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College soccer in South Carolina

50 college soccer programs play in South Carolina: 27 women’s and 23 men’s — 21 in D1, 22 in D2, 1 in D3 and 6 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
50
Median roster
28
Players listed
1,322

Rosters: the 45 confirmed squads for this season, read from each school’s own site between Sep 10, 2026 and Sep 11, 2026.

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NCAA Division I

21 programs · 12 women’s · 9 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 South Carolina →D1 men's soccer in South Carolina →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division II

22 programs · 12 women’s · 10 men’s

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

NCAA Division III

1 program · 1 men’s

Every D3 program in the country →

NAIA

6 programs · 3 women’s · 3 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from South Carolina

Where South Carolina players go

555 players from South Carolina are on a published college soccer roster, and 58% of them play for a school inside South Carolina.

Out of state, the most common destinations are North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia.

For scale: 12,727 students played high-school soccer in South 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).

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How many college soccer programs are in South Carolina?

50 programs — 27 women’s and 23 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 21 in D1, 22 in D2, 1 in D3 and 6 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from South Carolina stay in state for college?

58% of the 555 players from South Carolina on a published college roster play for a school inside South Carolina; the most common destinations outside it are North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in South Carolina?

The median is 28 players, across the 45 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Winthrop’s, at 19; the largest is North Greenville’s, at 52. 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 South 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.

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