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College soccer in Iowa

49 college soccer programs play in Iowa: 26 women’s and 23 men’s — 5 in D1, 2 in D2, 20 in D3 and 22 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
49
Median roster
30
Players listed
1,524

Rosters: the 45 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Aug 31, 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.

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NCAA Division II

2 programs · 1 women’s · 1 men’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

20 programs · 10 women’s · 10 men’s

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

NAIA

22 programs · 11 women’s · 11 men’s

NAIA women's soccer in Iowa →NAIA men's soccer in Iowa →Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Iowa

Where Iowa players go

526 players from Iowa are on a published college soccer roster, and 61% of them play for a school inside Iowa.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.

For scale: 12,274 students played high-school soccer in Iowa 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).

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How many college soccer programs are in Iowa?

49 programs — 26 women’s and 23 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 5 in D1, 2 in D2, 20 in D3 and 22 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Iowa stay in state for college?

61% of the 526 players from Iowa on a published college roster play for a school inside Iowa; the most common destinations outside it are Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Iowa?

The median is 30 players, across the 45 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Cornell College’s, at 20; the largest is Mount Mercy University’s, at 70. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.

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Which of them fit your player?

A list of the programs in Iowa 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.

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