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This is a list of college athletic programs in
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
. Inclusion on the list is for
college sports
College athletics encompasses non-professional, collegiate and university-level competitive sports and games.
World University Games
The first World University Games were held in 1923. There were originally called the ''Union Nationale des É ...
programs (past and present) that are in the state of
Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
.
There are currently 25 four-year colleges and universities which have athletic programs (college teams in US English or college clubs in British English) that compete in intercollegiate athletics. Another 21 two-year colleges provide athletic programs at their level. Additionally, other
defunct schools provided athletic programs during their times of service.
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Division I
Division II
NAIA
NJCAA
The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions ...
NCCAA
Defunct programs
Colleges and universities without athletic programs
As a supplement to the list, the following are some of the four year accredited institutions and/or graduate schools in the state of Kansas that do not sponsor intercollegiate athletics. Excluded from this list are the various technical schools and career colleges that typically do not offer such programs.
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Cleveland Chiropractic College
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St. Mary's College and Academy (the academy offers athletics for its preparatory school)
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Saint Paul School of Theology
Saint Paul School of Theology (SPST) is a United Methodist seminary in Leawood, Kansas, United States. In addition to the Kansas City area campus at Church of the Resurrection, Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University has been ...
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United States Army Command and General Staff College
The United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC or, obsolete, USACGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is a graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military ...
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-
).
**The prefix "St.", as in "Saint", is alphabetized as if it were spelled out.
See also
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List of NCAA Division I institutions
This is a list of colleges and universities that are members of Division I, the highest level of competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Currently, there are 363 institutions classified as Division I, includi ...
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List of NCAA Division II institutions
There are currently 303 American, Canadian, and Puerto Rican colleges and universities classified as Division II for NCAA competition. During the 2022–23 academic year, seven schools are in the process of reclassifying to Division II. Forty- ...
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List of NCAA Division III institutions
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List of NAIA institutions
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics has 250 member colleges and universities for athletic competition in 2022–23 season.
NAIA institutions
*Note: The NAIA once had basketball teams split into two divisions. In April 2018, the ...
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List of USCAA institutions
As of July 2022, the United States Collegiate Athletic Association (USCAA) has 72 member institutions from 21 states for competition in college athletics.
See also
*List of NCAA Division I institutions
*List of NCAA Division II institutions
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List of NCCAA institutions
This is a list of institutions that compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association. There are currently 90 programs in the organization as of 2022–23.
Central Region
Division I
Mideast Region
Division I
Division II
Midwes ...
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List of college athletic programs by U.S. state
The main article of this list is College athletics in the United States.
U.S. States
* List of college athletic programs in Alabama
* List of college athletic programs in Alaska
* List of college athletic programs in Arizona
* List of college athl ...
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List of colleges and universities in Kansas
The following is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Kansas.
The Kansas Board of Regents governs six state universities and supervises and coordinates 19 community colleges, five technical colleges, six technical schools an ...
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List of defunct colleges and universities in Kansas
The following is a List of defunct universities and colleges in Kansas. This list includes accredited, degree-granting institutions and bona fide institutions of higher learning that operated before accreditation existed. All have hosted their pr ...
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Kansas
Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...
College athletic programs
College sports in Kansas
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