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College soccer in Michigan

56 college soccer programs play in Michigan: 31 women’s and 25 men’s — 12 in D1, 12 in D2, 14 in D3 and 18 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
56
Median roster
29
Players listed
1,483

Rosters: the 50 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

12 programs · 7 women’s · 5 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

12 programs · 8 women’s · 4 men’s

D2 women's soccer in Michigan →Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

14 programs · 7 women’s · 7 men’s

Every D3 program in the country →

NAIA

18 programs · 9 women’s · 9 men’s

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

Players from Michigan

Where Michigan players go

1,381 players from Michigan are on a published college soccer roster, and 60% of them play for a school inside Michigan.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

For scale: 26,021 students played high-school soccer in Michigan 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 Michigan?

56 programs — 31 women’s and 25 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 12 in D1, 12 in D2, 14 in D3 and 18 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Michigan stay in state for college?

60% of the 1,381 players from Michigan on a published college roster play for a school inside Michigan; the most common destinations outside it are Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Michigan?

The median is 29 players, across the 50 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Western Michigan’s, at 18; the largest is Madonna University’s, at 61. 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 Michigan 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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