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College soccer in Washington

29 college soccer programs play in Washington: 16 women’s and 13 men’s — 8 in D1, 7 in D2, 8 in D3 and 6 in the NAIA. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.

Programs
29
Median roster
29
Players listed
728

Rosters: the 26 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

8 programs · 5 women’s · 3 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 II

7 programs · 4 women’s · 3 men’s

Every D2 program in the country →

NCAA Division III

8 programs · 4 women’s · 4 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 Washington

Where Washington players go

1,178 players from Washington are on a published college soccer roster, and 34% of them play for a school inside Washington.

Out of state, the most common destinations are Oregon, California and Colorado.

For scale: 23,103 students played high-school soccer in Washington 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 Washington?

29 programs — 16 women’s and 13 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 8 in D1, 7 in D2, 8 in D3 and 6 in the NAIA.

Do soccer players from Washington stay in state for college?

34% of the 1,178 players from Washington on a published college roster play for a school inside Washington; the most common destinations outside it are Oregon, California and Colorado. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.

How big are college soccer rosters in Washington?

The median is 29 players, across the 26 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Walla Walla’s, at 16; the largest is Pacific Lutheran University’s, at 36. 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 Washington 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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