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| Formerly | Eastern College Athletic Conference-North (1979–1988) North Atlantic Conference (1988–1996) |
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| Association | NCAA |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Commissioner | Brad Walker (since 2021) |
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| Division | Division I |
| Subdivision | non-football |
| No. of teams | 9 full (2 associate) |
| Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Region | Northeastern United States Mid-Atlantic (United States) |
| Official website | www |
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The America East Conference (AmEast) is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with NCAA Division I whose members are located in the Northeastern United States. The conference is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Founded in 1979, the conference has nine core members including eight public research universities, three of which - the University of Maine, the University of New Hampshire, and the University of Vermont - are the flagship universities of their states. Two non-flagship university centers of the State University of New York - the University at Albany and Binghamton University - are in the conference along with UMass Lowell, New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) and Bryant University. Bryant is the latest institution to join the conference in 2022, when Stony Brook University and the University of Hartford departed the conference. It is the only private university among the core members.
The America East Conference sponsors 18 sports (8 men's and 10 women's). The conference is among the best in the country according to Graduation Success Rate (GSR) data released by the NCAA.