NCAA D1 Soccer-Men's Programs

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(See the list for 2023 at the bottom.) There are 206 NCAA D1 soccer colleges for men in the United States according to the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE). The NCAA allows colleges to offer a maximum of 9.9 scholarships for men’s D1 soccer teams which is less than the 12 allowed by the NAIA and the 18 for JuCo programs. Since Soccer is an equivalency sport, single scholarships can be divided among multiple players meaning few, if any, players will receive full-ride D1 scholarships.

Download the list of D1 Men’s Soccer Colleges HERE

California has the most D1 men’s soccer programs with 22 universities. New York has the second most at 18 and Pennsylvania ranks third with at least 15 institutions (All Pennsylvania State Universities are reported as one entity). Twelve states don’t have any D1 soccer colleges and 9 have only one college offering D1 soccer for men. The following are the top ten states with D1 soccer programs:

California
New York
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
Virginia
Illinois
South Carolina
Florida
Massachusetts
New Jersey

103 are private including one for-profit school and 103 are public institutions. Approximately three-quarters are Doctoral Universities with 70 classified as Very High Research. Master’s Colleges & Universities account for 41 schools and only 14 are at the Baccalaureate level.

Who Spends the Most on NCAA D1 Soccer for Men?

It’s important to keep in mind that this data is from 2020, the most recently available year. That means some of these numbers are likely to be affected by COVID. The average team expenses were $848,297 in 2020, down from the previous year’s average of $959,661. This includes:

appearance guarantees and options, athletically related student aid, contract services, equipment, fundraising activities, operating expenses, promotional activities, recruiting expenses, salaries and benefits, supplies, travel, and any other expenses attributable to intercollegiate athletic activities.

Southern Methodist University again ranked first in total expenses at $2,154,201. However, unlike the previous year, it was the only team with expenses over $2,000,000. Indiana University-Bloomington had the second highest total at $1,962,327 followed by Clemson University and then University of Maryland-College Park and Syracuse rounding out the top five. The following are the top ten men’s D1 Soccer teams ranked by expenses:

Southern Methodist University
Indiana University-Bloomington
Clemson University
University of Maryland-College Park
Syracuse University
Wake Forest University
Stanford University
Oregon State University
University of Virginia-Main Campus
University of Notre Dame

Half the teams in the top ten are from the AAC. The Big Ten and PAC-12 have two each and the American Athletic Conference had one.

Three D1 universities had expenses under $200,000 compared to just one the previous year. A total of 15 schools had total expenses below the 2020 average for all NCAA Divisions: $397,515. The following are the 10 D1 teams that ranked at the bottom of expenses in 2020:

University of St Thomas
Chicago State University
Eastern Illinois University
Utah State University
Virginia Military Institute
University of North Carolina at Asheville
Central Connecticut State University
Longwood University
Dixie State University
Radford University

Four of the teams were from the Big South Conference, two from the Western athletic Conference, and one each from the Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, and Summit League

What are the graduation rates for D1 Soccer Colleges?

When considering D1 soccer colleges, players should look at both team graduation rates and the general student population graduation rate. It isn’t easy to find the team graduation rates but you can find out how at How to Find Student-Athlete Graduation Rates.

Why should you care about the general student population graduation rate? Because there are all kinds of reasons why players may quit their sport in college. And when they do, they’ll want to make sure they’re still likely to graduate.

How big are colleges offering Men’s D1 Soccer?

Most expect D1 soccer colleges to be large and for the most part they are. The average number of full-time undergraduates was 12,862 for colleges that offer D1 Men’s Soccer. But if you’re looking for a smaller college experience, it is possible to find it and still play at the D1 level.

There are 62 schools where the full-time undergraduates total less than 5,000. Of those, only 15 had fewer than 2,500 full-time undergraduates. If you’re looking for a traditional Liberal Arts College, these are the places to start. Of course, these schools tend to be members of less prominent conferences such as the Big South, Northeast, and the Southern Conferences.

Download the list of D1 Men’s Soccer Colleges HERE

How much do D1 Soccer Colleges Cost?

If you’re thinking that you don’t have to worry about paying for college because you’re going to be getting it paid for with a soccer scholarship, think again. Remember at the beginning I said soccer is an equivalency sport with a maximum of 9.9 scholarships. The average soccer roster is somewhere around 30 players. You do the math. And don’t forget, there’s a very good chance that the college doesn’t even fully fund all of the allowed scholarships. So, yes, cost is something you need to pay attention to.

Of the 103 private D1 Men’s Soccer programs, 12 had a total cost of attendance of over $80,000 a year, up from just four schools in the category the previous year. Another 28 private institutions were over $70,000. The average among all private colleges was $66,091 compared to $64,903 the previous year. The number of privates schools with total costs under $50,000 decreased from 23 schools to just nine.

Things are better at public institutions but only if you’re paying in-state tuition. The average for the 103 public schools is $28,836. However, 36 (up from 29) of the schools have a total in-state cost over $30,000 including two that were over $40,000.

The average for those paying out-of-state tuition at the public schools is $45,194. Yeah, out-of-state tuition can be as much as that at private colleges. In fact, 11 of the public universities charge out-of-state residents over $60,000 a year with two over $70,000. Another 22 charge over $50,000.

Average Net Price

Of course, you may have heard that hardly anyone pays the actual sticker price for college which is true. That’s why you need to pay attention to a number called “average net price.” This is the average price students pay after deducting all gift aid, money you don’t have to pay back. The average of the average net price for private school drops to $26,659 and for public schools to $15,011. However, keep in mind this is an average. Some are still going to pay a lot more and some a lot less. And even going by average net price, there are nine private schools at over $40,000.

206 NCAA Men’s D1 Soccer Colleges

The following table lists all colleges with NCAA D1 soccer programs for men, their size, and 4-year graduation rate. All of this data can be found in the DIY College Rankings Soccer Spreadsheet.

NCAA Men’s D1 Soccer Colleges

Name	State	Type	Conference	Full-time Under-grads	4-Year Grad Rate
University of Alabama at Birmingham	AL	Pub	Conference USA	10,981	42
Grand Canyon University	AZ	Pro	Western Athletic Conference	20,938	37
University of Central Arkansas	AR	Pub	ASUN Conference	7,655	34
California Baptist University	CA	Pri	Western Athletic Conference	7,493	37
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	20,569	57
California State University-Bakersfield	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	9,039	17
California State University-Fullerton	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	31,809	29
California State University-Northridge	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	29,724	17
California State University-Sacramento	CA	Pub	Big Sky Conference	26,066	20
Loyola Marymount University	CA	Pri	West Coast Conference	6,711	72
Saint Mary’s College of California	CA	Pri	West Coast Conference	2,385	61
San Diego State University	CA	Pub	Mountain West Conference	28,791	48
San Jose State University	CA	Pub	Mountain West Conference	24,460	25
Santa Clara University	CA	Pri	West Coast Conference	5,649	85
Stanford University	CA	Pri	Pac-12 Conference	6,157	77
University of California-Berkeley	CA	Pub	Pac-12 Conference	30,385	79
University of California-Davis	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	31,201	62
University of California-Irvine	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	29,867	68
University of California-Los Angeles	CA	Pub	Pac-12 Conference	32,325	83
University of California-Riverside	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	23,008	61
University of California-San Diego	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	31,746	73
University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	Pub	Big West Conference	23,527	70
University of San Diego	CA	Pri	West Coast Conference	5,620	67
University of San Francisco	CA	Pri	West Coast Conference	5,972	68
University of the Pacific	CA	Pri	West Coast Conference	3,545	44
University of Denver	CO	Pri	The Summit League	5,568	67
Central Connecticut State University	CT	Pub	Northeast Conference	7,146	29
Fairfield University	CT	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	4,325	82
Quinnipiac University	CT	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	6,880	77
Sacred Heart University	CT	Pri	Northeast Conference	5,687	69
University of Connecticut	CT	Pub	Big East Conference	18,551	72
University of Hartford	CT	Pri	America East Conference	4,174	53
Yale University	CT	Pri	Ivy Group	5,898	88
University of Delaware	DE	Pub	Colonial Athletic Association	18,512	73
American University	DC	Pri	Patriot League	7,738	73
George Washington University	DC	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	10,616	77
Georgetown University	DC	Pri	Big East Conference	6,764	90
Howard University	DC	Pri	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	7,696	53
Florida Atlantic University	FL	Pub	Conference USA	17,726	37
Florida Gulf Coast University	FL	Pub	ASUN Conference	12,342	36
Florida International University	FL	Pub	Conference USA	31,296	42
Jacksonville University	FL	Pri	ASUN Conference	2,723	40
Stetson University	FL	Pri	ASUN Conference	3,184	58
University of Central Florida	FL	Pub	American Athletic Conference	47,054	46
University of North Florida	FL	Pub	ASUN Conference	11,725	45
University of South Florida	FL	Pub	American Athletic Conference	31,946	59
Georgia Southern University	GA	Pub	Sun Belt Conference	20,709	30
Georgia State University	GA	Pub	Sun Belt Conference	24,025	34
Mercer University	GA	Pri	Southern Conference	4,468	63
Bradley University	IL	Pri	Missouri Valley Conference	4,521	57
Chicago State University	IL	Pub	Western Athletic Conference	1,269	5
DePaul University	IL	Pri	Big East Conference	13,237	58
Eastern Illinois University	IL	Pub	Ohio Valley Conference	4,309	35
Loyola University Chicago	IL	Pri	Missouri Valley Conference	11,401	65
Northern Illinois University	IL	Pub	Mid-American Conference	11,151	31
Northwestern University	IL	Pri	Big Ten Conference	8,404	86
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville	IL	Pub	Ohio Valley Conference	8,748	30
University of Illinois Chicago	IL	Pub	Horizon League	20,884	36
Western Illinois University	IL	Pub	The Summit League	5,507	32
Butler University	IN	Pri	Big East Conference	4,403	75
Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	Pub	Big Ten Conference	32,282	69
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	IN	Pub	Horizon League	18,184	38
Purdue University Fort Wayne	IN	Pub	Horizon League	5,500	22
University of Evansville	IN	Pri	Missouri Valley Conference	1,743	58
University of Notre Dame	IN	Pri	Atlantic Coast Conference	8,949	90
Drake University	IA	Pri	Missouri Valley Conference	2,839	70
Bellarmine University	KY	Pri	ASUN Conference	2,569	58
Northern Kentucky University	KY	Pub	Horizon League	8,184	31
University of Kentucky	KY	Pub	Southeastern Conference	20,616	51
University of Louisville	KY	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	12,244	41
Loyola University Maryland	MD	Pri	Patriot League	3,837	77
Mount St. Mary’s University	MD	Pri	Northeast Conference	1,956	55
University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	Pub	America East Conference	9,640	45
University of Maryland-College Park	MD	Pub	Big Ten Conference	29,809	72
Boston College	MA	Pri	Atlantic Coast Conference	9,702	88
Boston University	MA	Pri	Patriot League	17,431	84
College of the Holy Cross	MA	Pri	Patriot League	3,047	90
Harvard University	MA	Pri	Ivy Group	6,161	86
Merrimack College	MA	Pri	Northeast Conference	4,015	64
Northeastern University	MA	Pri	Colonial Athletic Association	20,250	–
University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	Pub	Atlantic 10 Conference	23,297	77
University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	Pub	America East Conference	11,239	47
Michigan State University	MI	Pub	Big Ten Conference	35,692	59
Oakland University	MI	Pub	Horizon League	12,745	31
University of Detroit Mercy	MI	Pri	Horizon League	2,306	52
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	Pub	Big Ten Conference	30,681	81
Western Michigan University	MI	Pub	Mid-American Conference	13,937	28
University of St Thomas	MN	Pri	The Summit League	6,323	69
Missouri State University-Springfield	MO	Pub	Missouri Valley Conference	13,502	38
Saint Louis University	MO	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	7,091	73
University of Missouri-Kansas City	MO	Pub	The Summit League	6,603	29
Creighton University	NE	Pri	Big East Conference	4,480	70
University of Nebraska at Omaha	NE	Pub	The Summit League	11,056	25
University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	Pub	Mountain West Conference	20,833	19
Dartmouth College	NH	Pri	Ivy Group	4,700	86
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus	NH	Pub	America East Conference	11,761	70
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus	NJ	Pri	Northeast Conference	2,894	38
Monmouth University	NJ	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	4,203	59
New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	Pub	America East Conference	7,790	38
Princeton University	NJ	Pri	Ivy Group	4,746	90
Rider University	NJ	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	3,410	54
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	Pub	Big Ten Conference	36,132	68
Saint Peter’s University	NJ	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	2,031	47
Seton Hall University	NJ	Pri	Big East Conference	5,942	66
Binghamton University	NY	Pub	America East Conference	14,607	75
Canisius College	NY	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	1,958	64
Colgate University	NY	Pri	Patriot League	3,067	87
Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	Pri	Ivy Group	7,792	88
Cornell University	NY	Pri	Ivy Group	15,121	88
Fordham University	NY	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	9,143	78
Hofstra University	NY	Pri	Colonial Athletic Association	5,980	60
Iona College	NY	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	2,673	51
Long Island University	NY	Pri	Northeast Conference	5,853	33
Manhattan College	NY	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	3,246	64
Niagara University	NY	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	2,675	65
Siena College	NY	Pri	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	3,265	72
St Bonaventure University	NY	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	1,732	68
St Francis College	NY	Pri	Northeast Conference	2,551	31
St. John’s University-New York	NY	Pri	Big East Conference	10,454	52
Stony Brook University	NY	Pub	America East Conference	17,676	64
SUNY at Albany	NY	Pub	America East Conference	12,759	59
Syracuse University	NY	Pri	Atlantic Coast Conference	14,124	72
Campbell University	NC	Pri	Big South Conference	3,324	40
Davidson College	NC	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	2,029	86
Duke University	NC	Pri	Atlantic Coast Conference	6,940	89
Elon University	NC	Pri	Colonial Athletic Association	6,173	79
Gardner-Webb University	NC	Pri	Big South Conference	1,886	36
High Point University	NC	Pri	Big South Conference	4,653	65
North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	23,751	64
University of North Carolina at Asheville	NC	Pub	Big South Conference	3,049	48
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	18,756	84
University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	Pub	Conference USA	22,169	43
University of North Carolina at Greensboro	NC	Pub	Southern Conference	13,973	38
University of North Carolina Wilmington	NC	Pub	Colonial Athletic Association	12,749	56
Wake Forest University	NC	Pri	Atlantic Coast Conference	5,417	86
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus	OH	Pub	Mid-American Conference	13,012	46
Cleveland State University	OH	Pub	Horizon League	9,393	33
Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	Pub	Big Ten Conference	44,327	67
University of Akron Main Campus	OH	Pub	Mid-American Conference	11,126	22
University of Dayton	OH	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	8,464	64
Wright State University-Main Campus	OH	Pub	Horizon League	6,757	27
Xavier University	OH	Pri	Big East Conference	5,286	68
Oral Roberts University	OK	Pri	The Summit League	2,725	49
University of Tulsa	OK	Pri	American Athletic Conference	2,889	58
Oregon State University	OR	Pub	Pac-12 Conference	20,873	41
University of Portland	OR	Pri	West Coast Conference	3,591	74
Bucknell University	PA	Pri	Patriot League	3,725	83
Drexel University	PA	Pri	Colonial Athletic Association	13,946	31
Duquesne University	PA	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	5,470	67
La Salle University	PA	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	2,879	53
Lafayette College	PA	Pri	Patriot League	2,550	85
Lehigh University	PA	Pri	Patriot League	5,076	78
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	PA		Big Ten Conference
Robert Morris University	PA	Pri	Horizon League	3,823	53
Saint Francis University	PA	Pri	Northeast Conference	1,479	66
Saint Joseph’s University	PA	Pri	Atlantic 10 Conference	4,005	76
Temple University	PA	Pub	American Athletic Conference	25,831	57
The Pennsylvania State University	PA	Pub	Big Ten Conference	67,296	55
University of Pennsylvania	PA	Pri	Ivy Group	10,213	89
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	PA	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	18,927	69
Villanova University	PA	Pri	Big East Conference	7,044	88
Brown University	RI	Pri	Ivy Group	6,889	86
Bryant University	RI	Pri	Northeast Conference	3,304	80
Providence College	RI	Pri	Big East Conference	4,152	85
University of Rhode Island	RI	Pub	Atlantic 10 Conference	13,104	53
Clemson University	SC	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	20,978	65
Coastal Carolina University	SC	Pub	Sun Belt Conference	8,880	37
College of Charleston	SC	Pub	Colonial Athletic Association	8,876	59
Furman University	SC	Pri	Southern Conference	2,333	77
Presbyterian College	SC	Pri	Big South Conference	977	50
University of South Carolina-Columbia	SC	Pub	Southeastern Conference	26,994	67
University of South Carolina-Upstate	SC	Pub	Big South Conference	4,728	31
Winthrop University	SC	Pub	Big South Conference	4,146	46
Wofford College	SC	Pri	Southern Conference	1,773	75
Belmont University	TN	Pri	Missouri Valley Conference	6,556	57
East Tennessee State University	TN	Pub	Southern Conference	9,591	35
Lipscomb University	TN	Pri	ASUN Conference	2,853	64
University of Memphis	TN	Pub	American Athletic Conference	12,848	32
Houston Baptist University	TX	Pri	Southland Conference	2,617	31
Southern Methodist University	TX	Pri	American Athletic Conference	6,894	75
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	Pub	Western Athletic Conference	27,799	25
University of the Incarnate Word	TX	Pri	Southland Conference	4,311	38
Dixie State University	UT	Pub	Western Athletic Conference	7,646	15
Utah State University	UT	Pub	Mountain West Conference	18,699	29
Utah Valley University	UT	Pub	Western Athletic Conference	19,974	15
University of Vermont	VT	Pub	America East Conference	10,637	70
George Mason University	VA	Pub	Atlantic 10 Conference	23,268	49
James Madison University	VA	Pub	Colonial Athletic Association	18,499	65
Liberty University	VA	Pri	ASUN Conference	36,499	45
Longwood University	VA	Pub	Big South Conference	3,474	52
Old Dominion University	VA	Pub	Conference USA	15,680	25
Radford University	VA	Pub	Big South Conference	7,040	39
University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	17,173	89
Virginia Commonwealth University	VA	Pub	Atlantic 10 Conference	19,505	48
Virginia Military Institute	VA	Pub	Big South Conference	1,744	64
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	Pub	Atlantic Coast Conference	29,758	68
William & Mary	VA	Pub	Colonial Athletic Association	6,393	86
Gonzaga University	WA	Pri	West Coast Conference	4,886	75
Seattle University	WA	Pri	Western Athletic Conference	4,352	65
University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	Pub	Pac-12 Conference	30,671	71
Marshall University	WV	Pub	Conference USA	7,327	34
West Virginia University	WV	Pub	Big Twelve Conference	19,276	44
Marquette University	WI	Pri	Big East Conference	7,835	64
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay	WI	Pub	Horizon League	5,174	38
University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Pub	Big Ten Conference	30,720	69
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	Pub	Horizon League	17,537	23

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