| 1901 | Genesee Community College |
| 1902 | Columbia International University |
| 1903 | Notre Dame de Namur University |
| 1904 | Georgia Military College |
| 1905 | Saint Joseph’s College New York |
| 1906 | Missouri Baptist University |
| 1907 | Clinton Community College |
| 1908 | Notre Dame College |
| 1909 | Cleveland Institute of Music |
| 1910 | Mary Baldwin University |
| 1911 | Mount Vernon Nazarene University |
| 1912 | (4) Grantham University |
| 1913 | Tiffin University |
| 1914 | Midamerica Nazarene University |
| 1915 | United States Coast Guard Academy |
| 1916 | Manchester Community College CT |
| 1917 | Mount Mercy University |
| 1918 | Southwest Baptist University |
| 1919 | San Francisco Conservatory of Music |
| 1920 | University of Mobile |
| 1921 | Saint Francis College |
| 1922 | Kalamazoo Valley Community College |
| 1923 | Bethany Lutheran College |
| 1924 | Converse College |
| 1925 | Cornish College of the Arts |
| 1926 | Graduate Theological Union |
| 1927 | Mount Saint Mary’s University Los Angeles |
| 1928 | Kansas City Art Institute |
| 1929 | Wilmington College of Ohio |
| 1930 | Chattanooga State Technical Community College |
| 1931 | College of Idaho |
| 1932 | Los Angeles Mission College |
| 1933 | Maine Maritime Academy |
| 1934 | Moore College of Art & Design |
| 1935 | Louisiana State University Eunice |
| 1936 | Rainy River Community College |
| 1937 | Rio Hondo Community College |
| 1938 | Castleton University |
| 1939 | Holy Names University |
| 1940 | Trevecca Nazarene University |
| 1941 | Reinhardt University |
| 1942 | Texas A&M University Central Texas |
| 1943 | (4) Trident (TUIU Touro) University |
| 1944 | Friends University |
| 1945 | Lassen Community College |
| 1946 | Finlandia University |
| 1947 | Altierus (Everest University Florida Metropolitan University) |
| 1948 | Madonna University |
| 1949 | Thomas Aquinas College |
| 1950 | Texas Lutheran University |
| 1951 | Hinds Community College |
| 1952 | Master’s Seminary |
| 1953 | Northwest College Wyoming |
| 1954 | Oklahoma Wesleyan University |
| 1955 | Montana University System |
| 1956 | Kendall College |
| 1957 | Kansas Wesleyan University |
| 1958 | Schreiner University |
| 1959 | Freed Hardeman University |
| 1960 | Normandale Community College |
| 1961 | State University of New York Jamestown Community College |
| 1962 | (3) University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College |
| 1963 | (3) Thomas M Cooley Law School |
| 1964 | Cayuga Community College |
| 1965 | Rockford University |
| 1966 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy |
| 1967 | Pensacola State College (Pensacola Junior College) |
| 1968 | Pima Medical Institute |
| 1969 | Chabot College |
| 1970 | Tyler Junior College |
| 1971 | Miles College |
| 1972 | Irvine Valley College |
| 1973 | Waubonsee Community College |
| 1974 | Gateway Technical College |
| 1975 | Southern California University of Health Sciences |
| 1976 | Calhoun Community College |
| 1977 | Tusculum University |
| 1978 | Samuel Merritt University |
| 1979 | Spokane Falls Community College |
| 1980 | Columbia Basin College |
| 1981 | Finger Lakes Community College |
| 1982 | Green Mountain College |
| 1983 | Saint Charles Community College |
| 1984 | Oakland Community College |
| 1985 | Central Christian College |
| 1986 | Stratford University |
| 1987 | State University of New York Jefferson Community College |
| 1988 | Guilford Technical Community College |
| 1989 | Dean College |
| 1990 | Chestnut Hill College |
| 1991 | Saint Joseph’s College of Indiana |
| 1992 | Ocean County College |
| 1993 | Remington College |
| 1994 | University of Northwestern Saint Paul (Northwestern College Minnesota) |
| 1995 | SUNY College of Optometry |
| 1996 | Midland College |
| 1997 | Anna Maria College |
| 1998 | Atlantic Cape Community College |
| 1999 | Pine Manor College |
| 2000 | Hastings College |
