NCAA Division II independent schools are four-year institutions that compete in college athletics at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, but do not belong to an established college athletic conference for a particular sport. These schools may however still compete as members of an athletic conference in other sports. A school may also be fully independent, and not belong to any athletic conference for any sport at all. The reason for independent status varies among institutions, but it is frequently because the school's primary athletic conference does not sponsor a particular sport.

Division II was created in 1973, at a time when the NCAA included dozens of independent members, plus members of conferences who played as independents in one or more sports. The trend toward consolidating the NCAA membership into conferences began in the late 1970s, and within a decade the number of independent programs declined dramatically. The lists below include only the small number of programs still functioning on an independent basis in recent years.

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Colors	Future conference
University of Puerto Rico at Bayamón[a]	Bayamón, Puerto Rico	1971	Public[b]	3,022	Cowboys	?
University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez[a]	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	1911	Public[b]	12,126	Bulldogs	?
University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras[a]	San Juan, Puerto Rico	1903	Public[b]	13,226	Gallitos & Jerezanas	?
Salem University	Salem, West Virginia	1888	Private (For-profit)	991	Tigers	2010; 2016[c]

Notes

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2024)

Institution	Location	Founded	Affiliation	Enrollment	Nickname	Joined	Left	Colors	Current conference
Bluefield State University[a]	Bluefield, West Virginia	1895	Public (HBCU)	1,246	Big Blue	2013	2023		Central (CIAA)
Emory & Henry College[b]	Emory, Virginia	1836	Private	1,250	Wasps	2021	2022		South Atlantic (SAC)
Oakland City University	Oakland City, Indiana	1885	Private	2,350	Mighty Oaks	2006	2020		River States (RSC)[c]

Notes

Departing members in pink.

School	Baseball	Basketball	Cross country	Soccer	Tennis	Track & field outdoor	Volleyball	Wrestling	Total IND sports
UPR Bayamón		Y	Y	Y	Y		Y		5
UPR Mayagüez		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y	Y	6
UPR Río Piedras		Y	Y		Y	Y	Y		5
Salem	Y	Y		Y	Y			Y	5

Departing members in pink.

School	Basketball	Cross country	Soccer	Softball	Tennis	Track & field outdoor	Volleyball	Total IND sports
UPR Bayamón	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	5
UPR Mayagüez	Y	Y			Y	Y	Y	5
UPR Río Piedras	Y	Y	Y		Y		Y	5
Salem	Y		Y	Y	Y		Y	5

School		Men			Women
		Swimming & diving	Water polo ‡		Swimming & diving	Water polo ‡
Salem		CC	WWPA		CC	WWPA

• ^‡ — D-I sport

Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport (Salem), since they have been listed before.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference
Bluefield State University	Bluefield, West Virginia	Big Blue	CIAA
Virginia State University	Ettrick, Virginia	Trojans	CIAA

Does not include all-sports independent teams that sponsor the sport, since they have been listed before. Shorter will move its football program to its full-time home of Conference Carolinas once that league begins sponsoring football in 2025.

Institution	Location	Nickname	Primary conference
Northeastern State University[1]	Tahlequah, Oklahoma	RiverHawks	MIAA
Shorter University	Rome, Georgia	Hawks	Carolinas

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