Division I FBS
Sun Belt Conference
14 members on the site, as of 2025–26.
See them in ExploreMembers
- Appalachian State UniversityBoone, NC
- Arkansas State UniversityJonesboro, AR
- Coastal Carolina UniversityConway, SC · joined 2016–17
- Georgia Southern UniversityStatesboro, GA
- Georgia State UniversityAtlanta, GA
- James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA · joined 2022–23
- Marshall UniversityHuntington, WV · joined 2022–23
- Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, VA · joined 2022–23
- Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, TX
- Troy UniversityTroy, AL
- University of Louisiana at LafayetteLafayette, LA
- University of Louisiana at MonroeMonroe, LA
- University of South AlabamaMobile, AL
- University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MS · joined 2022–23
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 · 14 of 14 reporting
87% · 55%–99%
· all 77%fall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
14K · 4.2K–38.4K
· all 3.6Kfall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
11.4K · 5K–36.2K
· all 1.6K2023–24 · 14 of 14 reporting
$18,622 · $14,620–$32,777
· all $24,284fall 2024 · 14 of 14 reporting
14% · 2%–67%
· all 25%Entered fall 2018 · 14 of 14 reporting
53% · 46%–80%
· all 55%14 of 14 reporting
38% · 17%–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): 14 members received 251.5K applications in fall 2024, against 140K in fall 2014; they enrolled 215.4K undergraduates in fall 2024, against 214.4K in fall 2014.
Members compared
Every member on each measure, highest first, so the spread behind each median is visible.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- University of Southern Mississippi99%
- Troy University96%
- Marshall University96%
- Old Dominion University90%
- Appalachian State University90%
- Texas State University89%
- Georgia Southern University88%
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette87%
- University of Louisiana at Monroe85%
- Arkansas State University82%
- Coastal Carolina University75%
- James Madison University72%
- University of South Alabama71%
- Georgia State University55%
Dashed: the median member, 87%.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- James Madison University38.4K
- Texas State University34.1K
- Georgia State University33.4K
- Appalachian State University24.6K
- Coastal Carolina University21K
- Georgia Southern University20.8K
- Old Dominion University15.1K
- University of South Alabama13K
- Arkansas State University12.3K
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette11.1K
- Troy University9.5K
- University of Southern Mississippi7K
- Marshall University6.8K
- University of Louisiana at Monroe4.2K
Dashed: the median member, 14K.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- Texas State University36.2K
- Georgia State University26.6K
- Georgia Southern University21.8K
- James Madison University20.9K
- Appalachian State University19.4K
- Old Dominion University17.5K
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette12.4K
- Coastal Carolina University10.4K
- University of Southern Mississippi10.1K
- Troy University9.8K
- Arkansas State University9.1K
- University of South Alabama8.9K
- Marshall University7.3K
- University of Louisiana at Monroe5K
Dashed: the median member, 11.4K.
2023–24 · 14 of 14 members
- James Madison University$32,777
- Coastal Carolina University$30,841
- Old Dominion University$22,163
- Appalachian State University$21,851
- Georgia State University$21,561
- Texas State University$19,617
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette$18,696
- Georgia Southern University$18,548
- University of South Alabama$17,417
- University of Southern Mississippi$17,262
- Troy University$16,057
- University of Louisiana at Monroe$15,723
- Marshall University$14,904
- Arkansas State University$14,620
Dashed: the median member, $18,622.
fall 2024 · 14 of 14 members
- Coastal Carolina University67%
- James Madison University30%
- University of South Alabama26%
- Marshall University23%
- University of Southern Mississippi23%
- Troy University21%
- Arkansas State University14%
- Appalachian State University14%
- Georgia State University11%
- Georgia Southern University8%
- Old Dominion University7%
- University of Louisiana at Monroe5%
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette3%
- Texas State University2%
Dashed: the median member, 14%.
Entered fall 2018 · 14 of 14 members
- James Madison University80%
- Appalachian State University75%
- Arkansas State University55%
- Texas State University55%
- Georgia Southern University55%
- University of Louisiana at Monroe54%
- Georgia State University53%
- University of South Alabama53%
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette53%
- Marshall University51%
- Troy University50%
- University of Southern Mississippi49%
- Coastal Carolina University48%
- Old Dominion University46%
Dashed: the median member, 53%.
· 14 of 14 members
- Georgia State University51%
- University of Southern Mississippi46%
- Troy University43%
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette42%
- Marshall University39%
- Arkansas State University38%
- University of South Alabama38%
- Texas State University37%
- Old Dominion University37%
- Georgia Southern University36%
- University of Louisiana at Monroe35%
- Appalachian State University26%
- Coastal Carolina University26%
- James Madison University17%
Dashed: the median member, 38%.
Who joined and left
Moves since 2014–15, among the site's colleges, by the school year the college first reported its new conference.
- 2023–24: The University of Texas at Arlington left for the Western Athletic Conference
- 2022–23: University of Southern Mississippi, Old Dominion University and Marshall University joined from the Conference USA
- 2022–23: James Madison University joined from the Colonial Athletic Association
- 2022–23: University of Arkansas at Little Rock left for the Ohio Valley Conference
- 2018–19: University of Idaho (football) left for the Big Sky Conference
- 2016–17: Coastal Carolina University joined from the Big South Conference
How this was measured
- Members. Colleges that report the Sun Belt 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)




