A novel soybean cultivar, designated S022217, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S022217, to the plants of soybean S022217 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar S022217 with itself or another soybean variety. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds and plants produced by crossing the cultivar S022217 with another soybean cultivar.