College programs by state
College soccer in Washington, DC
13 college soccer programs play in Washington, DC: 6 women’s and 7 men’s — 8 in D1, 1 in D2 and 4 in D3. Each is listed below with its conference and the size of its 2026-27 roster.
- Programs
- 13
- Median roster
- 28
- Players listed
- 332
Rosters: the 12 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.
NCAA Division II
1 program · 1 men’s
- District of ColumbiaMen's · 30↗ (school site, new tab)
NCAA Division III
4 programs · 2 women’s · 2 men’s
- Catholic UniversityWomen's · 32↗ (school site, new tab)Men's · 34↗ (school site, new tab)
- GallaudetMen's · 19↗ (school site, new tab)
- Trinity Washington UniversityWomen's · —↗ (school site, new tab)
Players from Washington, DC
Where Washington, DC players go
77 players from Washington, DC are on a published college soccer roster, and 16% of them play for a school inside Washington, DC.
Out of state, the most common destinations are Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia.
For scale: 1,395 students played high-school soccer in Washington, DC 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
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How many college soccer programs are in Washington, DC?
13 programs — 6 women’s and 7 men’s, NCAA and NAIA: 8 in D1, 1 in D2 and 4 in D3.
Do soccer players from Washington, DC stay in Washington, DC for college?
16% of the 77 players from Washington, DC on a published college roster play for a school inside Washington, DC; the most common destinations outside it are Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia. Counted off roster hometowns, read Sep 11, 2026.
How big are college soccer rosters in Washington, DC?
The median is 28 players, across the 12 rosters we have read and could confirm are 2026-27 squads. The smallest is Gallaudet’s, at 19; the largest is Catholic’s, at 34. 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, DC 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.