1,906 universities that field women’s basketball.

Of the 1,858 programmes in this selection, 1,317 play under rules that permit athletic scholarships and 491 play under rules that forbid them outright — Division III and the California community colleges award no athletic aid of any kind. For 50 the governing association is not recorded, so no claim is made either way.

• Marian University-AncillaPlymouth, Indiana
  NJCAA23 listed players$3,342 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Marietta CollegeMarietta, Ohio
  NCAA DIIIOhio Athletic Conference22 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York
  NCAA DIMetro Conference15 listed players$11,968 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin
  NCAA DIBIG EAST Conference12 listed players$16,944 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mars Hill UniversityMars Hill, North Carolina
  NCAA DIISouth Atlantic Conference16 listed players$5,686 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Marshall UniversityHuntington, West Virginia
  NCAA DISun Belt Conference16 listed players$13,499 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Marshalltown Community CollegeMarshalltown, Iowa
  Other association11 listed players$3,236 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Martin Luther CollegeNew Ulm, Minnesota
  NCAA DIIIUpper Midwest Athletic Conference16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Mary Baldwin UniversityStaunton, Virginia
  NCAA DIIIUSA South Athletic Conference5 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Marymount UniversityArlington, Virginia
  NCAA DIII15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Maryville CollegeMaryville, Tennessee
  NCAA DIII13 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint Louis, Missouri
  NCAA DIIGreat Lakes Valley Conference15 listed players$7,138 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Marywood UniversityScranton, Pennsylvania
  NCAA DIIIMiddle Atlantic Conference Freedom17 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Massasoit Community CollegeBrockton, Massachusetts
  Other association7 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Mayville State UniversityMayville, North Dakota
  NAIA13 listed players$2,541 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• McDaniel CollegeWestminster, Maryland
  NCAA DIIICentennial Conference17 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• McHenry County CollegeCrystal Lake, Illinois
  NJCAA11 listed players$1,883 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• McKendree UniversityLebanon, Illinois
  NCAA DIIGreat Lakes Valley Conference17 listed players$8,063 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• McLennan Community CollegeWaco, Texas
  NJCAA13 listed players$12,634 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• McMurry UniversityAbilene, Texas
  NCAA DIIIAmerican Southwest Conference19 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• McNeese State UniversityLake Charles, Louisiana
  NCAA DISouthland Conference15 listed players$8,852 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• McPherson CollegeMcPherson, Kansas
  NAIA33 listed players$20,505 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mendocino CollegeUkiah, California
  CCCAA9 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Menlo CollegeAtherton, California
  NCAA DIICalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association18 listed players$14,607 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Merced CollegeMerced, California
  CCCAA15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Mercer County Community CollegeWest Windsor, New Jersey
  NJCAA12 listed players$1,441 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mercer UniversityMacon, Georgia
  NCAA DISouthern Conference15 listed players$24,326 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mercy UniversityDobbs Ferry, New York
  NCAA DIIEast Coast Conference15 listed players$7,012 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mercyhurst UniversityErie, Pennsylvania
  NCAA DINortheast Conference15 listed players$15,347 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Meridian Community CollegeMeridian, Mississippi
  NJCAA14 listed players$4,164 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIMetro Conference21 listed players$18,326 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Merritt CollegeOakland, California
  CCCAA10 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Mesa Community CollegeMesa, Arizona
  NJCAA16 listed players$438 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
  NCAA DIIIMiddle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Methodist UniversityFayetteville, North Carolina
  NCAA DIIIUSA South Athletic Conference22 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri
  Other association12 listed players$2,948 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado
  NCAA DIIRocky Mountain Athletic Conference14 listed players$8,487 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Miami Dade CollegeMiami, Florida
  NJCAA15 listed players$8,062 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio
  NCAA DI31 listed players$14,890 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan
  NCAA DIBig Ten Conference16 listed players$18,562 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan
  NCAA DIIGreat Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference15 listed players$14,744 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mid Michigan CollegeHarrison, Michigan
  NJCAA15 listed players$773 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma
  NAIA14 listed players$8,955 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mid-Atlantic Christian UniversityElizabeth City, North Carolina
  USCAA7 listed players$1,200 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Mid-Plains Community CollegeNorth Platte, Nebraska
  NJCAA26 listed players$3,930 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• MidAmerica Nazarene UniversityOlathe, Kansas
  NAIA20 listed players$8,736 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Middle Georgia State UniversityMacon, Georgia
  NAIAPeach Belt Conference13 listed players$3,854 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee
  NCAA DIConference USA15 listed players$19,660 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont
  NCAA DIIINew England Small College Athletic Conference15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Middlesex CollegeEdison, New Jersey
  NJCAA9 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Midland CollegeMidland, Texas
  NJCAA12 listed players$11,137 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Midland UniversityFremont, Nebraska
  NAIA31 listed players$11,184 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Midway UniversityMidway, Kentucky
  NAIA31 listed players$5,020 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas
  NCAA DIILone Star Conference17 listed players$5,890 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Miles CollegeFairfield, Alabama
  NCAA DIISouthern Intercol. Ath. Conf.16 listed players$4,627 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Miles Community CollegeMiles City, Montana
  NJCAA13 listed players$6,411 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania
  NCAA DIIPennsylvania State Athletic Conference13 listed players$2,184 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Milligan UniversityMilligan, Tennessee
  NAIA24 listed players$13,548 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Millikin UniversityDecatur, Illinois
  NCAA DIIICollege Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted