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College soccer in Pennsylvania

177 college soccer programs play in Pennsylvania: 92 women’s and 85 men’s — 28 in D1, 36 in D2 and 113 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
177
Median roster
30
Players listed
5,227

Rosters: the 173 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

28 programs · 14 women’s · 14 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 Pennsylvania →D1 men's soccer in Pennsylvania →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division II

36 programs · 21 women’s · 15 men’s

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

NCAA Division III

113 programs · 57 women’s · 56 men’s

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

Players from Pennsylvania

Where Pennsylvania players go

2,933 players from Pennsylvania are on a published college soccer roster, and 72% of them play for a school inside Pennsylvania.

Out of state, the most common destinations are New York, Ohio and Maryland.

For scale: 38,535 students played high-school soccer in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania?

177 programs — 92 women’s and 85 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 28 in D1, 36 in D2 and 113 in D3.

Do soccer players from Pennsylvania stay in state for college?

72% of the 2,933 players from Pennsylvania on a published college roster play for a school inside Pennsylvania; the most common destinations outside it are New York, Ohio and Maryland. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Pennsylvania?

The median is 30 players, across the 173 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Carlow University’s, at 15; the largest is Mercyhurst’s, at 58. 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 Pennsylvania 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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