Your Complete List of Women’s D3 Track and Field Colleges

Don’t overlook NCAA Division 3 track and field colleges. With a balanced college experience, focus on academics, and highly competitive atmosphere, more than 8,000 student-athletes find a home at D3 schools.

• Balanced collegiate experience. D3 track and field programs require time, energy and commitment to practices, meets and traveling, but unlike D1 institutions where your sport is your life, student-athletes who compete at the D3 level have more free time to pursue challenging courses, internships/jobs and extracurriculars outside of track and field.
• Close-knit campus. D3 colleges are mostly made up of smaller, private institutions, with the median enrollment rate at about 2,750.
• Academically competitive courses. D3 track and field colleges are some of the most academically selective schools in the NCAA. Student-athletes with strong test scores, grades and a desire to excel academically should consider adding a few D3 schools to their target lists.
• Well-rounded financial aid packages. Many student-athletes shy away from Division 3 track and field colleges because they don’t offer athletic scholarships. However, these coaches work closely with the admissions department to offer student-athletes competitive scholarship packages made up of grants, academic scholarships, need-based aid and merit-based scholarships.   

What is the number of women’s NCAA Division 3 track and field teams?

There are 324 NCAA Division 3 track and field colleges across the country, made up of both indoor-only, outdoor-only, indoor and outdoor, and cross-country programs. It’s relatively common for women’s track and field athletes to take part in both indoor and outdoor programs, when available. Altogether, about 1.9 percent of all high-school women’s track and field student-athletes end up competing at the Division 3 level.

Division 3 women’s track and field rankings

The Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS) and the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) both offer a good overview of NCAA women’s track and field rankings for D3 track and field colleges.

View a comprehensive list of the best D3 women’s track and field colleges. 

Then, take a look at the NCAA women’s track and field rankings for all division 3 track and field colleges.

Full list of women’s D3 track and field colleges