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Colleges that offer an admissions interview

Core colleges whose own admissions pages say first-year applicants may interview, whether the interview is required, optional or recommended, or offered for information only (not evaluated), largest first. Interview policy is stated by few colleges: a college not listed may still offer one.

Source: Each college's own admissions page (linked in the table)

94 colleges

94 colleges

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CollegeStateInterviewDistance
Towson UniversityMDOffered, not evaluated
Bridgewater State UniversityMAOptional or recommended
Wake Forest UniversityNCOptional or recommended
Adelphi UniversityNYOptional or recommended
Gonzaga UniversityWAOptional or recommended
Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPAOptional or recommended
Rice UniversityTXOptional or recommended
United States Naval AcademyMDRequired
Christopher Newport UniversityVAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
United States Air Force AcademyCORequired
Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceRIOptional or recommended
Pepperdine UniversityCAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Western Connecticut State UniversityCTOptional or recommended
SUNY at Purchase CollegeNYOptional or recommended
Bryant UniversityRIOptional or recommended
Point Loma Nazarene UniversityCAOptional or recommended
College of the Holy CrossMAOptional or recommended
Stevenson UniversityMDOptional or recommended
St Olaf CollegeMNOptional or recommended
Iona UniversityNYOptional or recommended
Yeshiva UniversityNYRequired
University of TulsaOKOptional or recommended
Lafayette CollegePAOptional or recommended
Champlain CollegeVTOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Middlebury CollegeVTOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusNJOptional or recommended
Smith CollegeMAOptional or recommended
Drake UniversityIAOptional or recommended
Augustana CollegeILOptional or recommended
Vassar CollegeNYOffered, not evaluated
Bard CollegeNYOptional or recommended
Alcorn State UniversityMSRequired
Clark UniversityMAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Mount Holyoke CollegeMAOffered, not evaluated
Trinity CollegeCTOptional or recommended
Macalester CollegeMNOptional or recommended
Wheaton CollegeILOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Lewis & Clark CollegeOROptional or recommended
Saint Anselm CollegeNHOffered, not evaluated (2026-27)
Carleton CollegeMNOptional or recommended
Hamilton CollegeNYOptional or recommended
Colorado CollegeCOOffered, not evaluated
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusNJOptional or recommended
Moravian UniversityPAOptional or recommended
Connecticut CollegeCTOptional or recommended
St Lawrence UniversityNYOptional or recommended
Eckerd CollegeFLOptional or recommended
Washington and Lee UniversityVAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Occidental CollegeCAOptional or recommended
Bowdoin CollegeMEOptional or recommended
SUNY Polytechnic InstituteNYOptional or recommended (2021-2022)
Lake Forest CollegeILOptional or recommended
Franklin and Marshall CollegePAOptional or recommended
Bates CollegeMEOffered, not evaluated
Kenyon CollegeOHOptional or recommended
The College of WoosterOHOptional or recommended
Grinnell CollegeIAOptional or recommended
Simmons UniversityMAOptional or recommended
Swarthmore CollegePAOptional or recommended
University of Puget SoundWAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Willamette UniversityOROptional or recommended (2026-27)
Hillsdale CollegeMIOptional or recommended
Sarah Lawrence CollegeNYOptional or recommended
Ursinus CollegePAOptional or recommended
King's CollegePAOptional or recommended
College of the OzarksMORequired
Lawrence UniversityWIOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Claremont McKenna CollegeCAOptional or recommended
Bryn Mawr CollegePAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Oglethorpe UniversityGAOptional or recommended
Reed CollegeOROptional or recommended
Westmont CollegeCAOptional or recommended
Albion CollegeMIOptional or recommended
Ave Maria UniversityFLRequired
Pitzer CollegeCAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Austin CollegeTXOptional or recommended
Knox CollegeILOptional or recommended
Scripps CollegeCAOptional or recommended
Regis CollegeMAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Harvey Mudd CollegeCAOptional or recommended
Hampshire CollegeMAOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Agnes Scott CollegeGAOptional or recommended
Whittier CollegeCAOptional or recommended
Elmira CollegeNYOptional or recommended
Warren Wilson CollegeNCOptional or recommended
Paul Quinn CollegeTXOptional or recommended (2023-2024)
Alice Lloyd CollegeKYRequired
St. John's CollegeMDOptional or recommended
East-West UniversityILRequired
University of New Hampshire at ManchesterNHOptional or recommended
Boricua CollegeNYRequired
St. John's CollegeNMOptional or recommended
College of the AtlanticMEOptional or recommended (2026-27)
Bryn Athyn College of the New ChurchPAOptional or recommended

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