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Continental Athletic Conference

9 members on the site, as of 2025–26.

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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

    558 · 342–11.3K
    · all 1.6K

  • 2023–24 · 9 of 9 reporting

    $21,313 · $11,156–$34,130
    · all $24,284

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    27% · 1%–71%
    · all 25%

  • Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 reporting

    28% · 7%–54%
    · all 55%

  • 9 of 9 reporting

    45% · 23%–96%
    · 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

2.8K3K3.3K3.5K201420162018202020222024All 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): 8 members enrolled 15.4K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 16.1K in fall 2014.

Members compared

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

fall 2024 · 6 of 9 members

Not reported: Arkansas Baptist College, Morris College, North American University.

fall 2024 · 6 of 9 members

Not reported: Arkansas Baptist College, Morris College, North American University.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 558.

2023–24 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, $21,313.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 27%.

Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 28%.

· 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 45%.

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. 2025–26: Alice Lloyd College joined from the River States
  2. 2024–25: Wilberforce University, Voorhees University and University of the Virgin Islands left for the HBCU Athletic Conference
  3. 2024–25: Crowley's Ridge College left for the American Midwest Conference
  4. 2024–25: College of the Ozarks left for the Sooner Athletic Conference
  5. 2023–24: College of the Ozarks joined from independent status
  6. 2022–23: Cottey College left for the American Midwest Conference
  7. 2021–22: Crowley's Ridge College, Washington Adventist University, Fisher College, Cottey College, Wilberforce University, Voorhees University and University of the Virgin Islands joined from independent status
  8. 2021–22: Florida College joined from the Southern States Athletic Conference
  9. 2021–22: Morris College joined from Other
  10. 2021–22: Georgia Gwinnett College joined from independent status

How this was measured

  • Members. Colleges that report the Continental Athletic 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)