None — The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) was founded in 1912 as the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association and is the oldest African-American athletic conference in the nation. Although the membership has changed since 1912, the CIAA consists of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) spanning the east coast from Pennsylvania to North Carolina.
• Bowie State University: Bowie State University (BSU) was established in 1865 and is the oldest historically Black institution in Baltimore, Maryland and among the oldest in the nation.
• Chowan University: Chowan University, located in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, was founded in 1848 by Baptist families as a Christian education institution.
• Elizabeth City State University: Elizabeth City State University (Elizabeth City, North Carolina) was founded March 3, 1891, when the North Carolina General Assembly established a Normal School for the purpose of teaching and training teachers of the colored race to teach in the common schools of North Carolina."
• Fayetteville State University: Fayetteville State University (FSU), founded in 1867 as the Howard School for the education of African Americans, is a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina and the second-oldest public institution of higher education in the state.
• Johnson C. Smith University: Johnson C. Smith University (JCSU) was founded 1867 by ministers of the Presbyterian Church. The mission of JCSU is to provide an outstanding education for a diverse group of talented high-motivated students from various ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographical backgrounds.
• Lincoln University (PA): Lincoln University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was chartered in April 1854 as Ashmun Institute. Lincoln is surrounded by the rolling farmlands and wooded hilltops of southern Chester County, PA.
• Livingstone College: Livingstone College was founded in 1879 by bishops of the African Methodist Episcopal Church to meet societal needs of persons denied access to educational opportunities. W.E.B DuBois once referred to Livingstone College as the "Harvard of the South".
• Saint Augustine's College: Saint Augustine's College is a private, accredited, undergraduate liberal arts institution in Raleigh, N.C. Founded in 1867 by the Episcopal Church's Freedmen's Commission, the College's purpose was to train black teachers capable of teaching newly freed men as early as two years after the Civil War.
• Saint Paul's College: Saint Paul's College, founded in 1888 is an Episcopalian-supported private institution in which the attributes of integrity, objectivity, resourcefulness, scholarship and responsible citizenship are emphasized.
• Shaw University: Shaw University was founded in 1865 in Raleigh, NC by Henry Martin Tupper to teach freedmen theology and biblical interpretation and is the oldest historically black college in the South.
• Virginia State University: Virginia State University was founded in 1882 as the Virginia Normal and Collegiate Institute, making it the first, fully state-supported, four-year institution of higher learning for Blacks in America.
• Virginia Union University: Founded in 1865, Virginia Union University has the distinction of being one of the oldest historically black universities in the South. Seeking to empower students, the University provides dynamic academic support programs that help students develop strong moral values to build a foundation for success.
• Winston-Salem State University: Founded in 1892, Winston-Salem State University, a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina, is a historically black university that today is a recognized regional institution offering baccalaureate and graduate programs to a diverse student population.