2020s
- 2025 Gaylord Palms, Kissimmee, Florida
- 2024 Phoenix, Arizona
- 2023 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- 2022 Portland, Oregon
- 2021 NIRSA’s first virtual conference
- 2020 Canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic
2010s
- 2019 Hynes Convention Center, Boston, Massachusetts
- 2018 Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado
- 2017 Gaylord National, National Harbor, Maryland
- 2016 Gaylord Palms, Kissimmee, Florida
- 2015 Gaylord Texan, Grapevine, Texas
- 2014 Gaylord Opryland, Nashville, Tennessee
- 2013 Las Vegas, Nevada
- 2012 Tampa, Florida
- 2011 New Orleans, Louisiana
- 2010 Anaheim, California
2000s
- 2009 Charlotte, North Carolina
- 2008 Austin, Texas
- 2007 Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 2006 Louisville, Kentucky
- 2005 Orlando, Florida
- 2004 Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 2003 Cleveland, Ohio
- 2002 San Antonio, Texas
- 2001 Reno, Nevada
- 2000 Providence, Rhode Island
1990s
- 1999 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- 1998 Salt Lake City, Utah
- 1997 Louisville, Kentucky
- 1996 Kansas City, Missouri
- 1995 Albuquerque, New Mexico
- 1994 Nashville, Tennessee
- 1993 Houston, Texas
- 1992 Reno, Nevada
- 1991 Cincinnati, Ohio
- 1990 Saint Louis, Missouri
1980s
- 1989 Denver, Colorado
- 1988 Hollywood, Florida
- 1987 New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1986 Las Vegas, Nevada
- 1985 Columbus, Ohio
- 1984 Fort Worth, Texas
- 1983 Nashville, Tennessee
- 1982 Portland, Oregon
- 1981 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 1980 El Paso, Texas
1970s
- 1979 Atlanta, Georgia
- 1978 Chicago, Illinois
- 1977 Boston, Massachusetts
- 1976 San Diego, California
- 1975 New Orleans, Louisiana
- 1974 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
- 1973 University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida
- 1972 University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
- 1971 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia
- 1970 United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado
1960s
- 1969 University of California Los Angeles, California
- 1968 University of Texas at Austin, Texas
- 1967 United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland
- 1966 University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
- 1965 Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
- 1964 University of Denver, Denver, Colorado
- 1963 Delaware Valley College, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
- 1962 New Mexico State University, Las Cruses, New Mexico
- 1961 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
- 1960 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
1950s
- 1959 United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
- 1958 University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky
- 1957 Brown University, Providence, Kentucky
- 1956 Morgan State College, Baltimore, Maryland
- 1955 Tufts College, Medford, Massachusetts
- 1954 Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts
- 1953 Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia
- 1952 Howard University, Washington DC
- 1951 Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida
- 1950 Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana