Colleges Still Accepting Applications for Fall 2025

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 2025. Our list includes both public and private four-year residential institutions.

School	Location	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
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
Indiana State University	Terre Haute, IN	June 1
Loyola University Chicago	Chicago, IL	June 1
University of Alabama Birmingham	Birmingham, AL	June 1
University of North Carolina 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
North Carolina Central University	Durham, NC	July 1
University of Maine 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	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	Oxford, 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, MA	July 31
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, 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

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.