Colleges that Accept the Common Application in 2019-20

As of the 2019-20 admissions cycle, over 884 colleges and universities accept the Common Application. This list grew by over 50 members just in 2019. These schools range from some of the most selective in the world to those with nearly open admissions. Most of these colleges have holistic admissions policies but this has not been a prerequisite for membership since 2014. Those that do practice holistic admissions consider the whole applicant, not just grades, test scores, and other numerical measures. Extracurricular activities, an application essay, and multiple letters of recommendation are important to the admissions process for the majority of the following colleges. United States Schools that Accept the Common Application Click the links below to learn more about the standardized test scores, acceptance rates, and tuition fees of these Common App colleges. A Adelphi UniversityAgnes Scott College Alaska Pacific UniversityAlbany College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesAlbertus Magnus  CollegeAlbion CollegeAlbright CollegeAlfred UniversityAllegheny CollegeAlma CollegeAlvernia UniversityAMDA College and Conservatory of the Performing ArtsAmerican UniversityAmherst CollegeAnderson UniversityAnna Maria CollegeAntioch CollegeAppalachian State University Aquinas College (Michigan)Arcadia University Arizona Christian UniversityArizona State UniversityArkansas State UniversityArt Academy of CincinnatiAsbury UniversityAshland UniversityAssumption CollegeAugsburg CollegeAugustana College (Illinois)Augustana College (South Dakota)Austin CollegeAve Maria University B Babson CollegeBaldwin-Wallace CollegeBard CollegeBard College at Simons Rock - The Early CollegeBarnard CollegeBarry UniversityBarton CollegeBaruch College, The City University of New York Bates CollegeBay Path CollegeBaylor UniversityBecker CollegeBellarmine UniversityBelmont UniversityBeloit CollegeBenedictine  CollegeBenedictine 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 University Bridgewater CollegeBridgewater State University Brooklyn College, The City University of New YorkBrown 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 University (Wisconsin)Carthage CollegeCase Western Reserve UniversityCastleton UniversityCatawba CollegeCatholic University of AmericaCazenovia CollegeCedar Crest CollegeCentenary College of LouisianaCentenary University  (New Jersey)Central Connecticut State University Central Michigan UniversityCentre CollegeChamplain CollegeChapman UniversityCharles  R. Drew University  of Medicine and ScienceChatham University Chestnut Hill CollegeChicago 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 Saint BenedictCollege of Saint ElizabethCollege of St. Joseph (Vermont)College of Saint RoseCollege of St. Scholastica College of Staten Island, The City University of New YorkCollege of William MaryCollege of WoosterColorado CollegeColorado State University Columbia College Chicago Columbia College HollywoodColumbia College (Missouri)Columbia College (South Carolina)Columbia UniversityConcordia College (Moorhead)Concordia College (New York)Concordia University PortlandConcordia University ChicagoConcordia University IrvineConcordia University WisconsinConnecticut CollegeConverse CollegeCooper UnionCornell CollegeCornell University Covenant CollegeCreighton UniversityCulinary Institute of America (CA)Culinary Institute of America (NY)Culinary Institute of America (TX) Culver Stockton CollegeCUNY Queens College, The City University of New YorkCurry College D D Youville CollegeDaemen CollegeDartmouth CollegeDavidson CollegeDean CollegeDefiance CollegeDelaware Valley CollegeDenison UniversityDePaul UniversityDePauw UniversityDeSales UniversityDickinson CollegeDillard UniversityDominican College Dominican University (Illinois)Dominican University of CaliforniaDrake UniversityDrew UniversityDrexel UniversityDrury UniversityDuke University Duquesne University E Earlham CollegeEast Carolina UniversityEastern Connecticut State UniversityEastern Kentucky UniversityEastern Mennonite University Eastern Michigan UniversityEckerd CollegeEdgewood CollegeEdinboro University of PennsylvaniaElizabethtown CollegeElmira CollegeElms College Elon UniversityEmerson CollegeEmmanuel College (Georgia)Emmanuel College (Massachusetts)Emory Henry CollegeEmory University Eureka CollegeEvergreen State College F Fairfield UniversityFairleigh Dickinson  UniversityFelician College Fisher CollegeFisk UniversityFlagler CollegeFlashpoint Chicago, A Campus of Columbia College Hollywood Florida Atlantic University Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFlorida Institute of TechnologyFlorida Polytechnic UniversityFlorida Southern CollegeFlorida State UniversityFordham UniversityFramingham State University Franklin CollegeFranklin and Marshall CollegeFranklin Pierce UniversityFranklin W. Olin College  of EngineeringFurman University G Gannon UniversityGardner-Webb UniversityGeneseo (SUNY)George Fox UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityGeorgia College State University (GCSU)Georgia Institute of TechnologyGeorgia State UniversityGeorgian Court UniversityGettysburg CollegeGoddard CollegeGonzaga UniversityGoshen CollegeGoucher CollegeGreen Mountain CollegeGrinnell CollegeGuilford CollegeGustavus Adolphus CollegeGwynedd Mercy University H Hamilton CollegeHamline UniversityHampden-Sydney CollegeHampshire College Hampton UniversityHanover CollegeHartwick CollegeHarvard UniversityHarvey Mudd CollegeHastings CollegeHaverford CollegeHawaii Pacific University Heidelberg UniversityHellenic CollegeHendrix CollegeHigh Point UniversityHilbert CollegeHillsdale CollegeHiram CollegeHobart and William Smith CollegesHofstra UniversityHollins UniversityHoly Names UniversityHood CollegeHope CollegeHoughton CollegeHoward University Hunter College,  The City University of New YorkHusson University I Illinois CollegeIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Wesleyan UniversityImmaculata UniversityIndiana University at BloomingtonIndiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)Iona CollegeIowa State University at AmesIthaca 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 CollegeKansas State UniversityKean UniversityKeene State CollegeKeiser UniversityKent State UniversityKenyon CollegeKettering UniversityKeuka CollegeKeystone CollegeKings College (Pennsylvania)Knox CollegeKutztown University of Pennsylvania L La Roche CollegeLa Salle UniversityLafayette CollegeLake Erie CollegeLake Forest College Landmark CollegeLasell CollegeLawrence Technological UniversityLawrence UniversityLe Moyne CollegeLebanon Valley CollegeLehigh UniversityLesley UniversityLewis Clark CollegeLewis UniversityLindenwood UniversityLinfield CollegeLipscomb UniversityList College (Jewish Theological Seminary)Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus)Long Island University (C W Post Campus)Longwood UniversityLoras CollegeLouisiana 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 Saint LouisMarywood UniversityMassachusetts College of Art and DesignMassachusetts College of Liberal ArtsMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences The Masters UniversityMcDaniel CollegeMcKendree UniversityMenlo CollegeMercer UniversityMercy CollegeMercyhurst UniversityMeredith CollegeMerrimack CollegeMessiah College Methodist College of UnityPoint HealthMiami University (Ohio)Michigan State UniversityMiddle Tennessee State UniversityMiddlebury College Midway UniversityMillersville University of PennsylvaniaMillikin UniversityMills CollegeMillsaps CollegeMilwaukee School of EngineeringMinerva Schools at KGI Misericordia University Missouri Southern State UniversityMissouri State UniversityMissouri University of Science and TechnologyMitchell CollegeMolloy CollegeMonmouth CollegeMonmouth UniversityMontserrat College of ArtMoore College of Art and DesignMoravian CollegeMorehouse College Mount Aloysius CollegeMount Holyoke College Mount Mary UniversityMount Saint Mary CollegeMount Saint Marys University (Los Angeles)Mount St. Marys UniversityMuhlenberg CollegeMuskingum University N Naropa UniversityNazareth CollegeNebraska Wesleyan  UniversityNeumann UniversityNew College of FloridaNew England CollegeNew England Institute of TechnologyNew Jersey City UniversityNew Jersey Institute of TechnologyThe New SchoolNew York Institute of TechnologyNew York School of Career Applied Studies of Touro College and University SystemNew York UniversityNewberry CollegeNewbury CollegeNiagara UniversityNichols CollegeNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth Central College (Illinois)North Park UniversityNortheastern UniversityNorthern Kentucky UniversityNorthern Vermont University JohnsonNorthland CollegeNorthwest Christian UniversityNorthwest Nazarene UniversityNorthwestern UniversityNorthwood UniversityNorwich UniversityNotre Dame of Maryland UniversityNotre Dame de Namur UniversityNova Southeastern University O Oberlin CollegeOberlin Conservatory of MusicOccidental CollegeOglethorpe UniversityOhio Northern UniversityOhio State UniversityOhio UniversityOhio Wesleyan UniversityOklahoma City UniversityOld Dominion UniversityOlivet CollegeOregon State UniversityOtis College of Art and DesignOtterbein University P Pace UniversityPacific Lutheran UniversityPacific UniversityPaul Smiths CollegePenn State UniversityPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Pennsylvania College of TechnologyPepperdine UniversityPiedmont CollegePine Manor CollegePitzer CollegePlymouth State UniversityPoint Loma Nazarene UniversityPomona CollegePresbyterian CollegePrescott CollegePrinceton UniversityPrincipia CollegeProvidence CollegePurchase College (SUNY)Purdue UniversityPurdue University Fort Wayne Q Queens University of CharlotteQuincy UniversityQuinnipiac University R Radford UniversityRamapo College of New JerseyRandolph CollegeRandolph-Macon CollegeReed CollegeRegis CollegeRegis UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRhode Island CollegeRhode Island School of DesignRhodes CollegeRice UniversityRider UniversityRingling College of Art and DesignRipon CollegeRivier CollegeRoanoke CollegeRobert Morris UniversityRoberts Wesleyan CollegeRochester Institute of Technology (RIT)Roger 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 UniversitySt. Catherine UniversitySt. Edwards UniversitySaint Francis UniversitySt. John Fisher CollegeSt. Johns College AnnapolisSt. Johns College Santa FeSaint Johns University (Minnesota)St. Johns University (New York)St. Josephs College - Brooklyn CampusSt. Josephs College - Long Island CampusSaint Josephs College of MaineSaint Josephs UniversitySt. Lawrence UniversitySaint Leo UniversitySt. Louis College of PharmacySaint Louis UniversitySaint Martins UniversitySaint Mary-of-the-Woods CollegeSaint Marys College of CaliforniaSaint Marys College of IndianaSt. Marys College of MarylandSaint Marys University of MinnesotaSaint Michaels CollegeSt. Norbert CollegeSt. Olaf CollegeSaint Peters CollegeSt. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSt. Thomas University (Florida)Saint Vincent CollegeSaint Xavier UniversitySalem College (North Carolina)Salisbury UniversitySalve Regina Univ ersitySamford 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 SouthShawnee State UniversityShepherd UniversitySiena CollegeSierra Nevada CollegeSimmons CollegeSimpson College Simpson UniversitySkidmore 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 CollegeSterling CollegeStetson UniversityStevens Institute of TechnologyStevenson UniversityStockton UniversityStonehill CollegeStony Brook University (SUNY)Suffolk UniversitySUNY AlbanySUNY AlfredSUNY BrockportSUNY BuffaloSUNY CobleskillSUNY College Old WestburySUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySUNY College of Technology 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 ¹Susquehanna UniversitySwarthmore CollegeSweet Briar CollegeSyracuse University T Temple UniversityTexas Christian UniversityTexas Lutheran UniversityThiel CollegeThomas College Thomas More UniversityTiffin UniversityTransylvania UniversityTrine UniversityTrinity Christian CollegeTrinity College (Connecticut)Trinity University (Texas)Trinity Washington UniversityTruman State UniversityTufts UniversityTulane University U Union CollegeUnity CollegeUniversidad del Este (UNE)Universidad del Sagrado CorazonUniversity of AkronUniversity of Alabama - BirminghamUniversity of Arizona - TucsonUniversity of ArkansasUniversity of BridgeportUniversity of Central Florida University of CharlestonUniversity of ChicagoUniversity of CincinnatiUniversity of Cincinnati - Blue Ash CollegeUniversity of Cincinnati - Clermont CollegeUniversity of Colorado - BoulderUniversity of ConnecticutUniversity of DallasUniversity of DaytonUniversity of DelawareUniversity of DenverUniversity of Detroit MercyUniversity of DubuqueUniversity of EvansvilleUniversity of FindlayUniversity of FloridaUniversity of HartfordUniversity of HoustonUniversity of IdahoUniversity of Illinois - ChicagoUniversity of the Incarnate WordUniversity of IndianapolisUniversity of IowaUniversity of KentuckyUniversity of La VerneUniversity of Louisiana - LafayetteU​niversity of LynchburgUniversity of MaineUniversity of Maine - AugustaUniversity of Maine - FarmingtonUniversity of Maine - Fort KentUniversity of Maine - MachiasUniversity of Maine - Presque IsleUniversity of Mary WashingtonUniversity of Maryland - Baltimore CountyUniversity of Maryland - Eastern ShoreUniversity of Massachusetts - AmherstUniversity of Massachusetts - BostonUniversity of Massachusetts - DartmouthUniversity of Massachusetts - LowellUniversity of MiamiUniversity of MichiganUniversity of Michigan - DearbornUniversity of Michigan - FlintUniversity of Minnesota - CrookstonUniversity of Minnesota - DuluthUniversity of Minnesota - Morris  University of Minnesota - RochesterUniversity of Minnesota - Twin CitiesUniversity of Mississippi - Oxford (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 - AshevilleUniversity of North Carolina - Chapel HillUniversity of North Carolina - CharlotteUniversity of North Carolina - GreensboroUniversity of North Carolina - WilmingtonUniversity of North DakotaUniversity of North FloridaUniversity of North TexasUniversity of Northern ColoradoUnive rsity of Northern 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 WayneUniversity of Saint JosephUniversity of St. ThomasUniversity of San DiegoUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of the SciencesUniversity of ScrantonUniversity of South AlabamaUniversity of South Carolina  University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern MaineUniversity of Southern MississippiUniversity of TampaUniversity of Tennessee - KnoxvilleUniversity of Texas - ArlingtonUniversity of Texas - DallasUniversity of ToledoUniversity of TulsaUniversity of UtahUniversity of VermontUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of the WestUniversity of West FloridaUniversity of Wisconsin - MadisonUniversit y 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 CollegeWarren Wilson CollegeWartburg CollegeWashington Jefferson CollegeWashington and Lee UniversityWashington College (Maryland)Washington University - St. LouisWatkins College of Art, Design FilmWayne State UniversityWebb InstituteWebster UniversityWellesley CollegeWells CollegeWentworth Institute of TechnologyWesleyan CollegeWesleyan 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 - IllinoisWheaton College (Massachusetts)Wheeling Jesuit UniversityWhitman CollegeWhittier CollegeWhitworth UniversityWichita State UniversityWidener UniversityWilberforce UniversityWilkes Honors College of Florida Atlantic UniversityWilkes UniversityWillamette UniversityWilliam Jewell CollegeWilliam Paterson UniversityWilliams CollegeWilson CollegeWisconsin Lutheran CollegeWittenberg UniversityWofford CollegeWoodbury UniversityWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWright State University X Xavier UniversityXavier University (Louisiana) Y Yale UniversityYork College Z Zaytuna College International Schools that Accept the Common Application Aberystwyth University (Wales) American University (Bulgaria)American University (Beirut)The American University - ParisThe American University - RomeBard College - BerlinBath Spa UniversityBishops UniversityBournemouth UniversityBrunel University - LondonCarnegie Mellon University (Qatar)Doshisha University, The Institute for the Liberal ArtsDuke Kunshan UniversityDurham UniversityEcole hà ´telià ¨re de Lausanne (EHL)ESCP Europe Business SchoolFranklin University (Switzerland)Hult International Business SchoolIE UniversityIE University - MadridJacobs University BremenJohn Cabot University - RomeKeele UniversityMary Immaculate CollegeMaynooth University (Ireland)Monash University Musashino University (Japan)Newcastle UniversityNorthwestern University in QatarQueens University (Canada)Quest University (Canada)Regents University - LondonRichmond The American International University - LondonRiga Business SchoolRobert Gordon University Ryerson University (Canada)Saint Louis University - MadridSt. Marys University (England)Saint Thomas University (Canada)Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) (Korea)Temple University, Japan CampusUnderwood International College, Yonsei University (South Korea)Universidad Carlos III de MadridUniversity College - DublinUniversity of Aberdeen (UK) University of Bradford (England)University of Bristol (UK)University of Derby University of Dundee (Scotland)University 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 Warwick University of the West of EnglandUniversity of West LondonUniversity of WorcesterYale NUS College