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River States

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 · 8 of 9 reporting

    77% · 35%–95%
    · all 77%

  • fall 2024 · 8 of 9 reporting

    1.6K · 549–2.1K
    · all 3.6K

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    1.3K · 429–3.2K
    · all 1.6K

  • fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting

    22% · 1%–43%
    · all 25%

  • Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 reporting

    46% · 37%–66%
    · all 55%

  • 9 of 9 reporting

    39% · 32%–50%
    · 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

01K2K3K201420162018202020222024All collegesRiver States

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 received 12K applications in fall 2024, against 10.9K in fall 2014; 9 members enrolled 13.9K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 19K in fall 2014.

Members compared

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

fall 2024 · 8 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 77%.

Not reported: Shawnee State University.

fall 2024 · 8 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 1.6K.

Not reported: Shawnee State University.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 1.3K.

2023–24 · 7 of 9 members

Not reported: Indiana University-East, Indiana University-Kokomo.

fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 22%.

Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 46%.

· 9 of 9 members

Dashed: the median member, 39%.

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: Kentucky Christian University joined from the Appalachian Athletic Conference
  2. 2025–26: Alice Lloyd College left for the Continental Athletic Conference
  3. 2024–25: Point Park University left for the Mountain East Conference
  4. 2023–24: Shawnee State University joined from the Mid-South Conference
  5. 2023–24: Carlow University left for the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference
  6. 2021–22: Asbury University left for Other
  7. 2020–21: Oakland City University joined from independent status
  8. 2017–18: Indiana University-Kokomo, Indiana University-Southeast, Indiana University-East, Alice Lloyd College, Asbury University, Midway University, Ohio Christian University and Point Park University joined from Kentucky Intercollegiate Ath Conf
  9. 2016–17: Brescia University and Carlow University joined from Kentucky Intercollegiate Ath Conf

How this was measured

  • Members. Colleges that report the River States 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)