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College soccer in Massachusetts

98 college soccer programs play in Massachusetts: 51 women’s and 47 men’s — 18 in D1, 6 in D2, 72 in D3 and 2 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
98
Median roster
29
Players listed
2,727

Rosters: the 92 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

18 programs · 9 women’s · 9 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.

D1 women's soccer in Massachusetts →D1 men's soccer in Massachusetts →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

72 programs · 38 women’s · 34 men’s

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

NAIA

2 programs · 1 women’s · 1 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Massachusetts

Where Massachusetts players go

1,469 players from Massachusetts are on a published college soccer roster, and 42% of them play for a school inside Massachusetts.

Out of state, the most common destinations are New York, New Hampshire and Connecticut.

For scale: 26,404 students played high-school soccer in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts?

98 programs — 51 women’s and 47 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 18 in D1, 6 in D2, 72 in D3 and 2 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Massachusetts stay in state for college?

42% of the 1,469 players from Massachusetts on a published college roster play for a school inside Massachusetts; the most common destinations outside it are New York, New Hampshire and Connecticut. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Massachusetts?

The median is 29 players, across the 92 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts’s, at 20; the largest is American International’s, at 53. 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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A list of the programs in Massachusetts 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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