List of college athletic programs in Massachusetts

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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 (formerly the case for the College of Charleston, but media now use "Charleston" for that school's athletic program).
- 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
Boston College Eagles	Boston College	Chestnut Hill	ACC^{[a 1]}
Boston University Terriers	Boston University	Boston	Patriot^{[a 1]}
Harvard Crimson	Harvard University	Cambridge^{[a 2]}	Ivy League^{[a 3]}
Holy Cross Crusaders	Holy Cross !College of the Holy Cross	Worcester	Patriot^{[a 4]}
Massachusetts Minutemen and Minutewomen^{[a 5]}	Massachusetts Amherst !University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst	Atlantic 10^{[a 6]}^{[a 7]}
Northeastern Huskies	Northeastern University	Boston	CAA^{[a 1]}
UMass Lowell River Hawks	Massachusetts Lowell !University of Massachusetts Lowell	Lowell	America East^{[a 7]}

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Boston College, Boston University, and Northeastern all have men's and women's ice hockey teams that compete in Hockey East.
↑ Harvard's administration and most of its undergraduate campus are in Cambridge, but some academic buildings and athletic facilities, including the football stadium, lie in Boston.
↑ Harvard plays men's and women's ice hockey in ECAC Hockey.
↑ The Holy Cross men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey. The women's ice hockey team competes as an NCAA Division III member in ECAC East.
↑ While national media generally use "Massachusetts", the shortened "UMass" is in wide usage, especially in Massachusetts itself.
↑ The UMass football team plays in the Mid-American Conference.
↑ 7.0 7.1 Both the main UMass campus and UMass Lowell play men's ice hockey in Hockey East. Neither school has a varsity women's ice hockey team.

Division II

Team	School	City	Conference
American International Yellow Jackets	American International College	Springfield	Northeast-10^{[b 1]}
Assumption Greyhounds	Assumption College	Worcester	Northeast-10
Bentley Falcons	Bentley University	Waltham	Northeast-10^{[b 1]}
Merrimack Warriors	Merrimack College	North Andover	Northeast-10^{[b 2]}
Stonehill Skyhawks	Stonehill College	Easton	Northeast-10

↑ 1.0 1.1 AIC and Bentley both play Division I men's ice hockey in Atlantic Hockey.
↑ Merrimack plays Division I men's ice hockey in Hockey East.

Division III

Team	School	City	Conference
Amherst Lord Jeffs	Amherst College	Amherst	NESCAC
Anna Maria AmCats	Anna Maria College	Paxton	Commonwealth Coast
Babson Beavers	Babson College	Babson Park	NEWMAC
Bay Path Wildcats	Bay Path University	Longmeadow	New England
Becker Hawks	Becker College	Leicester	New England
Brandeis Judges	Brandeis University	Waltham	UAA
Bridgewater Bears	Bridgewater State University	Bridgewater	MASCAC
Clark Cougars	Clark University	Worcester	NEWMAC
Curry Colonels	Curry College	Milton	Commonwealth Coast
ENC Lions	Eastern Nazarene College	Quincy	Commonwealth Coast
Elms Blazers	Elms College	Chicopee	New England
Emerson Lions	Emerson College	Boston	NEWMAC
Emmanuel Saints	Emmanuel College	Boston	Great Northeast
Endicott Gulls	Endicott College	Beverly	Commonwealth Coast
Fitchburg State Falcons	Fitchburg State University	Fitchburg	MASCAC
Framingham State Rams	Framingham State University	Framingham	MASCAC
Gordon Fighting Scots	Gordon College	Wenham	Commonwealth Coast
Lasell Lasers	Lasell College	Newton	Great Northeast
Lesley Lynx	Lesley University	Cambridge	New England
Massachusetts College Trailblazers	Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts	North Adams	MASCAC
MIT Engineers	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cambridge	NEWMAC
Mount Holyoke Lyons	Mount Holyoke College	South Hadley	NEWMAC
Mount Ida Mustangs	Mount Ida College	Newton	Great Northeast
Newbury Nighthawks	Newbury College	Bookline	New England
Nichols Bison	Nichols College	Dudley	Commonwealth Coast
Pine Manor Gators	Pine Manor College	Chestnut Hill	Great South
Regis (Massachusetts) Pride	Regis College	Weston	Commonwealth Coast
Salem State Vikings	Salem State University	Salem	MASCAC
Simmons Sharks	Simmons College	Boston	Great Northeast
Smith Pioneers	Smith College	Northampton	NEWMAC
Springfield Pride	Springfield College	Springfield	NEWMAC
Suffolk Rams	Suffolk University	Boston	Great Northeast
Tufts Jumbos	Tufts University	Medford	NESCAC
UMass Boston Beacons	Massachusetts Boston !University of Massachusetts Boston	Boston	Little East
UMass Dartmouth Corsairs	Massachusetts Dartmouth !University of Massachusetts Dartmouth	North Dartmouth	Little East
Wellesley Blue	Wellesley College	Wellesley	NEWMAC
Wentworth Leopards	Wentworth Institute of Technology	Boston	Commonwealth Coast
Western New England Golden Bears	Western New England University	Springfield	Commonwealth Coast
Westfield State Owls	Westfield State University	Westfield	MASCAC
Wheaton (Massachusetts) Lyons	Wheaton College	Norton	NEWMAC
Wheelock Wildcats	Wheelock College	Boston	New England
Williams Ephs	Williams College	Williamstown	NESCAC
Worcester Polytech Engineers	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Worcester	NEWMAC
Worcester State Lancers	Worcester State University	Worcester	MASCAC

NAIA

Team	School	City	Conference
Fisher Falcons	Fisher College	Boston	Independent

NJCAA

Team	School	City	Conference
Bristol Bees	Bristol Community College	Fall River	Massachusetts CC
Bunker Hill Bulldogs	Bunker Hill Community College	Boston	Massachusetts CC
Dean Bulldogs	Dean College	Franklin	Massachusetts CC
Holyoke Cougars	Holyoke Community College	Holyoke	Massachusetts CC
Mass Bay Buccaneers	Massachusetts Bay Community College	Wellesley Hills	Massachusetts CC
Massasoit Warriors	Massasoit Community College	Brockton	Massachusetts CC
Northern Essex Knights	Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill	Massachusetts CC
Quinsigamond Chiefs	Quinsigamond Community College	Worcester	Massachusetts CC
Roxbury Tigers	Roxbury Community College	Roxbury Crossing	Massachusetts CC
Springfield Tech Rams	Springfield Technical Community College	Springfield	Massachusetts CC

Other/None

Team	School	City	Conference
Stockbridge School of Agriculture	Stockbridge School of Agriculture	Amherst

¹The Stockbridge School of Agriculture, a division of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, has separate athletic programs from UMass in basketball and golf.