Colleges that Accept the Common Application in 2017-18

Colleges that Accept the Common Application in 2017-18 For the 2018-19 admissions cycle, 805 colleges and universities accept the Common Application. The complete listing is below. Schools range from some of the most selective in the world to those with nearly open admissions. What most of the schools have in common is a holistic admissions policy, although as of 2014 The Common Application announced that holistic admissions would no longer be a prerequisite for membership. Still, most member schools  on this list consider the whole applicant, not just grades, test scores, and other numerical measures. Extracurricular activities, an essay, and letters of recommendation are important to the admissions process for the majority of colleges using the Common Application. Click on a schools name to get more information including SAT and ACT data, costs, average financial aid awards, and more. United States Schools that Accept the Common Application A Adelphi UniversityAgnes Scott CollegeAlaska Pacific UniversityAlbany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbertus Magnus  CollegeAlbion CollegeAlbright CollegeAlfred UniversityAllegheny CollegeAlma CollegeAlvernia UniversityAMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing ArtsAmerican Jewish UniversityThe American Musical and Dramatic AcademyAmerican UniversityAmherst CollegeAnderson University (IN)Anna Maria CollegeAntioch CollegeAppalachian State UniversityArcadia UniversityAshland UniversityAssumption CollegeAugsburg CollegeAugustana College (IL)Augustana College (SD)Austin CollegeAve Maria University B Babson CollegeBaldwin-Wallace CollegeBard CollegeBard College at Simons RockBarnard CollegeBarry UniversityBarton CollegeBates CollegeBay Path CollegeBaylor UniversityBecker CollegeBellarmine UniversityBelmont UniversityBeloit CollegeBenedictine  CollegeBenedictine UniversityBenedictine University (Arizona)Benedictine University (Illinois)Bennington CollegeBentley UniversityBerry CollegeBethany College (West Virginia)Binghamton University (SUNY)Birmingham-Southern CollegeBloomfield CollegeBluffton UniversityBoston CollegeBoston UniversityBowdoin CollegeBowling Green  State UniversityBradley UniversityBrandeis UniversityBrenau UniversityBridgewater State UniversityBrown UniversityBryant UniversityBryn Mawr CollegeBucknell UniversityButler University C Cabrini UniversityCairn UniversityCaldwell CollegeCalifornia College of the ArtsCalifornia Institute of Technology (Caltech)California Lutheran UniversityCalifornia University of PennsylvaniaCalvin CollegeCanisius CollegeCapital UniversityCapitol Technology UniversityCarleton CollegeCarnegie Mellon UniversityCarroll College (Montana)Carroll UniversityCarthage CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityCastleton UniversityCatawba  CollegeCatholic University of AmericaCazenovia CollegeCedar Crest CollegeCentenary College of LouisianaCentenary University  (New Jersey)Central Connecticut State UniversityCentre CollegeChamplain CollegeChapman UniversityCharles  R. Drew University  of Medicine and ScienceChatham UniversityChicago State UniversityChristian Brothers UniversityChristopher Newport UniversityClaremont McKenna CollegeClark Atlanta UniversityClark UniversityClarkson UniversityCleveland State UniversityCoe CollegeColby CollegeColby-Sawyer CollegeColgate UniversityCollege of the AtlanticCollege of the Holy CrossCollege of IdahoCollege of Mount Saint VincentThe College of New JerseyCollege of New RochelleCollege of St. Benedict/St. Johns UniversityCollege of Saint ElizabethCollege of St. JosephThe College of Saint RoseCollege of St. ScholasticaCollege of William MaryCollege of WoosterColorado CollegeColorado State UniversityColumbia College (Missouri)Columbia College (South Carolina)Columbia College ChicagoColumbia College HollywoodColumbia UniversityConcordia College (Moorhead) Concordia College (New York)Concordia University (Oregon)Concordia University ChicagoConcordia University IrvineConcordia University WisconsinConnecticut CollegeConverse CollegeCooper UnionCornell College (Iowa)Cornell UniversityCreighton UniversityCulinary Institute of America (CA)Culinary Institute of America (NY)Culinary Institute of America (TX)CUNY Queens CollegeCurry College D D Youville CollegeDaemen CollegeDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDean CollegeDefiance CollegeDelaware Valley CollegeDenison UniversityDePaul UniversityDePauw UniversityDeSales UniversityDickinson CollegeDillard UniversityDominican CollegeDominican University of CaliforniaDrake UniversityDrew UniversityDrexel UniversityDrury UniversityDuke University E Earlham CollegeEast Carolina UniversityEastern Connecticut State UniversityEastern Kentucky UniversityEastern Mennonite UniversityEckerd CollegeEdgewood CollegeEdinboro University of Pennsylvania​Elizabethtown CollegeElmira CollegeElms CollegeEmerson CollegeEmmanuel College (Georgia)Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)Emory and Henry CollegeEmory UniversityEvergreen State College F Fairfield UniversityFairleigh Dickinson  UniversityFelician CollegeFisk UniversityFlagler CollegeFlashpoint Chicago, A Campus of Columbia College HollywoodFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida Polytechnic UniversityFlorida Southern CollegeFlorida State UniversityFordham UniversityFramingham State UniversityFranklin and Marshall CollegeFranklin CollegeFranklin Pierce UniversityFranklin W. Olin College  of EngineeringFurman University G Gannon UniversityGardner-Webb University​Geneseo (SUNY)George Fox UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgia CollegeGeorgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia State UniversityGeorgian Court UniversityGettysburg CollegeGoddard CollegeGonzaga UniversityGoshen CollegeGoucher CollegeGreen Mountain CollegeGrinnell CollegeGuilford CollegeGustavus Adolphus College H Hamilton CollegeHamline UniversityHampden-Sydney CollegeHampshire CollegeHanover CollegeHartwick CollegeHarvard UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeHastings CollegeHaverford CollegeHawaii Pacific UniversityHellenic CollegeHendrix CollegeHigh Point UniversityHilbert CollegeHillsdale CollegeHiram CollegeHobart and William Smith CollegesHofstra UniversityHollins UniversityHoly Cross College  (IN)Holy Names UniversityHood CollegeHope CollegeHoughton CollegeHoward UniversityHusson University I Illinois CollegeIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Wesleyan UniversityImmaculata UniversityIndiana University BloomingtonIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Iona CollegeIthaca College J Jacksonville UniversityJefferson (Philadelphia University Thomas Jefferson University)Jefferson College of Health SciencesJohn Carroll UniversityJohns Hopkins UniversityJohnson Wales University - CharlotteJohnson Wales University - DenverJohnson Wales University - North MiamiJohnson Wales University - ProvidenceJuniata College K Kalamazoo CollegeKean UniversityKeene State CollegeKeiser UniversityKent State UniversityKenyon CollegeKettering UniversityKeuka CollegeKeystone CollegeKings CollegeKnox College L La Roche CollegeLa Salle UniversityLafayette CollegeLake Erie CollegeLake Forest CollegeLasell CollegeLawrence Technological UniversityLawrence UniversityLe Moyne CollegeLebanon Valley CollegeLehigh UniversityLesley CollegeLewis Clark CollegeLewis UniversityLindenwood UniversityLinfield CollegeLipscomb University​List College, The Jewish Theological SeminaryLong Island University Brooklyn CampusLong Island University-C.W. Post CampusLouisiana State UniversityLourdes UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversityLoyola University MarylandLoyola University New OrleansLuther CollegeLycoming CollegeLynn UniversityLyon College M Macalester CollegeMacMurray CollegeMaine College of ArtMaine Maritime AcademyMalone UniversityManchester UniversityManhattan CollegeManhattanville CollegeMarietta CollegeMarist CollegeMarlboro CollegeMarquette UniversityMarshall UniversityMary Baldwin UniversityMaryland Institute College of ArtMarymount California UniversityMarymount Manhattan CollegeMarymount UniversityMaryville University of St. LouisMarywood UniversityMassachusetts College of Art and DesignMassachusetts College of Liberal ArtsMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesMcDaniel CollegeMcKendree UniversityMenlo CollegeMercer UniversityMercy CollegeMercyhurst UniversityMeredith CollegeMerrimack CollegeMiami University (Ohio)Michigan State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddlebury CollegeMillersville UniversityMillikin UniversityMills CollegeMillsaps CollegeMilwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE)Minerva Schools at KGIMissouri  University of Science and TechnologyMitchell CollegeMolloy CollegeMon mouth CollegeMonmouth UniversityMontserrat College of ArtMoore College of Art and DesignMoravian CollegeMorehouse CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeMount Saint Mary CollegeMount Saint Marys University, Los AngelesMuhlenberg CollegeMuskingum University N Naropa UniversityNazareth CollegeNebraska Wesleyan  UniversityNeumann UniversityNew College of FloridaNew England CollegeNew England  Institute of TechnologyNew Jersey City UniversityNew Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)New SchoolNew York Institute of Technology (NYIT)New York School of Career Applied Studies of Touro College and University SystemNew York UniversityNewberry CollegeNewbury CollegeNiagara UniversityNichols CollegeNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth Park UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthern Vermont University JohnsonNorthland CollegeNorthwest Christian UniversityNorthwest Nazarene UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwood UniversityNorwich UniversityNotre Dame de Namur UniversityNotre Dame  of Maryland UniversityNova Southeastern University O Oberlin CollegeOberlin Conservatory of MusicOccidental CollegeOglethorpe UniversityOhio Northern UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityOhio UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityOklahoma City UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOlivet CollegeOregon State University​Otis College of Art and DesignOtterbein University P Pace UniversityPacific Lutheran UniversityPacific UniversityPaul Smiths CollegePenn StatePennsylvania Academy of the Fine ArtsPepperdine UniversityPiedmont CollegePine Manor CollegePitzer CollegePlymouth State UniversityPoint Loma Nazarene UniversityPomona CollegePresbyterian CollegePrescott CollegePrinceton UniversityPrincipia CollegeProvidence CollegePurchase College (SUNY)Purdue University  Purdue University Fort Wayne Q Queens University of CharlotteQuincy UniversityQuinnipiac University R Radford UniversityRamapo College of New JerseyRandolph CollegeRandolph-Macon CollegeReed CollegeRegis College (Massachusetts)Regis University (Colorado)Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island CollegeRhode Island School of DesignRhodes CollegeRice UniversityRider UniversityRingling College of Art and DesignRipon CollegeRivier UniversityRoanoke CollegeRobert Morris University (PA)Roberts Wesleyan CollegeRochester Institute of TechnologyRoger Williams UniversityRollins CollegeRose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyRosemont CollegeRowan UniversityRussell Sage College S Sacred Heart UniversitySage College of AlbanySt. Ambrose UniversitySt. Andrews UniversitySaint Anselm CollegeSt. Bonaventure University  St. Catherine University  St. Edwards University  Saint Francis UniversitySt. John Fisher College  St. Johns College Annapolis  St. Johns College Santa Fe  St. Johns University  Saint Johns University (MN)St. Josephs College - Brooklyn Campus  St. Josephs College - Long Island Campus  Saint Josephs College of MaineSaint Josephs UniversitySt. Lawrence University  Saint Leo UniversitySt. Louis College of Pharmacy  Saint Louis UniversitySaint Martins UniversitySaint Mary-of-the-Woods College  Saint Marys College of CaliforniaSaint Marys College of IndianaSt. Marys College of MarylandSaint Marys University of MinnesotaSaint Michaels CollegeSt. Norbert College  St. Olaf College  Saint Peters CollegeSt. Thomas Aquinas College  St. Thomas University  Saint Vincent CollegeSaint Xavier UniversitySalem College (North Carolina)S alisbury UniversitySalve Regina UniversitySamford UniversitySanta Clara UniversitySarah Lawrence CollegeSavannah College of Art and DesignSchool of the Art Institute of ChicagoScripps CollegeSeattle Pacific UniversitySeattle UniversitySeton Hall UniversitySeton Hill UniversitySewanee: The University of the SouthSiena CollegeSierra Nevada CollegeSimmons CollegeSimpson CollegeSkidmore CollegeSmith CollegeSoka University of AmericaSoutheast Missouri State UniversitySouthern California Institute of ArchitectureSouthern Connecticut State UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern New Hampshire UniversitySouthwestern UniversitySpelman CollegeSpring Arbor UniversitySpring Hill CollegeSpringfield CollegeStanford UniversityStephens College Sterling CollegeStetson UniversityStevens Institute of TechnologyStevenson UniversityStockton UniversityStonehill CollegeStony Brook UniversitySuffolk UniversitySUNY AlbanySUNY Alfred State CollegeSUNY BrockportSUNY BuffaloSUNY CobleskillSUNY College at Old WestburySUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySUNY College of Technology at CantonSUNY CortlandSUNY DelhiSUNY Farmingdale State CollegeSUNY FredoniaSUNY Institute of TechnologySUNY Maritime CollegeSUNY Morrisville State CollegeSUNY New PaltzSUNY OneontaSUNY OswegoSUNY PlattsburghSUNY PolytechnicSUNY PotsdamSUNY PurchaseSUNY Stony Brook University​Susquehanna UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSweet Briar CollegeSyracuse University T Temple UniversityTexas Christian University (TCU)Texas Lutheran UniversityThiel CollegeThomas CollegeTiffin UniversityTransylvania UniversityTrine UniversityTrinity Christian CollegeTrinity College (Connecticut)Trinity University (Texas)Trinity Washington University​Truman State UniversityTufts UniversityTulane University U Union College (New York)Unity CollegeUniversidad del Este (UNE)Universidad del Sagrado CorazonUniversity of AkronUniversity of Alabama  - BirminghamUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of BridgeportUniversity of Central FloridaUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati - Blue Ash CollegeUniversity of Cincinnati - Clermont CollegeUniversity of Colorado at BoulderUniversity of ConnecticutUniversity of DallasUniversity of DaytonUniversity of DelawareUniversity of DenverUniversity of Detroit MercyUniversity of DubuqueUniversity of EvansvilleUniversity of FindlayUniversity of HartfordUniversity of HoustonUniversity of IdahoUniversity of Illinois at ChicagoUniversity of IndianapolisUniversity of IowaUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of La VerneU​niversity of LynchburgUniversity of MaineUniversity of Maine at AugustaUniversity of Maine at FarmingtonUniversity of Maine at Fort KentUniversity of Maine at MachiasUniversity of Maine at Presque IsleUniversity of Mar y WashingtonUniversity of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)University of Massachusetts AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts BostonUniversity of Massachusetts DartmouthUniversity of Massachusetts LowellUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Michigan - FlintUniversity of Minnesota - DuluthUniversity of Minnesota - MorrisUniversity of Minnesota - RochesterUniversity of Minnesota - Twin CitiesUniversity of Mississippi (Ole Miss)​University of MissouriUniversity of Missouri - Kansas CityUniversity of Missouri - St Louis​University of Nebraska - LincolnUniversity of Nevada - Las VegasUniversity of New EnglandUniversity of New HampshireUniversity of New HavenUniversity of North Carolina at AshevilleUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity of North Carolina GreensboroUniversity of North Carolina at WilmingtonUniversity of North FloridaUniversity of North TexasUniversity of Northern ColoradoUniversity of Norther n IowaUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of OregonUniversity of the PacificUniversity of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PittsburghUniversity of PortlandUniversity of ProvidenceUniversity of Puget SoundUniversity of RedlandsUniversity of Rhode IslandUniversity of RichmondUniversity of RochesterUniversity of St. FrancisUniversity of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne IndianaUniversity of Saint JosephUniversity of St. ThomasUniversity of San DiegoUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaUniversity of ScrantonUniversity of South AlabamaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MississippiUniversity of TampaUniversity of Tennessee at KnoxvilleUniversity of ToledoUniversity of TulsaUniversity of VermontUniversity of VirginiaUniveristy of the WestUniversity of West Florida​University of Wisconsin - MadisonUniversity of Wisconsin - Stevens PointUniversity of WyomingUpper Iowa UniversityUrbana University - A Branch Campus of Franklin UniversityUrsinus CollegeUrsuline CollegeUtica College V Valparaiso UniversityVanderbilt UniversityVassar CollegeVermont  Technical CollegeVillanova UniversityVirginia Commonwealth University W Wabash CollegeWagner CollegeWake Forest UniversityWalsh UniversityWarner Pacific UniversityWarren Wilson CollegeWartburg CollegeWashington Jefferson CollegeWashington and Lee UniversityWashington College (Maryland)Washington University in St. LouisWatkins College of Art, Design FilmWayne State UniversityWebb InstituteWebster UniversityWellesley CollegeWells CollegeWentworth Institute of TechnologyWesleyan UniversityWest Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Virginia UniversityWest Virginia Wesleyan CollegeWestern Connecticut State UniversityWestern Michigan UniversityWestern New England UniversityWestern State Colorado UniversityWestminster College (Missouri)Westminster College (Pennsylvania)Westminster College (Utah)Westmont CollegeWheaton College (IL)Wheaton College (Mass.)Wheeling Jesuit UniversityWhitman CollegeWhittier CollegeWhitworth UniversityWidener UniversityWilberforce UniversityWilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic UniversityWilkes UniversityWillamette UniversityWi lliam Jewell CollegeWilliam Paterson University of NJWilliams CollegeWilson CollegeWittenberg UniversityWofford CollegeWoodbury UniversityWorcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)Wright State University X Xavier UniversityXavier University of Louisiana Y Yale UniversityYork College of Pennsylvania Z Zaytuna College International Schools that Accept the Common Application American University in BulgariaAmerican University of Beirut (AUB)The American University of ParisThe American University of RomeBard College BerlinBath Spa UniversityBishops UniversityBournemouth UniversityBrunel University LondonCarnegie Mellon University in QatarDoshisha University, The Institute for the Liberal ArtsDuke Kunshan UniversityDurham UniversityEcole hà ´telià ¨re de Lausanne (EHL)ESCP Europe Business SchoolFranklin University SwitzerlandHult International Business SchoolIE UniversityIE University - MadridJacobs University BremenJohn Cabot University in RomeKeele UniversityMary Immaculate CollegeMaynooth University (Ireland)Monash UniversityNewcastle UniversityNorthwestern University in QatarQueens University, CanadaQuest University CanadaRegents University LondonRichmond The American International University in LondonRiga Business SchoolRobert Gordon UniversitySaint Louis University - Madrid CampusSt. Marys University Twickendam, LondonSaint Thomas University, Canada Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), KoreaTemple University, Japan CampusUnderwood International College, Yonsei University (South Korea)Universidad Carlos III de MadridUniversity College DublinUniversity of Aberdeen (UK)University of Bristol (UK)University of DerbyUniversity of East AngliaUniversity of East LondonUniversity of GlasgowUniversity of GuelphUniversity of Hong KongUniversity of HuddersfieldUniversity of LimerickUniversity of Michigan - Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint  InstituteUniversity of PlymouthUniversity of SheffieldUniversity of St. AndrewsUniversity of StirlingUniversity of WarwickUniversity of West LondonUniversity of WorcesterYale NUS College