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College soccer in Rhode Island

16 college soccer programs play in Rhode Island: 8 women’s and 8 men’s — 8 in D1 and 8 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
16
Median roster
27
Players listed
448

Rosters: the 16 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site on Sep 10, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

8 programs · 4 women’s · 4 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 III

8 programs · 4 women’s · 4 men’s

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Players from Rhode Island

Where Rhode Island players go

222 players from Rhode Island are on a published college soccer roster, and 31% of them play for a school inside Rhode Island.

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

For scale: 3,481 students played high-school soccer in Rhode Island 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 Rhode Island?

16 programs — 8 women’s and 8 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 8 in D1 and 8 in D3.

Do soccer players from Rhode Island stay in state for college?

31% of the 222 players from Rhode Island on a published college roster play for a school inside Rhode Island; the most common destinations outside it are Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Rhode Island?

The median is 27 players, across the 16 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Providence’s, at 22; the largest is Roger Williams’s, at 37. 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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