First-year application deadlines due on November 15. Each row names the plan the date belongs to (early action, early decision and regular decision) and lists the college's other first-year deadlines.
154 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
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| College | State | Plans | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Scott College | GA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early action II Jan 16 · Regular decision Mar 15 | |
| Art Center College of Design | CA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Feb 1 | |
| Assumption University | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early action II Dec 15 · Regular decision Apr 1 | |
| Bates College | ME | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 10 · Regular decision Jan 10 | |
| Benedictine College | KS | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Dec 1 | |
| Bentley University | MA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Bowdoin College | ME | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 5 | |
| Bridgewater College | VA | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Bridgewater State University | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Bryant University | RI | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Bryn Athyn College of the New Church | PA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision May 1 | |
| Bryn Mawr College | PA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 1 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Caldwell University | NJ | Early action Nov 15 | |
| California Lutheran University | CA | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Carleton College | MN | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Catawba College | NC | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Centre College | KY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Champlain College | VT | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 15 · Regular decision Jan 9 | |
| Christopher Newport University | VA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Coastal Carolina University | SC | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Oct 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Coe College | IA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 10 · Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Colby College | ME | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 4 | |
| College of the Holy Cross | MA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Culinary Institute of America | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Dec 31 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Davidson College | NC | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 4 · Regular decision Jan 11 | |
| DePaul University | IL | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Denison University | OH | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Dickinson College | PA | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 | |
| Drexel University | PA | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Duquesne University | PA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Eckerd College | FL | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Elmira College | NY | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Emory & Henry University | VA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jul 13 | |
| Evangel University | MO | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Mar 1 | |
| Fairfield University | CT | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Florida Polytechnic University | FL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Oct 15 · Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Fort Lewis College | CO | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Jan 1 · Regular decision May 1 | |
| Georgia State University | GA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Apr 1 | |
| Gonzaga University | WA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Gordon College | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early action II Dec 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Goucher College | MD | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Dec 1 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Grinnell College | IA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Guilford College | NC | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 10 · Priority deadline Jan 15 · Regular decision Mar 26 | |
| Hamilton College | NY | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 4 · Regular decision Jan 4 | |
| Hampton University | VA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Harvey Mudd College | CA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 | |
| Haverford College | PA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 10 | |
| Hawaii Pacific University | HI | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 · Priority deadline Mar 1 | |
| Hendrix College | AR | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| High Point University | NC | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Feb 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | IL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Illinois Wesleyan University | IL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Dec 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Juniata College | PA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Mar 15 | |
| Kalamazoo College | MI | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Kenyon College | OH | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Kettering University | MI | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Jan 15 | |
| Lafayette College | PA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Lasell University | MA | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Lipscomb University | TN | Early action II Nov 15 Also: Early action Oct 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Long Island University | NY | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 15 · Regular decision Jan 5 | |
| Loyola University Maryland | MD | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Loyola University New Orleans | LA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Feb 15 · Regular decision Apr 15 | |
| Lycoming College | PA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Dec 1 | |
| Lynn University | FL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Lyon College | AR | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 8 · Regular decision Aug 13 | |
| Marist University | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Feb 15 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Marquette University | WI | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Merrimack College | MA | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Millsaps College | MS | Early action Nov 15 · Regular decision Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Monmouth College | IL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Apr 1 | |
| Monmouth University | NJ | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Moravian University | PA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 15 | |
| Mount Holyoke College | MA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| New Jersey Institute of Technology | NJ | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Dec 15 | |
| Northwest Nazarene University | ID | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Northwest University | WA | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Ohio University-Main Campus | OH | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Pace University | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Pitzer College | CA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 10 · Regular decision Jan 10 | |
| Pratt Institute-Main | NY | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Queens University of Charlotte | NC | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Feb 14 | |
| Quinnipiac University | CT | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Randolph College | VA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Randolph-Macon College | VA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Oct 18 · Early action II Dec 10 · Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Rhodes College | TN | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Rider University | NJ | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Roger Williams University | RI | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Rollins College | FL | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| SUNY College at Geneseo | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Feb 15 | |
| SUNY Old Westbury | NY | Early action Nov 15 | |
| SUNY Polytechnic Institute | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Feb 1 · Regular decision Aug 1 | |
| Sacred Heart University | CT | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Early action II Feb 1 | |
| Saint Anselm College | NH | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Dec 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's College of Maine | ME | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Mar 1 | |
| Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia | PA | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Saint Mary's College | IN | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Salem State University | MA | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Salisbury University | MD | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | IL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Apr 15 | |
| Schreiner University | TX | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Dec 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 · Priority deadline Mar 1 | |
| Scripps College | CA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 8 · Regular decision Jan 8 | |
| Seton Hall University | NJ | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Dec 15 · Priority deadline Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Shepherd University | WV | Early action Nov 15 | |
| Siena College | NY | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Oct 15 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Smith College | MA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Southern New Hampshire University | NH | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Feb 1 | |
| St. John's College | MD | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| St. John's College | NM | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| State University of New York at Cortland | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Dec 1 | |
| State University of New York at New Paltz | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision May 1 | |
| Stetson University | FL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 5 | |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | NJ | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 5 | |
| Suffolk University | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Texas Lutheran University | TX | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Texas State University | TX | Regular decision Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Dec 1 · Regular decision May 1 · Regular decision Jul 15 | |
| The College of Idaho | ID | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| The University of Tampa | FL | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio | TX | Regular decision Nov 15 Also: Priority deadline Oct 15 · Priority deadline Jan 15 · Priority deadline Mar 1 · Regular decision May 1 · Regular decision Jun 1 | |
| The University of the South | TN | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Trinity College | CT | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Union College | NY | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| University at Albany | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder | CO | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| University of Hartford | CT | Early action Nov 15 | |
| University of Mary Washington | VA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth | MA | Early action Nov 15 | |
| University of Nevada-Reno | NV | Early action Nov 15 | |
| University of New England | ME | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | NH | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| University of Scranton | PA | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 | |
| University of Washington-Bothell Campus | WA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Regular decision Nov 15 | |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | WA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision May 31 | |
| University of the Pacific | CA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Utica University | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early action II Dec 15 | |
| Vassar College | NY | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 1 · Regular decision Jan 1 | |
| Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | VA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Wabash College | IN | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Wagner College | NY | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 15 | |
| Wake Forest University | NC | Early action Nov 15 · Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 1 · Regular decision Jan 1 | |
| Warren Wilson College | NC | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Regular decision Dec 16 · Priority deadline Feb 15 · Regular decision Apr 1 | |
| Washington College | MD | Early decision Nov 15 · Regular decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early action II Jan 1 · Regular decision Feb 1 | |
| Wesleyan University | CT | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early decision II Jan 1 · Regular decision Jan 1 | |
| Westfield State University | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Wheaton College | IL | Early action II Nov 15 Also: Early action Oct 15 · Priority deadline Jan 15 · Regular decision Feb 15 | |
| Whitman College | WA | Early decision Nov 15 Also: Early action Dec 1 · Early decision II Jan 5 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Whittier College | CA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Dec 1 | |
| Whitworth University | WA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early action II Jan 15 · Regular decision Mar 1 | |
| Williams College | MA | Early decision Nov 15 | |
| Wofford College | SC | Early action Nov 15 Also: Early decision Nov 1 · Early decision II Jan 15 · Regular decision Jan 15 | |
| Worcester State University | MA | Early action Nov 15 Also: Regular decision Mar 1 |
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