MANCHESTER, NH (April 22, 2026) – As a component of Saint Anselm’s announcement to reclassify to Division III and the NEWMAC, Collegiate Consulting completed a hockey feasibility study considering classification options and opportunities for its men’s ice hockey program.
Deliverables of the study included conference membership options; overall hockey landscape; operating budget and scholarship benchmarking; facility assessment; competitiveness and external revenue potential. In addition, Collegiate Consulting provided rules, requirements, and protocol for reclassification.
Collegiate Consulting provided a SWOT Analysis of all options for its hockey program, as well as financial projections. The final 110-page report was delivered to Saint Anselm in September 2025 for their review and consideration. This is the second project; Collegiate Consulting has completed for Saint Anselm. In 2016, Collegiate Consulting completed a comprehensive divisional feasibility study and assessment for the entire intercollegiate athletic program.
Saint Anselm College is a private institution founded in 1889. Located in Manchester, NH, Saint Anselm boasts a full-time population of 2,069. The intercollegiate athletics department sponsors 23 sports and had been a member of the Northeast 10 Conference since 1981.
In the past 12 months, Collegiate Consulting has completed more than a dozen divisional and/or sports study across Division I, II and III.