and Universities, the Association of Texas Colleges and Universities, and the Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas.
== Student life ==
=== Athletics ===
Schreiner University sports teams participate as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s Division III. The Mountaineers are a member of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), but will move to the American Southwest Conference (ASC) effective July 1, 2026.
Men's sports include baseball, basketball, track and field, cross country, golf, soccer and tennis; while women's sports include basketball, track and field, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. Wrestling was added for the start of the 2018-19 year, only the second program in the state after Wayland Baptist University and the first in the NCAA.
In 2024, the university announced that the football program would be returning, last fielding a team in the 1950s; the team will play a exhibition schedule in 2025 before playing a full schedule …
