Soccer Scholarships in Major Colleges in America

Division 1 soccer scholarships are available across the country.

High school soccer players who dream of earning a scholarship to a major college have quite a few options. The National Collegiate Athletic Association or NCAA's Division 1 level, considered to be the major college level, has soccer programs that offer scholarships in both men's and women's soccer from coast to coast.

NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer Scholarship Rules

NCAA Division 1 men's soccer programs are permitted to offer 9.9 total scholarships according to Active.com. Men's soccer is considered an equivalency sport by NCAA rules and that means that soccer scholarships can be split or divided up among multiple players according to the program or coach's discretion. According to Active.com, most Division 1 teams have rosters that exceed 20 players so scholarships are usually split at least two and sometimes more ways.

NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer Programs

NCAA Division 1 men's soccer is the highest level of college soccer and considered to be the major college level. According to Active.com, there are 199 programs competing at the NCAA's Division 1 level in men's soccer. That means there are roughly 1,970 men's soccer scholarships available at the major college or Division 1 level. These schools are located from coast to coast across the United States.

NCAA Division 1 Women's Soccer Scholarship Rules

Division 1 women's soccer rules are a little different because of Title IX rules that require women's sports to have an equal number of scholarships compared to men's sports. According to Active.com, NCAA Division 1 women's soccer teams are permitted to offer 14 scholarships. Division 1 women's programs are also free to split or divide their scholarships among multiple players as they see fit.

NCAA Division 1 Women's Soccer Teams

Gender equality rules also affect the number of programs that participate in women's soccer at the Division 1 level. Because of these rules, nearly every Division 1 member fields a women's soccer team. According to Active.com, there are currently 320 schools that compete in women's soccer at the Division 1 level. That means that each year there are approximately 4.480 scholarships available in women's soccer at the NCAA Division 1 or major college level.

References

• Active.com: A One-Stop Guide to Soccer Scholarships