Men's · Iowa
Men's college soccer in Iowa
23 men's college soccer programs play in Iowa — 1 in D1, 1 in D2, 10 in D3 and 11 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.
- Programs
- 23
- Median roster
- 35
- Players listed
- 755
Rosters: the 21 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.
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By division
23 programs · players on each 2026-27 roster
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.
NCAA Division I
1 program
NCAA Division II
1 program
NCAA Division III
10 programs- Buena Vista23players (school site, new tab)
- Central IA42players (school site, new tab)
- Coe35players (school site, new tab)
- Cornell IA23players (school site, new tab)
- Dubuque38players (school site, new tab)
- Grinnell28players (school site, new tab)
- Loras—not confirmed (school site, new tab)
- Luther IA39players (school site, new tab)
- Simpson IA41players (school site, new tab)
- Wartburg43players (school site, new tab)
NAIA
11 programs- Briar Cliff University57players (school site, new tab)
- Clarke University51players (school site, new tab)
- Dordt University29players (school site, new tab)
- Graceland University28players (school site, new tab)
- Grand View UniversityRoster page27players
- Morningside University—not confirmed (school site, new tab)
- Mount Mercy University70players (school site, new tab)
- Northwestern College (IA)Roster page28players
- St. Ambrose University22players (school site, new tab)
- Waldorf University24players (school site, new tab)
- William Penn UniversityRoster page36players
Players from Iowa
Where Iowa players go
236 men from Iowa are on a published college soccer roster, and 65% of them play for a school inside Iowa.
Out of state, the most common destinations are Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois.
For scale: 6,757 boys 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).
Quick answers
Counted, with the date on it
How many men's college soccer programs are in Iowa?
23: 1 in D1, 1 in D2, 10 in D3 and 11 in the NAIA.
Do boys from Iowa stay in state to play college soccer?
65% of the 236 men from Iowa on a published college roster play for a school inside Iowa. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.
How big are men's soccer rosters at colleges in Iowa?
The median is 35 players, across the 21 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is St. Ambrose University’s, at 22; 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.
Your player, these programs
Which of them fit your player?
A list of men's 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.