| 1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship | |
| Administrator: | Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women |
| Host: | Francis Marion College |
| Venues: | Florence, South Carolina |
| Participants: | 16 |
| Champions: | High Point (1st title) |
| Runners-Up1: | South Carolina State |
| Matches: | 16 |
| Previous: | 1977 |
| Next: | 1979 |
The 1978 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its small college members in the United States.[1]
The tournament was held at Francis Marion College in Florence, South Carolina.
High Point defeated South Carolina State in the championship game, 92–88, to capture the Panthers' first AIAW small college national title.
Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament that additionally included a third-place final for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.