100 colleges have a first-year deadline on January 15, 2027 for Fall 2027 entry — Regular Decision at 80, Early Decision II at 41, Priority at 7. Most-searched colleges first. Click a college to see where the date comes from.
| # | College | Acceptance rate | Location | Due this day | Other deadlines | Add |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Purdue University | 49.9% | West Lafayette, IN | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 2 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 14% | New Orleans, LA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 10 | |
| 3 | Villanova University | 27% | Villanova, PA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 4 | University of Connecticut | 52.4% | Storrs, CT | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 | |
| 5 | University of Florida | 24.2% | Gainesville, FL | Regular Decision | ED Oct 15 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 6 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 59.7% | Amherst, MA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 5 | |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 15.3% | Chapel Hill, NC | Regular Decision | EA Oct 15 | |
| 8 | Ohio State University | 60.6% | Columbus, OH | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 9 | Case Western Reserve University | 36.5% | Cleveland, OH | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 10 | Pepperdine University | 62.9% | Malibu, CA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 11 | University of Colorado Boulder | 78.1% | Boulder, CO | Regular Decision | EA Nov 15 | |
| 12 | The University of Tampa | 40.3% | Tampa, FL | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 13 | Chapman University | 65.4% | Orange, CA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 14 | Loyola Marymount University | 45.1% | Los Angeles, CA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · ED II Jan 8 | |
| 15 | University of San Diego | 52.4% | San Diego, CA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · ED II Jan 5 | |
| 16 | American University | 62% | Washington, DC | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 17 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 41.7% | Raleigh, NC | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 18 | Drexel University | 79.4% | Philadelphia, PA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · EA Nov 15 | |
| 19 | Southern Methodist University | 63.3% | Dallas, TX | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 20 | University of Delaware | 70.6% | Newark, DE | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 21 | University of North Carolina Wilmington | 64.2% | Wilmington, NC | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 22 | Colgate University | 13.9% | Hamilton, NY | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 | |
| 23 | University of Oregon | 88.3% | Eugene, OR | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 24 | James Madison University | 71.5% | Harrisonburg, VA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 25 | University of Vermont | 65.3% | Burlington, VT | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 26 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 45.2% | Madison, WI | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 27 | Fairfield University | 33.3% | Fairfield, CT | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 · ED Nov 15 | |
| 28 | Bentley University | 45.1% | Waltham, MA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 29 | Emerson College | 51.3% | Boston, MA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 7 · EA Nov 7 · ED II Jan 1 | |
| 30 | College of the Holy Cross | 17.6% | Worcester, MA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 31 | University of San Francisco | 61.7% | San Francisco, CA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 32 | Sacred Heart University | 65.4% | Fairfield, CT | Early Decision II | ED Nov 15 · EA Dec 1 · EA II Feb 1 · RD Jul 26 | |
| 33 | Quinnipiac University | 72.2% | Hamden, CT | Early Decision II | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 · RD Feb 1 | |
| 34 | Brandeis University | 40.5% | Waltham, MA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 2 · EA Nov 2 | |
| 35 | Elon University | 66.3% | Elon, NC | Early Decision II | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · RD Jan 10 | |
| 36 | Binghamton University | 38.6% | Vestal, NY | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 37 | Lafayette College | 31.4% | Easton, PA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 38 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 92.6% | Richmond, VA | Regular Decision | — | |
| 39 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 66.9% | Rochester, NY | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · ED II Jan 1 | |
| 40 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 63.5% | Troy, NY | Regular Decision | ED Nov 6 · EA Dec 1 · ED II Jan 6 | |
| 41 | University of Denver | 77.8% | Denver, CO | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 42 | Carleton College | 20.4% | Northfield, MN | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 43 | Stony Brook University | 49% | Stony Brook, NY | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 44 | Denison University | 17.4% | Granville, OH | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 45 | Clark University | 39.5% | Worcester, MA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 46 | Loyola University Maryland | 75.5% | Baltimore, MD | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · EA Nov 15 | |
| 47 | Pratt Institute-Main | 73.2% | Brooklyn, NY | Priority | EA Nov 15 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 48 | Kenyon College | 31% | Gambier, OH | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 49 | Duquesne University | 83.6% | Pittsburgh, PA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 15 | |
| 50 | Dickinson College | 42.1% | Carlisle, PA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · EA Nov 15 | |
| 51 | Franklin and Marshall College | 28.2% | Lancaster, PA | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 52 | Furman University | 43% | Greenville, SC | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 53 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | 86.8% | San Antonio, TX | Priority | RD Jun 1 | |
| 54 | University of the Pacific | 71.3% | Stockton, CA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 15 | |
| 55 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | 88.5% | Fort Collins, CO | Regular Decision | EA Nov 15 · Rolling Jul 15 | |
| 56 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell | 83% | Lowell, MA | Early Action II | EA Nov 5 · RD Feb 15 | |
| 57 | Stonehill College | 66.3% | Easton, MA | Early Action II | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · ED II Feb 1 · RD Feb 15 | |
| 58 | Saint Johns University | 90.6% | Collegeville, MN | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 · EA II Dec 1 | |
| 59 | Bryant University | 65.5% | Smithfield, RI | Early Decision II | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 · RD Feb 1 | |
| 60 | Oberlin College | 34.2% | Oberlin, OH | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · ED II Jan 5 | |
| 61 | The University of the South | 56.9% | Sewanee, TN | Early Decision II | ED Nov 15 · EA Dec 1 · RD Feb 1 | |
| 62 | Seattle University | 76.9% | Seattle, WA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 63 | Whitman College | 38.1% | Walla Walla, WA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · EA Dec 1 · ED II Jan 5 | |
| 64 | California State University-Fresno | 95.3% | Fresno, CA | Regular Decision | — | |
| 65 | Hawaii Pacific University | 85.9% | Honolulu, HI | Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · EA Nov 15 | |
| 66 | Iona University | 86.9% | New Rochelle, NY | Early Action II | ED Dec 1 · EA Dec 15 · RD Feb 15 | |
| 67 | California Lutheran University | 75.7% | Thousand Oaks, CA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 15 | |
| 68 | University of Redlands | 82.7% | Redlands, CA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 69 | Drew University | 67.8% | Madison, NJ | Early Decision II | ED Nov 1 · EA Dec 1 · RD Feb 1 | |
| 70 | Wofford College | 51.9% | Spartanburg, SC | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 | |
| 71 | Salisbury University | 87.5% | Salisbury, MD | Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · EA Dec 1 | |
| 72 | Macalester College | 28.5% | Saint Paul, MN | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 · ED II Jan 1 | |
| 73 | University of Puget Sound | 72.2% | Tacoma, WA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 74 | Lawrence University | 63.9% | Appleton, WI | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Dec 1 | |
| 75 | Grinnell College | 14.5% | Grinnell, IA | Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 · ED II Jan 5 | |
| 76 | North Carolina Central University | 87% | Durham, NC | Priority | Rolling Rolling | |
| 77 | Willamette University | 77.1% | Salem, OR | Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 78 | Lipscomb University | 67.7% | Nashville, TN | Regular Decision | EA Oct 15 · EA II Nov 15 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 79 | Shenandoah University | 77% | Winchester, VA | Priority | EA Nov 4 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 80 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | 90.6% | Bothell, WA | Regular Decision | EA Nov 15 | |
| 81 | Hamline University | 87.6% | Saint Paul, MN | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 82 | United States Coast Guard Academy | 22.4% | New London, CT | Regular Decision | EA Oct 15 | |
| 83 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | 82.5% | Tacoma, WA | Priority | EA Nov 15 · RD May 31 | |
| 84 | Kettering University | 78.7% | Flint, MI | Priority | EA Nov 15 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 85 | Rhodes College | 50.3% | Memphis, TN | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 | |
| 86 | University of Minnesota-Duluth | 88.8% | Duluth, MN | Regular Decision | EA Dec 1 · Rolling Aug 1 | |
| 87 | Georgian Court University | 78.8% | Lakewood, NJ | Priority | Rolling Rolling | |
| 88 | Beloit College | 63% | Beloit, WI | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 · EA II Dec 1 | |
| 89 | Centre College | 54.4% | Danville, KY | Early Decision II | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 · RD Feb 1 | |
| 90 | Southern Arkansas University Main Campus | 75.3% | Magnolia, AR | Early Decision | — | |
| 91 | Lewis & Clark College | 78.5% | Portland, OR | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 92 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | 66.7% | Scottsdale, AZ | Regular Decision | Priority Nov 1 | |
| 93 | Colorado School of Mines | 60.7% | Golden, CO | Regular Decision | EA Nov 1 | |
| 94 | Colorado College | 18.5% | Colorado Springs, CO | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 95 | Trinity College | 29.2% | Hartford, CT | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 15 | |
| 96 | Connecticut College | 37% | New London, CT | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 | |
| 97 | The College of Idaho | 49.1% | Caldwell, ID | Early Action II | EA Nov 15 · RD Feb 15 · Rolling Rolling | |
| 98 | College of the Atlantic | 70.2% | Bar Harbor, ME | Early Decision II | ED Nov 15 · EA Dec 1 · RD Feb 1 | |
| 99 | St. John's College | 53.1% | Santa Fe, NM | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 15 · Rolling Feb 15 | |
| 100 | Providence College | 50.9% | Providence, RI | Early Decision II / Regular Decision | ED Nov 1 · EA Nov 1 |
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