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College soccer in Kansas

38 college soccer programs play in Kansas: 21 women’s and 17 men’s — 2 in D1, 6 in D2 and 30 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
38
Median roster
32
Players listed
1,160

Rosters: the 36 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

2 programs · 2 women’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

6 programs · 4 women’s · 2 men’s

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NAIA

30 programs · 15 women’s · 15 men’s

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Players from Kansas

Where Kansas players go

631 players from Kansas are on a published college soccer roster, and 46% of them play for a school inside Kansas.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska.

For scale: 8,414 students played high-school soccer in Kansas 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 Kansas?

38 programs — 21 women’s and 17 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 2 in D1, 6 in D2 and 30 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Kansas stay in state for college?

46% of the 631 players from Kansas on a published college roster play for a school inside Kansas; the most common destinations outside it are Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Kansas?

The median is 32 players, across the 36 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Central Christian (KS)’s, at 14; the largest is Ottawa University (KS)’s, at 60. 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 Kansas 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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