NAIA
Southern States Athletic Conference
9 members on the site, as of 2025–26; 1 play football in another conference.
See them in ExploreMembers
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural CollegeTifton, GA
- Blue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain, MS
- Dalton State CollegeDalton, GA
- Faulkner UniversityMontgomery, AL · football: Mid-South Conference
- Life UniversityMarietta, GA
- Loyola University New OrleansNew Orleans, LA
- The University of Tennessee SouthernPulaski, TN · joined 2023–24
- University of MobileMobile, AL
- William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, MS
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
82% · 60%–93%
· all 77%fall 2024 · 8 of 9 reporting
957 · 181–5.1K
· all 3.6Kfall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting
1.5K · 498–4.6K
· all 1.6K2023–24 · 9 of 9 reporting
$22,664 · $11,363–$31,195
· all $24,284fall 2024 · 9 of 9 reporting
20% · 1%–39%
· all 25%Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 reporting
38% · 25%–60%
· all 55%9 of 9 reporting
36% · 26%–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
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 enrolled 17.9K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 18.9K 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
- Loyola University New Orleans93%
- Life University93%
- Blue Mountain Christian University89%
- The University of Tennessee Southern87%
- University of Mobile78%
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College76%
- Faulkner University73%
- William Carey University60%
Dashed: the median member, 82%.
Not reported: Dalton State College.
fall 2024 · 8 of 9 members
- Loyola University New Orleans5.1K
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College2.7K
- University of Mobile1.8K
- Faulkner University1.1K
- William Carey University841
- The University of Tennessee Southern760
- Life University574
- Blue Mountain Christian University181
Dashed: the median member, 957.
Not reported: Dalton State College.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members
- Dalton State College4.6K
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College3.2K
- Loyola University New Orleans2.8K
- William Carey University2.2K
- Faulkner University1.5K
- University of Mobile1.3K
- Life University893
- The University of Tennessee Southern864
- Blue Mountain Christian University498
Dashed: the median member, 1.5K.
2023–24 · 9 of 9 members
- Life University$31,195
- University of Mobile$30,857
- Loyola University New Orleans$28,984
- Blue Mountain Christian University$24,732
- Faulkner University$22,664
- The University of Tennessee Southern$17,804
- William Carey University$16,519
- Dalton State College$11,397
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College$11,363
Dashed: the median member, $22,664.
fall 2024 · 9 of 9 members
- Loyola University New Orleans39%
- Blue Mountain Christian University35%
- Life University31%
- William Carey University25%
- Faulkner University20%
- University of Mobile17%
- The University of Tennessee Southern12%
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College10%
- Dalton State College1%
Dashed: the median member, 20%.
Entered fall 2018 · 9 of 9 members
- William Carey University60%
- Loyola University New Orleans59%
- University of Mobile57%
- Blue Mountain Christian University55%
- Life University38%
- Faulkner University37%
- The University of Tennessee Southern37%
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College36%
- Dalton State College25%
Dashed: the median member, 38%.
· 9 of 9 members
- Dalton State College50%
- Faulkner University46%
- Life University40%
- Loyola University New Orleans37%
- The University of Tennessee Southern36%
- Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College35%
- Blue Mountain Christian University29%
- William Carey University27%
- University of Mobile26%
Dashed: the median member, 36%.
Who joined and left
Moves since 2014–15, among the site's colleges, by the school year the college first reported its new conference.
- 2025–26: Middle Georgia State University left for the Peach Belt Conference
- 2024–25: Stillman College left for the HBCU Athletic Conference
- 2023–24: The University of Tennessee Southern joined from the Mid-South Conference
- 2021–22: Florida College left for the Continental Athletic Conference
- 2020–21: The University of Tennessee Southern left for the Mid-South Conference
- 2018–19: Spring Hill College left for the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 2017–18: Brenau University left for the Appalachian Athletic Conference
- 2016–17: Stillman College joined from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
- 2016–17: Auburn University at Montgomery left for independent status
- 2016–17: Southern Wesleyan University left for the Conference Carolinas
- 2015–16: Belhaven University left for the American Southwest Conference
How this was measured
- Members. Colleges that report the Southern States 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)






