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College soccer in New York

181 college soccer programs play in New York: 91 women’s and 90 men’s — 42 in D1, 22 in D2 and 117 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
181
Median roster
27
Players listed
4,720

Rosters: the 169 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

42 programs · 22 women’s · 20 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 York →D1 men's soccer in New York →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division II

22 programs · 11 women’s · 11 men’s

D2 women's soccer in New York →D2 men's soccer in New York →Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

117 programs · 58 women’s · 59 men’s

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

Players from New York

Where New York players go

3,550 players from New York are on a published college soccer roster, and 69% of them play for a school inside New York.

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

For scale: 37,655 students played high-school soccer in New York 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 York?

181 programs — 91 women’s and 90 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 42 in D1, 22 in D2 and 117 in D3.

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

69% of the 3,550 players from New York on a published college roster play for a school inside New York; the most common destinations outside it are Pennsylvania, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in New York?

The median is 27 players, across the 169 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is St. Joseph's University NY (Brooklyn)’s, at 13; the largest is Pace’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.

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A list of the programs in New York 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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