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Santa Monica, CA
Santa Monica College Speech and Debate Team
SMC’s competitive speech and debate team alternates between a course-based format and an Associated Students club, depending on the term.
Activity unconfirmed
Seattle, WA
Seattle University Debate Union
Seattle University Debate Union offers British Parliamentary/Worlds-style debate to students across majors and experience levels.
British Parliamentary/Worlds debate
Activity unconfirmed
Dallas, TX
SMU Speech & Debate
SMU Speech & Debate is a student organization where students develop public speaking and argumentation skills and compete in collegiate IPDA debate.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Fairfield, CA
Solano Community College Speech and Debate Team
A Fairfield-based team with documented parliamentary and IPDA debate results in 2026.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Hattiesburg, MS
Southern Miss Speech and Debate
Southern Miss Speech and Debate combines a competitive team with a campus debate society and competes in multiple formats.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Irvine, CA
Speech and Debate at UCI
UCI’s campus debate group builds argument skills and describes cross-campus meets with UC and other university debate clubs.
Activity unconfirmed
Stanford, CA
Stanford Debate Society
Stanford’s student-run intercollegiate debate society, with parliamentary and policy traditions.
American parliamentary · British parliamentary · Policy
Activity unconfirmed
Stony Brook, NY
Stony Brook University Debate Society
Stony Brook’s debate society on Long Island, listed by the American Parliamentary Debate Association.
Activity unconfirmed
Boston, MA
Suffolk University Policy Debate Team
Downtown Boston collegiate policy debate team ranked No. 23 in CEDA’s national Top 30 in spring 2026; its junior varsity pair won a CEDA national title in 2024.
Policy debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Tulsa, OK
TCC Debate and Forensics Club
TCC’s Debate and Forensics Club invites students to learn, compete and travel, with team travel costs covered. A TCC competitor earned four wins at 2026 IPDA Nationals.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Fort Worth, TX
TCU Speech and Debate
TCU Speech and Debate combines public speaking and interpretation with collegiate debate, including IPDA, parliamentary debate and public debate.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Philadelphia, PA
Temple Debate Society
Temple’s APDA parliamentary debate team develops competitive and public speaking skills within the university and local community.
American parliamentary debate
Activity confirmed · 2026-2027
Knoxville, TN
Tennessee Speech and Debate Society
The Tennessee Speech and Debate Society at UT Knoxville is an IPDA-centered team open to all students, regardless of major or prior experience.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Cookeville, TN
Tennessee Tech Speech and Debate Team
Tennessee Tech’s award-winning Speech and Debate Team competes at universities around the country and welcomes students across majors to its communication organizations.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Austin, TX
Texas Debate
UT Austin’s intercollegiate debate program prepares for NDT and CEDA competition.
Policy
Activity unconfirmed
San Marcos, TX
Texas State LBJ Debate Society
Texas State’s debate program in San Marcos, with a history connected to Lyndon B. Johnson.
Activity unconfirmed
Lubbock, TX
Texas Tech Speech and Debate Team
Texas Tech’s collegiate team offers NFA Lincoln-Douglas, IPDA and British parliamentary debate, with no prior high-school debate experience required.
NFA Lincoln-Douglas · IPDA public debate · British parliamentary
Activity confirmed · 2026-2027
Caldwell, ID
The College of Idaho Howling Yotes Debate
The Howling Yotes compete in British Parliamentary debate, welcome students across majors and years, and offer incoming students competitive scholarships.
British Parliamentary debate · IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2026-2027
New York, NY
The New School Debate Team
Policy debate and community advocacy at The New School.
Policy
Activity unconfirmed
Washington, DC
The Philonomosian Society
A revived Georgetown debate society that organizes weekly resolution debates through five ideological cohorts.
Activity unconfirmed
Kirksville, MO
Truman Forensic Union
Truman Forensic Union competes in Lincoln-Douglas and IPDA debate, with national runner-up and semifinal results at 2026 championships.
Lincoln-Douglas debate · IPDA and Team IPDA · Public Forum debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Medford, MA
Tufts Debate Society
APDA-style parliamentary debate at Tufts University.
American parliamentary
Activity unconfirmed
Monticello, AR
UAM Debate Team
UAM’s Debate Team competes in IPDA, welcomes students from every major and publishes a direct coach contact. A UAM debater reached double-octafinals at 2026 IPDA Nationals.
IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
Orlando, FL
UCF Speech and Debate Team
UCF’s collegiate debate team trains in policy debate and competes in multiple formats, with a campus program that also stages public debates.
Policy · American parliamentary · IPDA public debate
Activity confirmed · 2025-2026
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