Ott. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference president is Themy Adachi of Mills College. The...
  
  
• Golden State Athletic Conference
  Golden State Athletic Conference
  The Golden State Athletic Conference is a college athletics conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The conference commissioner is Cliff Hamlow of Azusa Pacific University. Conference leadership is shared among the member institutions. The conference was formed in...
  
  
• Independents:
  • Alliant International University
    Alliant International University
    Alliant International University is a private, non-profit higher education institution based in San Diego, California. It offers programs in six California cities and four locations outside the United States...
    
    
  • California State University, San Marcos
    California State University, San Marcos
    California State University San Marcos is a public, coeducational university and one of the 23 general campuses of the California State University system. located in San Marcos, California, a suburban town in north San Diego County. It was founded in 1989 as the 20th CSU campus and was the first...
    
    
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
    Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University is a private university in the US specializing in aviation and aerospace engineering. It teaches the science, practice, and business of aviation and aerospace. Called "The Harvard of the Sky" by Time Magazine in 1979, Embry-Riddle has a history dating back to...
    
    
  • Patten University
    Patten University
    Patten University is a private institution of higher education in Oakland, California.The school was founded in 1944 by evangelical preacher Dr. Bebe Patten as the Oakland Bible Institute, and was affiliated with the Christian Evangelical Churches of America, a denomination established by Dr. Bebe...
    
    

Region III of the NAIA

• Dakota Athletic Conference
  Dakota Athletic Conference
  The Dakota Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. As the name implies, member teams are located in the states of North Dakota and South Dakota.-History:...
  
  
• Great Plains Athletic Conference
  Great Plains Athletic Conference
  The Great Plains Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota...
  
  
• Independents:
  • National American University
    National American University
    National American University is a private for-profit university owned by National American University Holdings, Inc. Headquartered in Rapid City, SD, NAU operates multiple locations in the United States and an online division....
    
    
  • Northland College (Wisconsin)
    Northland College (Wisconsin)
    Northland College is a small, coeducational, liberal arts college in Ashland, Wisconsin, USA. Founded as the North Wisconsin Academy in 1892, the college was established in 1906. Originally affiliated with the Congregational Church, the college remains loosely tied to the Congregational Church's...
    
     also a member of the NCAA Division III
  • University of Regina
    University of Regina
    The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
    
    

Region IV of the NAIA

• Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. It is commonly called "The Kansas Conference", and as the name implies, all members are located in Kansas...
  
  
• Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Midlands Collegiate Athletic Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Its nine member institutions are located in Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, and Oklahoma.-Members:...
  
  

Region V of the NAIA

• American Midwest Conference
  American Midwest Conference
  The American Midwest Conference is a NAIA college athletic conference with nine member institutions located in Arkansas, Illinois, and Missouri in the United States.-Members:Notes:...
  
  
• Heart of America Athletic Conference
  Heart of America Athletic Conference
  The Heart of America Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Member institutions are located in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska in the United States....
  
  
• Independents:
  • Quincy University
    Quincy University
    Quincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students.-History:...
    
    

Region VI of the NAIA

• Red River Athletic Conference
  Red River Athletic Conference
  The Red River Athletic Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . The conference's 14 member institutions are located in Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. Pending acceptance of their application to the conference, a 15th member, the University...
  
  
• Sooner Athletic Conference
  Sooner Athletic Conference
  The Sooner Athletic Conference is an affiliate of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Its 12 member institutions are located in Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas....
  
  
  • Independents:
  • University of Houston–Victoria
    University of Houston–Victoria
    The University of Houston–Victoria is a four-year state university, and is a component institution of the University of Houston System. Its campus spans 20-acre in Victoria, with satellite locations at UH System centers in Sugar Land and Cinco Ranch...
    
    
  • Our Lady of the Lake University
    Our Lady of the Lake University
    Our Lady of the Lake University is an independent Catholic, co-ed university located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was founded in 1895 by the Sisters of the Congregation of Divine Providence, a religious order originating in Lorraine, France, during the 18th century...
    
    
  • Rogers State University
    Rogers State University
    Rogers State University is a public, co-educational university located in Claremore, Oklahoma with branch campuses in Bartlesville, Oklahoma and Pryor Creek, Oklahoma. Since it began offering bachelor's degrees in 2000, it has outpaced the growth of all other public universities in Oklahoma...
    
    
  • College of Santa Fe
    College of Santa Fe
    Santa Fe University of Art and Design is an institution of creative and performing arts based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The university offers programs in creative writing, theatre, art, graphic design, moving image arts , music, and photography, based on a liberal arts core curriculum...
    
    
  • University of Texas at Brownsville

Region VII of the NAIA

• Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference
  The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA. Its 14 members are located in the Midwestern United States...
  
  
• Midwest Collegiate Conference

Region VIII of the NAIA

• Mid-Central College Conference
  Mid-Central College Conference
  The Mid-Central College Conference is an athletic conference composed of NAIA private Christian colleges in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio . The current conference commissioner is J. D...
  
  
• Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
  Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference
  The Wolverine–Hoosier Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference of ten colleges and universities in the U.S. states of Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. Founded in 1992, the conference was created as a successor group for the now-defunct NAIA District 23...
  
  
• Independents
  • Holy Cross College
    Holy Cross College
    Holy Cross College may refer to:*Holy Cross College , Bangladesh*Holy Cross College , in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States*Holy Cross College , Western Province, Sri Lanka*Holy Cross College...
    
     (Indiana)
  • Indiana University Northwest
    Indiana University Northwest
    Indiana University Northwest is a regional university campus in the Indiana University system in Gary, Indiana, USA, established in 1963.-Courses:...
    
    
  • University of Windsor
    University of Windsor
    The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
    
    

Region X of the NAIA

• Sunrise Athletic Conference
  Sunrise Athletic Conference
  The Sunrise Athletic Conference was a college athletic conference founded in 2002 and affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics . Its member institutions were in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont.-History:...
  
  
• Independent:
  • State University of New York at Delhi
    State University of New York at Delhi
    The State University of New York at Delhi is one of the technology colleges of the State University of New York system. It is located in the Town of Delhi, New York, United States, which is in the Catskill Mountains. The university, entirely in Delhi, is partially within the Village of Delhi....
    
    

Region XII of the NAIA

• Appalachian Athletic Conference
  Appalachian Athletic Conference (NAIA)
  The Appalachian Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that competes in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II competition. Members of the conference are located in the Southeast United States in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia...
  
  
• Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
  The Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic conference with membership in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics...
  
  
• Independents:
  • Allen University
    Allen University
    -External links:* -- Official web site...
    
    
  • Morris College
    Morris College
    Morris College , located in Sumter, South Carolina, is a four-year, coeducational, liberal arts, private, historically black college which operates under the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention.- History :...
    
    
  • Mountain State University
    Mountain State University
    Mountain State University is a private nonsectarian university based in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. The university offers undergraduate and master's degree programs, as well as a doctoral degree program. Most of the university's programs focus on the professions in business,...
    
    
  • Southern Virginia University
    Southern Virginia University
    Southern Virginia University is a liberal arts college located in Buena Vista, Virginia that promotes standards and values of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while not being owned nor operated by the Church...
    
    
  • Voorhees College
    Voorhees College
    Voorhees College is a private, historically black college in Denmark, South Carolina. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church. Voorhees College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.-History:...
    
    

Region XIII of the NAIA

• Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
  Gulf Coast Athletic Conference
  The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the NAIA's Division I. Member institutions are located in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi, USA....
  
  
• Southern States Athletic Conference
  Southern States Athletic Conference
  The Southern States Athletic Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. The 16 member universities compete in 13 sports in the NAIA. Basketball teams compete in Division I of the NAIA.-History:...
  
  

External links

• NAIA Regions