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College soccer in New Jersey

50 college soccer programs play in New Jersey: 25 women’s and 25 men’s — 16 in D1, 6 in D2 and 28 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
50
Median roster
28
Players listed
1,407

Rosters: the 46 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site on Sep 10, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

16 programs · 8 women’s · 8 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 New Jersey →D1 men's soccer in New Jersey →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

28 programs · 14 women’s · 14 men’s

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

Players from New Jersey

Where New Jersey players go

2,437 players from New Jersey are on a published college soccer roster, and 38% of them play for a school inside New Jersey.

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

For scale: 33,116 students played high-school soccer in New Jersey 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 New Jersey?

50 programs — 25 women’s and 25 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 16 in D1, 6 in D2 and 28 in D3.

Do soccer players from New Jersey stay in state for college?

38% of the 2,437 players from New Jersey on a published college roster play for a school inside New Jersey; the most common destinations outside it are Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in New Jersey?

The median is 28 players, across the 46 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Saint Elizabeth University’s, at 14; the largest is Georgian Court’s, at 68. 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 New Jersey 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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