The American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) is a college ice hockey association. It is one of three major associations that organize college hockey, the other two being the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The ACHA's purpose is to be an organization of collegiate affiliated programs, which provides structure, regulates operations, and promotes quality in collegiate ice hockey.
The ACHA currently has three men's and two women's divisions and includes approximately 450 teams from across the United States. Teams offer few athletic scholarships and typically receive far less university funding.
The ACHA offers an opportunity for college hockey programs that struggle with large budgets and Title IX issues, as an alternative to the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) financial structure. Sometimes, NCAA and ACHA teams will compete against one another.
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