Which colleges can offer golf scholarships?

Which divisions can offer golf scholarships?

NCAA Division I and II, the NAIA, and NJCAA Division I and II golf programs can offer athletic golf aid. NCAA Division III and NJCAA Division III cannot. Each association limits the aid in its own way: a cap on the roster, a cap on the total value of aid, a cap on the number of athletes on aid, or no athletic aid at all. The table gives each one from its own document.

Nine at Division I is a roster size. Any player inside it may be offered aid, full or partial, and whether to fund any of them is the school's choice. A conference may set a lower roster limit, but not below the old 2024-25 limit, and a few players sit outside the 9, such as designated student-athletes from the 2025 transition: NCAA Question and Answer: Implementation of the House Settlement, updated May 29, 2026; 2026-27 NCAA Division I Manual, Bylaw 17.2 (roster limits) and Bylaw 17.02.8 (designated student-athletes). What each limit means for an offer is on the golf scholarships guide.

The College Sports Commission, not the NCAA, publishes which schools are under roster limits: College Sports Commission: participating schools, 2026-27. Check a school against it; we print no count from it.

Division III has narrow exceptions. A golf team a Division III school classifies in Division I follows Division I rules, and a school petitioning to move up may offer aid under conditions: 2026-27 NCAA Division III Manual, Bylaws 15.1.2.2, 15.02.2.2, 15.3.7 and 20.7.1 (exceptions).

How many colleges can offer golf scholarships?

Of the 1,280 colleges we track, 746 are in a division that permits athletic golf aid, with the Ivy League and the service academies left out. That is the CAMPUS list, not a national total, and it says nothing about what any one program funds. The Division I colleges are listed on the Division I golf schools page.

colleges we track in divisions that permit athletic golf aid, Ivy League and service academies left outOf 1,280 colleges we track. Read Sep 24, 2026.

746

NCAA Division I colleges we track, Ivy League and service academies left out333 on file, minus 8 Ivy League schools and 3 service academies. Read Sep 24, 2026.

322

NCAA Division II colleges we trackOf 1,280 colleges we track. Read Sep 24, 2026.

245

NAIA colleges we trackOf 1,280 colleges we track. Read Sep 24, 2026.

179

Which Division I schools give no athletic scholarships?

The Ivy League says in its own words that it gives no athletic scholarships. The three service academies say something different: tuition is covered for every cadet and midshipman. No primary source lists every Division I school that gives no athletic aid. Division I sets a minimum of athletic aid for membership, measured across a whole school and never in golf specifically, and exempts schools that gave none in any sport as of January 11, 1991: 2026-27 NCAA Division I Manual, Bylaw 20.9.3.1 (minimum athletics aid for membership).

Ivy League schools give financial aid to students, athletes included, only on the basis of financial need. There are no academic or athletic scholarships in the Ivy League. The Ivy League: prospective athlete information. Golf columns: 2026-27: all 8 schools sponsor men's golf and 7 sponsor women's golf (all but Cornell). The NCAA's 2025-26 projection, self-reported April to June 2025, predates Brown returning men's and women's golf to varsity status on July 1, 2026. NCAA 2025-26 Projected Sports Sponsorship spreadsheet, by school; Brown University, January 23, 2026: men's and women's golf return to varsity status on July 1, 2026.

Does a college in these divisions have to fund golf?

Ask the coach these four, and ask for the answers in writing.

1. 1Is your school subject to the Division I roster limits?At a school under the House settlement, any player on the roster of up to 9 may be offered aid. A school that did not opt in can give golf aid up to the old 2024-25 limit, 4.5 equivalencies for men's golf or 6 for women's, without becoming subject to the settlement. NCAA Question and Answer: Implementation of the House Settlement, updated May 29, 2026.
2. 2What is golf funded to this year?Every figure in the table above is a maximum. Ask how much of it the program actually has, in equivalencies or in dollars, and what share an offer is.
3. 3Does my academic aid count toward the team limit?In the NAIA it can: countable aid includes academic scholarships, not only athletic ones. It does not count if the academic exemption applies, or until you pass the participation threshold, which the handbook sets at 8 rounds of varsity golf, or play in an NAIA-approved postseason. In NJCAA golf, need-based or academic aid does not make you count if it is open to every student, is not based on athletics and is run through the financial aid office. NAIA 2026-27 Official & Policy Handbook, COP Policy XIII (countable aid, exemptions and exceptions); NJCAA Handbook, 2026-27 Bylaws, Article VI, Section 2 (athletic scholarships).
4. 4Which NJCAA division does your golf team play in?The NJCAA sets division per sport, so the college's other teams tell you nothing. A Division III golf program may not give athletic aid of any kind. NJCAA Handbook, 2026-27 Bylaws, Article VI, Section 2 (athletic scholarships).

What is still being decided

None of these changes which divisions can offer golf aid. Each can change how much, or whose aid counts.