344 programs dropped since 1953 - that is the number on this list
an estimated 7,000-10,000 wrestling/academic opportunities lost (with a 20-30 man roster)

School State Division Dropped Note/Rationale/Excuse
Arkansas State-Jonesboro AR I 1953
Wake Forest NC I 1960
Birmingham Southern College AL III 1961
Eagle Grove CC IA NJCAA 1966 SCHOOL CLOSED 2003
Kansas KS I 1966
Denver CO I 1967
Methodist University NC III 1971
Nevada NV I 1971
Parsons College IA III 1973 SCHOOL CLOSED
Idaho ID I 1973 Big Sky
UNC Wilimington NC I 1973
Holy Cross MA I 1974
Seattle Pacific WA II 1974
Cal State-Northridge CA I 1975
Consumnes River College CA COA 1975
Kansas State KS I 1975
Morehead State KY I 1975
Central Oregon CC OR NJCAA 1975
Warner Pacific OR NAIA 1975
St. Francis College PA I 1975
UW-Milwaukee WI I 1975
Eastern Kentucky KY I 1976
Washington College MD III 1976
St. Louis CC at Florisant Valley MO NJCAA 1976
Dartmouth College NH I 1976
Cal State-Hayward CA III 1977
UC Santa Barbara CA I 1977
Hawaii HI I 1977
Butler IN I 1977
North Carolina A&T NC I 1977
Lehigh County CC PA NJCAA 1977
South Dakota SD II 1977
Louisiana-Lafayette LA I 1978 Formerly known as Southwest Louisiana State
Western Carolina NC I 1978
Xavier University OH I 1978
Penn State-Behrend PA III 1978
Alabama AL I 1979
California CA I 1979
Florida FL I 1979
Miami-Dade CC FL NJCAA 1979
Eastern Mennonite VA III 1979
Gonzaga WA I 1979 Did not score in Big Sky 1976*
Chattahoochee Valley CC AL NJCAA 1980
Allan Hancock CA COA 1980
UCLA CA I 1980
Colorado CO I 1980
Georgia GA I 1980
CCBC-Catonsville MD NJCAA 1980
North Carolina Central University NC II 1980
Marietta College OH III 1980
Middle Tennessee State TN I 1980
Utah UT I 1980
Washington WA I 1980
Gateway Technical College WI NJCAA 1980 Eliminated all athletics
Milwaukee Area Technical College WI NJCAA 1980
Southwest Tech-Fennimore WI NJCAA 1980
UW-Richland Center WI NJCAA 1980
Western Wisconsin Technical College WI NJCAA 1980 Eliminated all athletics
Auburn University AL I 1981 Ranked 9th
Jacksonville State AL II 1981
Arizona AZ I 1981
American River CA COA 1981
Cal State-Stanislaus CA III 1981
Long Beach City CA COA 1981
Ohlone CA COA 1981
Orange Coast CA COA 1981
Connecticut CT I 1981
Evansville University IN I 1981
Lincoln MO II 1981
Southeast Missouri State MO I 1981
East Carolina NC I 1981
Wayne State NE II 1981
Akron University OH I 1981
Rhode Island RI I 1981
Dakota State SD NAIA 1981
Tennessee Tech TN I 1981
Richmond VA I 1981
Cabrillo CA COA 1982
Chaffey CA COA 1982
Imperial Valley CA COA 1982
San Mateo CA COA 1982
Black Hawk College-Moline IL NJCAA 1982
SIU-Carbondale IL II 1982
Ball State University IN I 1982
Hanover College IN III 1982
Kentucky KY I 1982
Western Michigan MI I 1982
Winona State MN II 1982
Missouri-St. Louis MO II 1982
Colgate NY I 1982
Bowling Green OH I 1982
Central State OH NAIA 1982
Cincinnati OH I 1982
East Tennessee State TN I 1982
Virginia Commonwealth VA I 1982
Marshall University WV I 1982
Calvin College MI III 1983
Washington MO III 1983
College of the Redwoods CA III 1984
Long Beach State CA I 1984
Porterville CA COA 1984
San Diego City CA COA 1984
San Jose City College CA COA 1984
Albion College MI III 1984
Hope College MI III 1984
Kalamazoo College MI III 1984
UNLV NV I 1984
Ohio Wesleyan OH III 1984
Mount Hood CC OR NJCAA 1984
Madison Area Technical College WI NJCAA 1984
Waukesha County Techincal College WI NJCAA 1984 Eliminated all athletics
College of Sequoias CA COA 1985
Colorado State University CO I 1985
Hartford University CT I 1985
Sioux Empire Junior College IA NJCAA 1985 CLOSED
Western Illinois IL I 1985
Anderson University IN III 1985
Louisiana State LA I 1985 "cost incurred from travel and recruiting"
Massachussets MA I 1985
Towson MD I 1985
Youngstown State OH I 1985
Biola CA NAIA 1986
Central Florida FL I 1986
Stetson University FL I 1986 Added 1983
Idaho State University ID I 1986 Big Sky
Indiana State University IN I 1986
Oakland University MI I 1986
Missouri-Rolla MO II 1986
Barber-Scotia College NC NJCAA 1986
Catawba College NC II 1986
Elon College NC I 1986
Pfeiffer College NC II 1986
Clarkson Tech (Clarkson) NY III 1986
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY III 1986
Malone College OH NAIA 1986
Indiana (Pa.) PA II 1986
Temple PA I 1986
Tennessee TN I 1986
Washington State WA I 1986
Northern Arizona AZ I 1987 Big Sky
Los Angeles Pierce CA COA 1987
Napa Valley CA COA 1987
Loyola College MD I 1987
Bowdoin College ME III 1987
Northwest Missouri State MO II 1987
Montana MT I 1987 Big Sky
Montana State MT I 1987 Big Sky
West Chester PA II 1987
San Jose State CA I 1988
Northwest Nazarene College ID II/NAIA 1988
Maine ME I 1988
Northern Michigan MI II 1988
Lafayette College PA I 1988
Villanova PA I 1988 Added 1986
South Carolina State SC I 1988
Weber State UT I 1988
George Washington University DC I 1989
Georgia Tech GA I 1989
DePauw University IN III 1989
Maryland-Eastern Shore MD I 1989
Maine Maritime Academy ME III 1989
Cedarville OH NAIA 1989
Hiram College OH III 1989
University of the South (Sewanee) TN III 1989
Utah State UT I 1989
Alaska Pacific University AK NAIA 1990 Eliminated all athletics
Amherst College MA III 1990
Livingstone College NC II 1990
Fairleigh Dickinson NJ I 1990
Fairleigh Dickinson-Madison NJ III 1990
Wittenberg College OH III 1990
Oregon Institute of Technology OR NAIA 1990
Lincoln University PA III 1990
Eastern Washington WA I 1990 Big Sky
Butte CA COA 1991
Chico State CA II 1991 Ranked #6 in Division II
El Camino CA COA 1991
Humboldt State CA II 1991
Yale University CT I 1991
Delaware DE I 1991
Emerson College MA III 1991
Chowan College NC NJCAA 1991
Elizabeth City State NC II 1991
New Hampshire NH I 1991
City College of New York NY III 1991
SUNY-Potsdam NY III 1991
Western Oregon OR II 1991
Furman University SC I 1991
Black Hills State SD NAIA 1991
Cal Tech CA III 1992
Blackburn College IL III 1992
Notre Dame IN I 1992
Salisbury State MD III 1992
Gustavus Adolphus College MN III 1992
Tarkio State MO III 1992 CLOSED
Winston-Salem State NC I 1992
Glassboro State NJ III 1992
Widener PA III 1992
Drake University IA I 1993
Umass-Boston MA III 1993
Grand Valley State MI II 1993
William Jewell College MO NAIA 1993
Wilkes CC NC NJCAA 1993
Rutgers-Newark NJ III 1993
Brooklyn College NY III 1993
Defiance College OH III 1993
Wright State OH I 1993
Allegheny College PA III 1993
LaSalle PA I 1993
American-Puerto Rico PR II 1993
San Diego State CA I 1994
Ventura CA COA 1994
College of Dupage IL NJCAA 1994
Olivet Nazarene IL NAIA 1994
Garden City CC KS NJCAA 1994 Won '94 NJCAA title
Ferris State MI II 1994
Lake Superior State MI II 1994
Hamline MN III 1994
Missouri State (Southwest Missouri State) MO I 1994
St. Louis CC at Forest Park Campus MO NJCAA 1994
Hudson Valley NY NJCAA 1994
John Jay College NY III 1994
SUNY-Albany NY I 1994
Toledo OH I 1994
Yankton College SD II 1994 CLOSED
Carthage College WI III 1994
Ripon College WI III 1994
Fort Lewis CO II 1995
Illinois State University IL I 1995
Valparaiso IN I 1995
Upsala NJ III 1995 Closed
Manhattan College NY I 1995
St. Lawrence NY III 1995
Dayton OH I 1995
Juniata College PA III 1995
Moravian PA III 1995
Clemson University SC I 1995
William & Mary VA I 1995
Big Bend CC WA NJCAA 1995
Lower Columbia Community WA NJCAA 1995
Central Connecticut State CT I 1996
Concordia University IL III 1996
Morgan State MD I 1996
Minnesota-Duluth MN II 1996
Kemper Military Academy MO NJCAA 1996 CLOSED
Western Montana MT NAIA 1996
Kean College NJ III 1996
Rowan NJ III 1996
California (Pa.) PA I 1996
Susquehanna PA III 1996
Virginia State VA II 1996
Northwestern (Colo.) CC CO NJCAA 1997
Westmar College IA NAIA 1997 CLOSED
Martin Luther College MN III 1997
Rutgers-Camden NJ III 1997
Clark County CC WA NJCAA 1997
UW-Stout WI III 1997
UW-Superior WI III 1997
Southern Connecticut State CT II 1998
Georgia State GA I 1998
Chicago State University IL I 1998
Monmouth College IL III 1998
Fergus Falls CC MN NJCAA 1998
Bismarck State ND NJCAA 1998
North Dakota ND I 1998
Norfolk State VA II 1998 Moved to Division I, dropped wrestling, added women's bowling
Diablo Valley College CA COA 1999
Massachussets- Lowell MA II 1999
Valley City State ND NAIA 1999
New Mexico NM I 1999 Caused the last WAC tournament
SUNY-Maritime NY III 2007
Miami (OH) OH I 1999
Haverford College PA III 1999
Mansfield College PA II 1999
Brigham Young UT I 1999
Carroll University WI III 1999
Illinois Wesleyan IL III 2000
North Park IL III 2000
Capital OH III 2000
Lebanon Valley College PA III 2000
Swarthmore PA III 2000
Coppin State MD I 2001
St. Thomas University MN III 2001
Seton Hall NJ I 2001
Syracuse NY I 2001
Longwood University VA II 2001
Marquette University WI I 2001
Howard University DC I 2002
Ricks Junior College (BYU-Idaho) ID NJCAA 2002 Eliminated all athletics
Boston College MA I 2002
Cuyahoga CC OH NJCAA 2002
UW-River Falls WI III 2002
Cypress CC CA COA 2003
Carleton College MN III 2003
Cheyney University PA II 2003
Minnesota-Morris (Men) MN II 2004
Minnesota-Morris (Women) MN WOMEN 2004
Cortland Community College NY NJCAA 2004
Pacific Lutheran WA III 2004
Golden West CA COA 2005 Dropped in 1983, restarted in 1985, dropped again 2005
Gallaudet University DC III 2005
Si Tanka Huron College SD NAIA 2005 CLOSED
Central Washington WA II 2005
Montclair State NJ III 2006
Albright College PA III 2006
Baptist Bible College PA III 2006
Slippery Rock PA I 2006
Eastern Illinois University IL I 2007 Cut/Re-Add 1995, Cited APR concerns despite early APR implementation.
Dakota County Techincal MN NJCAA 2007
James Madison University VA I 2007
Oregon OR I 2008
Delaware State DE I 2009
Rose-Hulman IN III 2009
MIT MA III 2009
Wagner College NY I 2009 Reinstated 2006, Dropped again 2009
Portland State OR I 2009
Carson-Newman TN II 2009
Lawrence WI III 2009
UC Davis CA I 2010
West Valley CA COA 2010
St. Louis CC-Meremac MO NJCAA 2010
Dana NE NAIA 2010 School Closed
Duquesne PA I 2010
Cal State-Fullerton CA I 2011 Claimed State Budget, Non-Big West Sponsored Sport, Pac-10 affiliate
UNC Greensboro NC I 2011
Nebraska-Omaha NE II 2011 Dropped after winning 3rd straight Division II Title.
Morrisville State NY III 2011 AD has changed reasons three times. Cited Title IX as one of them.
Wilmington OH III 2011 Cited lack of participation
Sioux Falls SD NAIA 2011 Added 2006, Drop Reason: Couldn't be competitive in Division II
Liberty VA I 2011 Dropped after being brought back in 2006. Title IX cited. Prong One
Yakima Valley CC (Men) WA NJCAA 2012 Added in 2010
Yakima Valley CC (Women) WA Women 2012 Added in 2010
Rend Lake IL NJCAA 2013 Added 2006
Kennedy-King IL NJCAA 2013
Wilbur Wright IL NJCAA 2013
Boston University MA I 2014 Announced 2013. Too much $ to be "championship caliber"
Maranatha Baptist WI III 2014 Low Numbers
Darton State College GA NJCAA 2015 Budget
Knox College IL III 2015 Participation struggles
Yeshiva NY III 2015 Participation issues, budget constraints, NO CHAMPIONSHIP PARTICIPATION
Grand Canyon AZ I 2016 No Reason Given. Started in 2007
St. Catharine KY NAIA 2016 SCHOOL CLOSED
Penn State-Beaver PA USCAA 2016 Low Numbers - Started in 2012.
Daniel Webster NH III 2016 SCHOOL CLOSED (Started in 2014)