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Big South Conference

9 members on the site, as of 2025–26; 1 play football in another conference.

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Members

At a glance

The median member against the median of every four-year college on the site, with the range from the lowest member to the highest. Each row has its own scale, starting at zero.

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    79% · 67%–96%
    · all 77%

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    5.4K · 3.3K–17.6K
    · all 3.6K

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    3K · 852–6K
    · all 1.6K

  • 2023–24 · 8 of 9 reporting

    $20,052 · $16,632–$44,867
    · all $24,284

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    14% · 5%–73%
    · all 25%

  • Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 reporting

    54% · 43%–74%
    · all 55%

  • 9 of 9 reporting

    34% · 12%–46%
    · all 34%

Over time

The median member each year. By default the line follows in every year, so it describes the same colleges throughout; switch to members at the time to see the conference as it was.

Applicants, median member · today's members in every year

3K4K5K6K201420162018202020222024Big South ConferenceAll colleges

Dashed: the median of every four-year college on the site. A year is left out when fewer than 80% of the members report it.

In total (members reporting both years): 9 members received 66.7K applications in fall 2024, against 40.5K in fall 2014; they enrolled 30.3K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 37.2K in fall 2014.

Members compared

Every member on each measure, highest first, so the spread behind each median is visible.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 79%.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 5.4K.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 3K.

2023–24 · 8 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, $20,052.

Not reported: Charleston Southern University.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 14%.

Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 54%.

· 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 34%.

Who joined and left

Moves since 2014–15, among the site's colleges, by the school year the college first reported its new conference.

  1. 2024–25: Robert Morris University (football) left for the Northeast Conference
  2. 2024–25: Bryant University (football) left for the Colonial Athletic Association
  3. 2024–25: Virginia Military Institute left for the Southern Conference
  4. 2023–24: University of North Alabama (football) left for the United Athletic Conference
  5. 2023–24: Campbell University left for the Colonial Athletic Association
  6. 2023–24: North Carolina A & T State University (football) left for the Colonial Athletic Association
  7. 2023–24: Kennesaw State University (football) left for independent status
  8. 2022–23: Bryant University (football) joined from the Northeast Conference
  9. 2022–23: North Carolina A & T State University and Hampton University left for the Colonial Athletic Association
  10. 2021–22: North Carolina A & T State University joined from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
  11. 2020–21: Robert Morris University (football) joined from the Northeast Conference
  12. 2020–21: Liberty University left for the Atlantic Sun Conference
  13. 2019–20: University of North Alabama (football) joined from independent status
  14. 2018–19: Campbell University (football) joined from the Pioneer Football League
  15. 2018–19: University of South Carolina-Upstate joined from the Atlantic Sun Conference
  16. 2018–19: Hampton University joined from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
  17. 2018–19: Presbyterian College (football) left for the Pioneer Football League
  18. 2016–17: Coastal Carolina University left for the Sun Belt Conference

How this was measured

  • Members. Colleges that report the Big South Conference as their main today. A member playing football elsewhere is listed with its football conference but counted here.
  • Medians. Every figure is the median member (counts and costs: the median member's own change), except the totals, which are labeled. A conference needs 8 members on the site, and a year needs 80% of members reporting; costs are .
  • Members at the time reads each college's reported conference year by year, from 2014–15; colleges no longer on the site aren't included.
  • The universe. The site's four-year colleges, which may not be every member. The page shows how members compare and changed, not why.

Sources:IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2014–15 to 2025–26;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (admissions section), Fall 2013 to Fall 2013;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (enrollment), Fall 2013 to Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2013–14 to 2023–24;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2014 to Fall 2024;College Scorecard (graduation by entering class), classes entering fall 2013 to fall 2018;inflation: BLS CPI-U, school-year averagesAbout the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)

Pell Grant recipients:College Scorecard, most recent releaseAbout the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)