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College soccer in Arizona

15 college soccer programs play in Arizona: 9 women’s and 6 men’s — 5 in D1 and 10 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
15
Median roster
29
Players listed
435

Rosters: the 15 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

5 programs · 4 women’s · 1 men’s

Players: the 2026-27 roster as the school publishes it, where we could confirm it is this season’s. → a Startline page with the class-year breakdown · ↗ the school’s own site: its roster page, or its team or athletics page where the roster link did not check out.

Every D1 program in the country →

NAIA

10 programs · 5 women’s · 5 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Arizona

Where Arizona players go

625 players from Arizona are on a published college soccer roster, and 20% of them play for a school inside Arizona.

Out of state, the most common destinations are California, Colorado and Pennsylvania.

For scale: 16,071 students played high-school soccer in Arizona in 2024-25.

Counted off the hometowns listed on college rosters (read Sep 11, 2026; the 2026-27 squad for most programs, last season’s where a school had not posted a new one). A headcount of who is playing, not a rate — no one publishes how many of a state’s high-school players go on. High-school figure: NFHS participation survey, 2024-25. NFHS survey (PDF).

Quick answers

Counted, with the date on it

How many college soccer programs are in Arizona?

15 programs — 9 women’s and 6 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 5 in D1 and 10 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Arizona stay in state for college?

20% of the 625 players from Arizona on a published college roster play for a school inside Arizona; the most common destinations outside it are California, Colorado and Pennsylvania. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Arizona?

The median is 29 players, across the 15 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Benedictine Mesa’s, at 15; the largest is Benedictine University - Mesa’s, at 40. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.

Your player, these programs

Which of them fit your player?

A list of the programs in Arizona is the same for every family. Which of them fit your player — level, position, grad year and grades — and which have room at your position is what the free list scores.