Colleges Still Accepting Applications for Fall 2024

By now, you’ll likely have gotten admissions decisions from most schools on your college list. And we hope you’re excited about them! But if you started the application process late or didn’t end up with the results you hoped for, there are still plenty of colleges and universities accepting applications.

You might have heard that the admissions “season” starts with early application rounds in October and November and concludes with Regular Decision deadlines in January and February. But that’s not the whole story.

Many colleges have deadlines well into April and May. And schools with rolling admissions can accept applications even within mere weeks of the start of classes.

We’ve put together a partial list of colleges and universities that are still accepting applications for fall 2024. Our list includes both public and private four-year residential institutions.

Please note that many of the schools on this list have a rolling admissions policy, and they will only continue to accept applications as long as they have room in the incoming class. These schools also often have priority deadlines that are earlier than the last possible day to apply, and they’ll also have earlier deadlines for students applying for financial aid.

If you already used the Common App to apply to other schools, here’s a way to make applying to more schools even easier: log into your Common App, click “College Search,” and utilize the filtered search. You can add filters for geographic location, testing policies, various required application components, and crucially, schools accepting applications after a date of your choice!

And if you think college might not be the best next step for you, consider taking a gap year.

APRIL

School	Application Deadline
Metropolitan State University of Denver Denver, CO	April 5
University of Nevada, Reno Reno, NV	April 7
Illinois State University Normal, IL	April 11
Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL	April 15
Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA	April 15
Loyola University New Orleans New Orleans, LA	April 15
Niagara University Lewiston, NY	April 15
Regis University Denver, CO	April 15
South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	April 15
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA	April 15

MAY

School	Application Deadline
Adelphi University Garden City, NY	May 1
Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH	May 1
Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT	May 1
Clemson University Clemson, SC	May 1
Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN	May 1
Kent State University Kent, OH	May 1
Marietta College Marietta, OH	May 1
SUNY, Oswego Oswego, NY	May 1
Transylvania University Lexington, KY	May 1
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	May 1
University of Central Florida Orlando, FL	May 1
University of Nebraska Lincoln Lincoln, NE	May 1
University of Southern Indiana Evansville, IN	May 1
Wittenberg University Springfield, OH	May 1

JUNE

School	Application Deadline
Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN	June 1
Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL	June 1
University of Alabama at Birmingham Birmingham, AL	June 1
University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC	June 1
University of Wyoming Laramie, WY	June 1
William Paterson University of New Jersey Wayne, NJ	June 1
Worcester State University Worcester, MA	June 1
University of Houston Houston, TX	June 15
UNC Pembroke Pembroke, NC	June 17
University of Washington Tacoma  Tacoma, WA	June 30

JULY

School	Application Deadline
North Carolina Central University  Durham, NC	July 1
University of Maine at Augusta Augusta, ME	July 1
University of Memphis Memphis, TN	July 1
Hiram College Hiram, OH	July 10
University of Charleston Charleston, SC	July 10
Pacific University Oregon Forest Grove, OR	July 15
Texas State University San Marcos, TX	July 15
University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, MA	July 15
University of North Carolina Greensboro  Greensboro, NC	July 15
The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA	July 20
St. John’s University (NY) Queens, NY	July 24
Westminster College  New Wilmington, PA	July 25
Marshall University Huntington, WV	July 26
University of Missouri St. Louis St. Louis, MO	July 26
Chatham University  Pittsburgh, PA	July 27
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	July 27
Prescott College Prescott, AZ	July 27
Salem College Winston Salem, NC	July 27
University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA	July 27
University of Mississippi University, MS	July 27
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	July 28
Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY	July 28
Mercy College Dobbs Ferry, NY	July 28
Millikin University Decatur, IL	July 28
Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA	July 28
Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT	July 28
Spalding University Louisville, KY	July 28
St. Norbert College De Pere, WI	July 28
University of Maine  Orono, ME	July 28
Utica University Utica, NY	July 28
Russell Sage College Troy, NY	July 29
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Dartmouth, MA	July 29
Merrimack College North Andover, MA	July 31
University of Colorado Denver Denver, CO	July 31
University of Dallas Irving, TX	July 31
University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA	July 31
Westminster College Fulton, MO	July 31

AUGUST

School	Application Deadline
Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA	August 1
Portland State University Portland, OR	August 1
South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC	August 1
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO	August 1
University of Massachusetts, Lowell Lowell, MA	August 1
University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI	August 1
West Virginia University Morgantown, WV	August 1
Chicago State University Chicago, IL	August 11
Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH	August 15
University of New Mexico  Albuquerque, NM	August 15
University of Southern Maine  Portland, ME	August 15