Division I FCS

Ohio Valley Conference

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

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 · 10 of 10 reporting
72% · 57%–98%
· all 77%
fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting
9.4K · 4.3K–12.5K
· all 3.6K
fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting
4.9K · 4.2K–8.8K
· all 1.6K
2023–24 · 10 of 10 reporting
$18,650 · $11,086–$28,852
· all $24,284
fall 2024 · 10 of 10 reporting
14% · 5%–57%
· all 25%
Entered fall 2018 · 10 of 10 reporting
51% · 34%–58%
· all 55%
10 of 10 reporting
31% · 28%–51%
· 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

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 80.9K applications in fall 2024, against 51.6K in fall 2014; 10 members enrolled 56.3K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 84.5K in fall 2014.

Members compared

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

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 72%.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 9.4K.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 4.9K.

2023–24 · 10 of 10 members

Tennessee State University$28,852
Lindenwood University$21,659
Western Illinois University$20,870
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville$19,687
Southeast Missouri State University$19,280
Tennessee Technological University$18,020
University of Arkansas at Little Rock$16,820
Eastern Illinois University$15,379
The University of Tennessee-Martin$13,476
Morehead State University$11,086

Dashed: the median member, $18,650.

fall 2024 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 14%.

Entered fall 2018 · 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 51%.

· 10 of 10 members

Dashed: the median member, 31%.

Who joined and left

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

2024–25: Western Illinois University (football) joined from the Missouri Valley Conference
2023–24: Western Illinois University joined from the Summit League
2023–24: Murray State University (football) left for the Missouri Valley Conference
2022–23: University of Arkansas at Little Rock joined from the Sun Belt Conference
2022–23: Lindenwood University joined from the Great Lakes Valley Conference
2022–23: Murray State University left for the Missouri Valley Conference
2022–23: Austin Peay State University left for the Atlantic Sun Conference
2021–22: Jacksonville State University and Eastern Kentucky University left for the Atlantic Sun Conference
2021–22: Belmont University left for the Missouri Valley Conference

How this was measured

Members. Colleges that report the Ohio Valley 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)