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College soccer in Virginia

65 college soccer programs play in Virginia: 34 women’s and 31 men’s — 24 in D1, 6 in D2, 34 in D3 and 1 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
65
Median roster
29
Players listed
1,641

Rosters: the 56 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

24 programs · 13 women’s · 11 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 Virginia →D1 men's soccer in Virginia →Every D1 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

34 programs · 18 women’s · 16 men’s

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

NAIA

1 program · 1 men’s

Every NAIA program in the country →

Players from Virginia

Where Virginia players go

1,527 players from Virginia are on a published college soccer roster, and 49% of them play for a school inside Virginia.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New York.

For scale: 19,695 students played high-school soccer in Virginia 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 college soccer programs are in Virginia?

65 programs — 34 women’s and 31 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 24 in D1, 6 in D2, 34 in D3 and 1 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Virginia stay in state for college?

49% of the 1,527 players from Virginia on a published college roster play for a school inside Virginia; the most common destinations outside it are Pennsylvania, North Carolina and New York. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Virginia?

The median is 29 players, across the 56 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Averett University’s, at 13; the largest is Emory & Henry’s, at 62. 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 the programs in Virginia 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.