This is how I would rank your list of schools.
Safety
- Indiana University (not U. of Indiana): Ranked #15 for soccer
Likely
- Purdue
Match
- U. of Wisconsin – Madison: Ranked #110 for soccer
- U. of Washington: Ranked #1 for soccer
Reach
- Michigan: Ranked #41 for soccer
- Tufts
- NYU
- USC
- Cornell
- Rice
Schools I would consider where your son’s chances are likelier include:
- Cal Poly SLO: Ranked #102 for soccer
- Case Western (OH): if interested, make sure your son shows lots of interest
- Ohio State: Ranked #95 for soccer
- Michigan State: Ranked #55 for soccer
- North Carolina State
- San Diego State (CA): Ranked #59 for soccer
- Southern Methodist (TX): Ranked #53 for soccer
- Syracuse (NY): Ranked #56 for soccer
- UC – Davis: Ranked #131 for soccer
- UC – Riverside: Ranked #145 for soccer
- UC – Santa Barbara: Ranked #88 for soccer
- U. of Pittsburgh (PA ): Ranked #5 for soccer; if you’re interested, apply early (as in now) as it’s rolling admissions and top candidates who applied too late were shut out
- U. of Rochester (NY): #2 in its D3 region + Eastman School of Music
Additionally, several of these schools are in locations with professional sports teams, which could be a great way to get internships and go further in that field, if that’s what interests him. All the soccer rankings are D1 rankings, unless indicated otherwise (and yes, I realize your son is not looking to play varsity soccer…but just goes to show the strength of their soccer programs). All these schools also seemed to have song strong offerings in statistics, econometrics, and similar fields.