All 13 of the member schools are located in Minnesota and are private institutions, with only two being non-sectarian.

Two all-women's schools subsequently joined the conference, St. Catherine University in 1983 and the College of St. Benedict in 1985.

The conference did not play sports from the fall 1943 to the spring of 1945 due to World War II.

Together with Saint John's, one of only a handful of men's colleges, St. Benedict forms a joint academic institution, known commonly by the initialism CSB/SJU.

The MIAC teams and individual wrestlers demonstrated a strong national and Olympic presence in the 1970s and beyond.

The conference no longer sponsors wrestling or men's and women's Nordic skiing.

Source:[6] The All-Sports Trophy is given to the school with the best overall record for all MIAC sports in each gender.