Skip to content

College programs by state

College soccer in Connecticut

40 college soccer programs play in Connecticut: 20 women’s and 20 men’s — 14 in D1, 6 in D2 and 20 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
40
Median roster
29
Players listed
1,119

Rosters: the 37 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

Free · no card · no sales call

NCAA Division I

14 programs · 7 women’s · 7 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 →

NCAA Division II

6 programs · 3 women’s · 3 men’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

20 programs · 10 women’s · 10 men’s

D3 women's soccer in Connecticut →D3 men's soccer in Connecticut →Every D3 program in the country →

Players from Connecticut

Where Connecticut players go

983 players from Connecticut are on a published college soccer roster, and 24% of them play for a school inside Connecticut.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island.

For scale: 11,792 students played high-school soccer in Connecticut 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 Connecticut?

40 programs — 20 women’s and 20 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 14 in D1, 6 in D2 and 20 in D3.

Do soccer players from Connecticut stay in state for college?

24% of the 983 players from Connecticut on a published college roster play for a school inside Connecticut; the most common destinations outside it are Massachusetts, New York and Rhode Island. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Connecticut?

The median is 29 players, across the 37 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Mitchell College’s, at 16; the largest is University of New Haven’s, at 47. 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 Connecticut 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.