# List of college athletic programs in Connecticut

This is a list of college athletics programs in the U.S. state of Connecticut.

## NCAA
### Division I

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Ice hockey | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W | M | W |
| Central Connecticut Blue Devils | Central Connecticut State University | New Britain | Northeast | FCS | | | | | | | | |
| Connecticut Huskies | University of Connecticut | Storrs | Big East | FBS | | | | | | | | |
| Fairfield Stags | Fairfield University | Fairfield | MAAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Quinnipiac Bobcats | Quinnipiac University | Hamden | MAAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Sacred Heart Pioneers | Sacred Heart University | Fairfield | MAAC | FCS | | | | | | | | |
| Yale Bulldogs | Yale University | New Haven | Ivy League | FCS | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ While national media use "Connecticut" in score listings and standings, the short form of "UConn" is widely used as well.
* ↑ Connecticut's football team competes as an independent.
* 1 2 Connecticut's ice hockey teams compete in Hockey East.
* 1 2 3 4 Quinnipiac and Yale's men's and women's ice hockey teams all compete in ECAC Hockey.
* ↑ Sacred Heart's football team competes as an independent.
* ↑ Sacred Heart's men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey.
* ↑ Sacred Heart's women's ice hockey team competes in the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.

### Division II

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Ice hockey | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W | M | W |
| Bridgeport Purple Knights | University of Bridgeport | Bridgeport | Central Atlantic | | | | | | | | | |
| New Haven Chargers | University of New Haven | West Haven | Northeast-10 | | | | | | | | | |
| Post Eagles | Post University | Waterbury | Central Atlantic | | | | | | | | | |
| Southern Connecticut Owls | Southern Connecticut State University | New Haven | Northeast-10 | | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Post's football team competes in the Northeast-10 Conference as an affiliate.
* ↑ Post's men's ice hockey team competes as an affiliate in the Northeast-10 Conference.
* ↑ Post's women's ice hockey team competes in Division I as a member of the New England Women's Hockey Alliance.

### Division III

| Team | School | City | Conference | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship | Sport sponsorship |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | Basketball | Basketball | Base- ball | Soft- ball | Ice hockey | Ice hockey | Soccer | Soccer |
| Team | School | City | Conference | Foot- ball | M | W | Base- ball | Soft- ball | M | W | M | W |
| Albertus Magnus Falcons | Albertus Magnus College | New Haven | Great Northeast | | | | | | | | | |
| Coast Guard Bears | United States Coast Guard Academy | New London | NEWMAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Connecticut College Camels | Connecticut College | New London | NESCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Eastern Connecticut Warriors | Eastern Connecticut State University | Willimantic | Little East | | | | | | | | | |
| Hartford Hawks | University of Hartford | West Hartford | Commonwealth Coast | | | | | | | | | |
| Mitchell Mariners | Mitchell College | New London | New England | | | | | | | | | |
| Saint Joseph Blue Jays | University of Saint Joseph | West Hartford | Great Northeast | | | | | | | | | |
| Trinity Bantams | Trinity College | Hartford | NESCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Wesleyan Cardinals | Wesleyan University | Middletown | NESCAC | | | | | | | | | |
| Western Connecticut Wolves | Western Connecticut State University | Danbury | Little East | | | | | | | | | |
* ↑ Albertus Magnus's men's ice hockey team competes as an independent.
* ↑ Albertus Magnus;s women's ice hockey team competes in the NCHA.
* ↑ As of the 2024–25 academic year, Hartford is in the third year of a three-year transition to Division III and will become an active Division III member in 2025–26.
* ↑ Western Connecticut's football team competes in the Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference.

## NJCAA

| Team | School | City | Conference |
| Gateway Lions | Gateway Community College | New Haven | Massachusetts CC |
| UConn–Avery Point Pointers | University of Connecticut at Avery Point | Groton | Massachusetts CC |