NCAA_Division_I_Women's_Hockey_Tournament_appearances_by_school
The following is a list of teams that have made appearances in the National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Championship listed by their conference. The championship has existed since the 2000–2001 season and groups include the university teams of Divisions I and II of the NCAA.[1]
CHA
| School | # of Appearances | # of Frozen Fours | # of Championship Games | # of Championships |
| Mercyhurst | 13 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020) | 4 (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014) | 1 (2009) | 0 |
| Penn State | 2 (2023, 2024) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| RIT | 1 (2015) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robert Morris | 2 (2017, 2021) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syracuse | 2 (2019, 2022) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
ECAC
| School | # of Appearances | # of Frozen Fours | # of Championship Games | # of Championships |
| Brown | 1 (2002) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2002) | 0 |
| Clarkson | 12 (2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 6 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2024) | 3 (2014, 2017, 2018) | 3 (2014, 2017, 2018) |
| Colgate | 5 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 2 (2018, 2024) | 1 (2018) | 0 |
| Cornell | 9 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2024) | 4 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2019) | 1 (2010) | 0 |
| Dartmouth | 8 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011) | 4 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005) | 0 | 0 |
| Harvard | 12 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2022) | 6 (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2015) | 4 (2003, 2004, 2005, 2015) | 0 |
| Princeton | 4 (2006, 2016, 2019, 2020) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinnipiac | 4 (2015, 2016, 2022, 2023) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Lawrence | 10 (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2024) | 5 (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007) | 1 (2001) | 0 |
| Yale | 2 (2022, 2023) | 1 (2022) | 0 | 0 |
Hockey East
| School | # of Appearances | # of Frozen Fours | # of Championship Games | # of Championships |
| Boston College | 12 (2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021) | 7 (2007, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017) | 1 (2016) | 0 |
| Boston University | 6 (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) | 2 (2011, 2013) | 2 (2011, 2013) | 0 |
| Connecticut | 1 (2024) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Hampshire | 5 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010) | 2 (2006, 2008) | 0 | 0 |
| Northeastern | 7 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023) | 3 (2021, 2022, 2023) | 1 (2021) | 0 |
| Providence | 2 (2005, 2021) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NEWHA
| School | # of Appearances | # of Frozen Fours | # of Championship Games | # of Championships |
| LIU | 1 (2023) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Stonehill | 1 (2024) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
WCHA
| School | # of Appearances | # of Frozen Fours | # of Championship Games | # of Championships |
| Minnesota | 21 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 15 (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2023) | 9 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019) | 6 (2004, 2005, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016) |
| Minnesota Duluth | 15 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 9 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2021, 2022) | 7 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2022) | 5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010) |
| Ohio State | 6 (2018, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 5 (2018, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 3 (2022, 2023, 2024) | 2 (2022, 2024) |
| Wisconsin | 18 (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) | 15 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) | 11 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024) | 7 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021, 2023) |
Defunct teams
| School | # of Appearances | # of Frozen Fours | # of Championship Games | # of Championships |
| Niagara | 1 (ECAC Eastern: 2002) | 1 (ECAC Eastern: 2002) | 0 | 0 |
| North Dakota | 2 (WCHA: 2012, 2013) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The following active Division I programs have never qualified for the NCAA tournament.
- CHA: Lindenwood
- ECAC Hockey: RPI, Union
- Hockey East: Holy Cross, Maine, Merrimack, Vermont
- NEWHA: Assumption, Franklin Pierce, Post, Sacred Heart, Saint Anselm, Saint Michael's
- WCHA: Bemidji State, Minnesota State, St. Cloud State
- St. Thomas will play its first National Collegiate season in 2021–22. The Tommies will not be eligible for the tournament until 2024–25. While St. Thomas' ongoing transition from Division III to Division I will take five years in all, it will be tournament-eligible after three, reflecting the standard three-year transition period for moves from D-III to Division II.