1,906 universities that field women’s basketball.

Of the 55 programmes in this selection, 20 play under rules that permit athletic scholarships and 34 play under rules that forbid them outright — Division III and the California community colleges award no athletic aid of any kind. For 1 the governing association is not recorded, so no claim is made either way.

• American International CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIINortheast 10 Conference17 listed players$13,436 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Small College Athletic Conference11 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Anna Maria CollegePaxton, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIII19 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Assumption UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIINortheast 10 Conference15 listed players$5,563 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference17 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIINortheast 10 Conference15 listed players$8,044 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIAtlantic Coast Conference15 listed players$29,260 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIPatriot League16 listed players$30,088 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIUniversity Athletic Association16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Bristol Community CollegeFall River, Massachusetts
  NJCAA12 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Bunker Hill Community CollegeBoston, Massachusetts
  NJCAA10 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Clark UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIII16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• College of Our Lady of the ElmsChicopee, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIII15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIPatriot League13 listed players$17,315 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Curry CollegeMilton, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England13 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Dean CollegeFranklin, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIGreat Northeast Athletic Conference11 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference12 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIII17 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Endicott CollegeBeverly, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England17 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Fisher CollegeBoston, Massachusetts
  NAIA10 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Framingham State UniversityFramingham, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference20 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Gordon CollegeWenham, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England14 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Hampshire CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts
  USCAA10 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIThe Ivy League15 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Holyoke Community CollegeHolyoke, Massachusetts
  NJCAA11 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Lasell UniversityNewton, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIGreat Northeast Athletic Conference21 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Lesley UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINorth Atlantic Conference12 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
• Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIMetro Conference21 listed players$18,326 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Nichols CollegeDudley, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DICoastal Athletic Association17 listed players$25,915 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Northern Essex Community CollegeHaverhill, Massachusetts
  NJCAA8 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Quinsigamond Community CollegeWorcester, Massachusetts
  NJCAA7 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Regis CollegeWeston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIII18 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Roxbury Community CollegeRoxbury Crossing, Massachusetts
  NJCAA12 listed playersAthletic aid not recorded
• Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Springfield CollegeSpringfield, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DINortheast Conference28 listed players$13,410 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Suffolk UniversityBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Small College Athletic Conference15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIMid-American Conference48 listed players$16,156 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIILittle East Conference17 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIILittle East Conference13 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIAmerica East Conference15 listed players$13,814 women’s athletic aid, all sports
• Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference13 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England13 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIConference of New England19 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference18 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference15 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Small College Athletic Conference16 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIINew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference18 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted
• Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts
  NCAA DIIIMassachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference11 listed playersNo athletic aid permitted