This is a list of college athletic programs in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
Notes: This list is in a tabular format, with columns arranged in the following order, from left to right: Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link to the school's athletic program article if it exists. When only one nickname is listed, it is used for teams of both sexes. (Note that in recent years, many schools have chosen to use the same nickname for men's and women's teams even when the nickname is distinctly masculine.) When two nicknames are given, the first is used for men's teams and the other is used for women's teams. Different nicknames for a specific sport within a school are noted separately below the table. Full name of school. Location of school. Conference of the school (if conference column is left blank, the school is either independent or the conference is unknown). Apart from the ongoing conversions, the following notes apply: Following the normal standard of U.S. sports media, the terms "University" and "College" are ignored in alphabetization, unless necessary to distinguish schools (such as Boston College and Boston University) or are actually used by the media in normally describing the school, such as the College of Charleston. Schools are also alphabetized by the names they are most commonly referred to by sports media, with non-intuitive examples included in parentheses next to the school name. This means, for example, that campuses bearing the name "University of North Carolina" may variously be found at "C" (Charlotte), "N" (North Carolina, referring to the Chapel Hill campus), and "U" (the Asheville, Greensboro, Pembroke, and Wilmington campuses, all normally referred to as UNC-{campus name}). The prefix "St.", as in "Saint", is alphabetized as if it were spelled out.
NCAA
Division I
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorshipFootball Basketball Baseball Softball Ice hockey Soccer M W M W M W North Dakota Fighting Hawks University of North Dakota Grand Forks SummitFCS North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State University Fargo Summit FBS
Division II
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorshipFootball Basketball Baseball Softball Ice HockeySoccer M W MW M W Jamestown Jimmies University of Jamestown Jamestown Northern Sun Mary Marauders University of Mary Bismarck Northern Sun Minot State Beavers Minot State University Minot Northern Sun
NAIA
Team School City Conference Sport sponsorshipFootball Basketball Baseball Softball Soccer M W M W Bismarck State Mystics Bismarck State College Bismarck Frontier Dickinson State Blue Hawks Dickinson State University Dickinson Frontier Mayville State Comets Mayville State University Mayville Frontier Valley City State Vikings Valley City State University Valley City Frontier
NJCAA Team School City Conference Lake Region State Royals Lake Region State College Devils Lake Mon-Dak Dakota College Lumberjacks & Ladyjacks Dakota College at Bottineau Bottineau Mon-Dak NDSCS Wildcats North Dakota State College of Science Wahpeton Mon-Dak United Tribes Tech Thunderbirds United Tribes Technical College Bismarck Mon-Dak Williston State Teton Thunder Williston State College Williston Mon-Dak
NCCAA Team School City Conference Trinity Bible Lions Trinity Bible College Ellendale Independent
Trinity Bible retired its football program after the 2019 season.
See also List of NCAA Division I institutions List of NCAA Division II institutions List of NCAA Division III institutions List of NAIA institutions List of USCAA institutions List of NCCAA institutions List of NJCAA Division I institutions List of NJCAA Division II institutions List of NJCAA Division III institutions