Professional Member Benefits
Available to individuals presently employed and directly associated in the administration of recreation, intramural, and/or wellness programs, or employed within a higher education setting. Current Professional Members who retire may maintain their Professional Membership.
Individual members who are on staff of an institutional member school are considered Premier Members and receive the deepest discounts on NIRSA Learning products and resources.
Individual Professional Member Benefits Include:
- Connect and network in an online community with thousands of campus rec peers
- Discounted or free registration on all virtual learning—for all career stages
- Discounted registration on all in-person NIRSA events
- Participate for free in the NIRSA Mentor Match program
- Basic access to NIRSA benchmarking resources
- Access to the Recreational Sports Journal
- Priority selection when applying to present a session at a NIRSA event
- Hold appointed and elected volunteer leadership positions at any career stage
- Members-only scholarship and travel grant opportunities
- Nominate and receive recognition through a variety of awards programs
- Collegiate Recreation Programs and Health Promotions Services industry standards through CAS Standards for higher education
- Curated government affairs issues with NIRSA’s policy and legislative updates
- Discounts on NIRSA publications
- Access products, services, and resources for your facility in the NIRSA Buyers Guide
- Discounts on Red Cross certifications and products and on insurance programs for intramural and club sports
Professional Membership Rates:
| Membership Type | Cost | Details |
| Premier Professional Member | $162 | Available to professionals at member institutions |
| Professional Member | $204 | Available to professionals at organizations that are not current institutional members |
| Professional Life Member Apply for Life Membership | $1,879 | Available to professional members after two consecutive years of active professional membership |
Multi-year discounts available: Save 5% when you purchase a 2-year membership and 10% when you purchase a 3-year membership
Retired Membership: Complimentary membership available to former Professional Members that have formally terminated regular professional employment through retirement. Continuation or resumption of employment in a part-time or non-continuing basis following retirement shall not affect eligibility for retired membership status. Limited membership benefits. For more information, please contact us.
Emeritus Membership: Available to retired or retiring members with at least 10 years of professional membership, life membership, or honorary membership in the Association who meet certain criteria. Apply for Emeritus membership. For more information, please contact us.
Student Member
Available to graduate and undergraduate students interested in recreation, intramural, and/or wellness programming.
Individual members who are on staff of an institutional member school are considered Premier Members and receive the deepest discounts on NIRSA Learning products and resources.
Individual Student Member Benefits Include:
- Connect and network in an online community with thousands of campus rec peers
- Discounted or free registration on all virtual learning—for all career stages
- Discounted registration on all in-person NIRSA events
- Participate for free in the NIRSA Mentor Match program
- Basic access to NIRSA benchmarking resources
- Access to the Recreational Sports Journal
- Priority selection when applying to present a session at a NIRSA event
- Hold appointed and elected volunteer leadership positions at any career stage
- Members-only scholarship opportunities
- Nominate and receive recognition through a variety of awards programs
- Collegiate Recreation Programs and Health Promotions Services industry standards through CAS Standards for higher education
- Curated government affairs issues with NIRSA’s policy and legislative updates
- Discounts on NIRSA publications
- Access products, services, and resources for your facility in the NIRSA Buyers Guide
- Discounts on Red Cross certifications and products and on insurance programs for intramural and club sports
Student Membership Rates:
| Membership Type | Cost | Details |
| Premier Student Member | $76 | Available to students at member institutions |
| Student Member | $88 | Available to students at organizations that are not current institutional members |
Multi-year discounts available: Save 5% when you purchase a 2-year membership and 10% when you purchase a 3-year membership
Institutional Member Benefits
Available to any institution administering or considering offering a recreation, intramural, and/or wellness program. Institutional members shall include colleges, universities, military installations, correctional institutions, and municipal recreation and parks departments.
Individual members who are on staff of an institutional member organization are considered Premier Members and receive the deepest discounts on NIRSA Learning products and resources.
NIRSA understands that international institutions cannot take full advantage of NIRSA’s membership benefits. As a result, institutions outside of the United States receive special pricing. See the institutional membership application for details.
Institutional Member Benefits Include:
- One complimentary individual membership
- Reduced individual NIRSA memberships for your entire campus community
- Highest discounts or free registration on all virtual learning—for all career stages! Anyone on your team can access NIRSA’s library of webinars!
- Access products, services, and resources for your facility in the NIRSA Buyers Guide
- Curated government affairs issues with NIRSA’s policy and legislative updates
- Full access to NIRSA benchmarking resources
- Full access to NIRSA Salary Survey results and data filters
- Collegiate Recreation Programs and Health Promotions Services industry standards through CAS Standards for higher education
- Funding for research projects through the NIRSA Research Grant program
- Professional development leadership opportunities
- Esteemed recognition through awards
- Members-only scholarship & travel grant opportunities
- Opportunities to Host NIRSA Championship Series events
- Discounted team registration rates for NIRSA Championship Series events
- Deepest discounts on Bluefishjobs postings
- Discounts on publications; the best rates are provided to staff who have both individual and institutional memberships
- Discounts on Red Cross certifications and products and on insurance programs for intramural and club sports
Institutional Membership Rates:
Higher Education Institutions
Institutional dues for higher education entities are based on enrollment, which for US institutions is pulled from The National Center of Educational Statistics based on your institutional IPEDS number, and for international institutions is pulled from official enrollment reports released from each institution.
| Enrollment | Four-year Colleges/Universities in the United States Cost | Four-year Colleges/Universities outside the United States Cost |
| 1-1,000 | $576 | $432 |
| 1,001-2,500 | $702 | $527 |
| 2,501-5,000 | $830 | $623 |
| 5,001-10,000 | $1,027 | $770 |
| 10,001-15,000 | $1,216 | $912 |
| 15,001-20,000 | $1,408 | $1,056 |
| 20,001-25,000 | $1,660 | $1,245 |
| 25,001-30,000 | $1,740 | $1,305 |
| 30,001-35,000 | $2,018 | $1,514 |
| 35,001+ | $2,094 | $1,571 |
Multi-year discounts available: Save 5% when you purchase a 2-year membership and 10% when you purchase a 3-year membership
| Enrollment | Two-year Colleges/Universities in the United States Cost | Two-year Colleges/Universities outside the United States Cost |
| 1-1,000 | $386 | $290 |
| 1,001-2,500 | $474 | $356 |
| 2,501-5,000 | $562 | $422 |
| 5,001-10,000 | $688 | $516 |
| 10,001-15,000 | $821 | $616 |
| 15,001-20,000 | $940 | $705 |
| 20,001-30,000 | $1,068 | $801 |
| 30,001+ | $1,168 | $876 |
Multi-year discounts available: Save 5% when you purchase a 2-year membership and 10% when you purchase a 3-year membership
Non-Higher Education Entities
Institutional dues for non-higher-education entities are based on community served, which is the total of all individuals (students, staff, community members, etc.) eligible to use recreation facilities/programs offered by the institution. Non-Higher Education Entities can include but are not limited to correctional facilities, military, nonprofit, parks and recreation, and YWCA/YMCA/JCC.
| Community Served | Non-Higher Education Entities in the United States Cost | Non-Higher Education Entities outside the United States Cost |
| 1-2,500 | $434 | $326 |
| 2,501-10,000 | $474 | $356 |
| 10,001-20,000 | $512 | $384 |
| 20,001-30,000 | $592 | $444 |
| 30,00+ | $675 | $506 |
Multi-year discounts available: Save 5% when you purchase a 2-year membership and 10% when you purchase a 3-year membership
Institutional Prepay Program
Institutions with unused end-of-year funds for professional development can make an investment at the end of the current budget cycle for future training expenses. The NIRSA Institutional Prepay Program allows for the purchase of vouchers for any denomination (greater than $200) to use as credit in your professional or institutional account. NIRSA vouchers can be redeemed for annual conferences, institutes or webinar registrations, and dues.
Associate Member
Available to commercial organizations, companies, or groups who provide products or services of value to the NIRSA membership.
- NIRSA Buyers Guide: includes a direct link to your company website
- Exhibitor discounts at NIRSA Conference & Expo
- Exhibitor discounts at NIRSA professional development events