College Sports - Fencing
Schools sponsored varsity Fencing teams in 2024:
| Average | Scholarship | Average Athletic | ||||||||
| # of teams | Total Athletes | Team size | limit per team | Scholarship | ||||||
| Division | Men's | Women's | Men | Women | Men's | Women's | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| NCAAI | 21 | 27 | 396 | 454 | 19 | 17 | 4.5 | 5 | 16,802 | 18,400 |
| NCAAII | 2 | 2 | 31 | 30 | 16 | 15 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 6,031 | 7,197 |
| NCAAIII | 11 | 15 | 215 | 236 | 20 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Other | 2 | 2 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 6 | - | - | 9,190 | 6,944 |
| Totals | 36 | 46 | 666 | 731 | 19 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
Fencing is an equivalency sport for NCAA scholarship purposes, so partial scholarships can be awarded to meet the limit per school. For example, an NCAA Division I school can award 10 female fencers each a 1/2 scholarship and still meet the limit of 5 per school. See our page on scholarship limits for more information.
* Average Athletic Scholarship is the average annual amount of athletically related student aid per athlete for ALL varsity sports sponsored by the specific school. Some athletes receive full awards, some receive partial and many receive none. Additionally some sports within a school may be fully funded, some partially and some sports provide no athletic scholarships. Private schools generally have higher tuition than public schools and the average award will reflect this.
