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Western Athletic Conference

6 members on the site, as of 2025–26; 3 play football in another conference.

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Members

Too few members to summarize. A conference needs 8 members on the site before this page shows medians; the Western Athletic Conference has 6. Its members and moves are above and below.

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: Grand Canyon University left for the Mountain West Conference
  2. 2025–26: The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley left for the Southland Conference
  3. 2024–25: Stephen F Austin State University left for the Southland Conference
  4. 2024–25: Tarleton State University (football) left for the Atlantic Sun Conference
  5. 2024–25: Southern Utah University (football) left for the United Athletic Conference
  6. 2023–24: The University of Texas at Arlington joined from the Sun Belt Conference
  7. 2023–24: New Mexico State University-Main Campus and Sam Houston State University left for the Conference USA
  8. 2023–24: Chicago State University left for independent status
  9. 2023–24: Abilene Christian University (football) left for the United Athletic Conference
  10. 2022–23: Southern Utah University joined from the Big Sky Conference
  11. 2021–22: Abilene Christian University, Sam Houston State University and Stephen F Austin State University joined from the Southland Conference
  12. 2021–22: Tarleton State University (football) joined from independent status
  13. 2020–21: Tarleton State University joined from the Lone Star Conference
  14. 2020–21: California State University-Bakersfield left for the Big West Conference
  15. 2020–21: University of Missouri-Kansas City left for the Summit League
  16. 2018–19: California Baptist University joined from the Pacific West Conference

How this was measured

  • Members. Colleges that report the Western 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)