Men's · North Carolina
Men's college soccer in North Carolina
36 men's college soccer programs play in North Carolina — 14 in D1, 10 in D2, 9 in D3 and 3 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.
- Programs
- 36
- Median roster
- 31
- Players listed
- 1,121
Rosters: the 35 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Aug 31, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.
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By division
36 programs · players on each 2026-27 roster
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.
NCAA Division I
14 programs- Campbell28players (school site, new tab)
- Charlotte24players (school site, new tab)
- Davidson27players (school site, new tab)
- DukeRoster page28players
- Elon29players (school site, new tab)
- Gardner-Webb33players (school site, new tab)
- High Point27players (school site, new tab)
- NC State32players (school site, new tab)
- Queens University of Charlotte34players (school site, new tab)
- UNC Asheville23players (school site, new tab)
- UNC Chapel Hill30players (school site, new tab)
- UNC Greensboro22players (school site, new tab)
- UNC Wilmington24players (school site, new tab)
- Wake ForestRoster page26players
NCAA Division II
10 programs- Barton27players (school site, new tab)
- Belmont Abbey39players (school site, new tab)
- Catawba31players (school site, new tab)
- Chowan37players (school site, new tab)
- Lees-McRae47players (school site, new tab)
- Lenoir-Rhyne38players (school site, new tab)
- Mars Hill29players (school site, new tab)
- Mount Olive41players (school site, new tab)
- Shaw31players (school site, new tab)
- Wingate29players (school site, new tab)
NCAA Division III
9 programs- Brevard36players (school site, new tab)
- Greensboro33players (school site, new tab)
- Guilford34players (school site, new tab)
- J&W NC32players (school site, new tab)
- Methodist37players (school site, new tab)
- NC Wesleyan41players (school site, new tab)
- Peace37players (school site, new tab)
- Pfeiffer41players (school site, new tab)
- Warren Wilson22players (school site, new tab)
Players from North Carolina
Where North Carolina players go
636 men from North Carolina are on a published college soccer roster, and 54% of them play for a school inside North Carolina.
Out of state, the most common destinations are Virginia, South Carolina and Tennessee.
For scale: 13,606 boys played high-school soccer in North Carolina 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).
Quick answers
Counted, with the date on it
How many men's college soccer programs are in North Carolina?
36: 14 in D1, 10 in D2, 9 in D3 and 3 in the NAIA.
Do boys from North Carolina stay in state to play college soccer?
54% of the 636 men from North Carolina on a published college roster play for a school inside North Carolina. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.
How big are men's soccer rosters at colleges in North Carolina?
The median is 31 players, across the 35 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is UNC Greensboro’s, at 22; the largest is Montreat College’s, at 47. Roster size is not the number of spots a program recruits each year; how many graduate at each position is what decides that.
Your player, these programs
Which of them fit your player?
A list of men's programs in North Carolina 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.