College application deadlines in January 2027
324 Common App deadlines fall in January 2027: 2 early decision, 118 early decision ii, 2 early action, 21 early action ii, 181 regular decision.
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Friday, January 1 in 60 days
- RDBarnard College New York, NY
- ED IIBryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA
- RDClemson University Clemson, SC
- RDColumbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
- RDDartmouth College Hanover, NH
- ED IIEmerson College Boston, MA
- ED IIRDEmory University Atlanta, GA
- RDGeorgetown University Washington, DC
- RDHarvard University Cambridge, MA
- EAKean University Union, NJ
- EDLa Sierra University Riverside, CA
- ED IIRDLehigh University Bethlehem, PA
- ED IIMacalester College Saint Paul, MN
- ED IINew York University New York, NY
- ED IIRDNortheastern University Boston, MA
- RDPrinceton University Princeton, NJ
- ED IIRochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
- RDUniversity of Georgia Athens, GA
- EA IIUniversity of Massachusetts-Boston Boston, MA
- RDUniversity of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN
- ED IIRDUniversity of Richmond University of Richmond, VA
- ED IIRDVanderbilt University Nashville, TN
- ED IIRDVassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
- ED IIRDWake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC
- EA IIWentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA
- ED IIRDWesleyan University Middletown, CT
Saturday, January 2 in 61 days
- ED IIAntioch College Yellow Springs, OH
- RDCornell University Ithaca, NY
- ED IIRDJohns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD
Sunday, January 3 in 62 days
- ED IIRDFordham University Bronx, NY
- ED IIEAJewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY
- EA IIJohnson & Wales University-Charlotte Charlotte, NC
- EA IIJohnson & Wales University-Providence Providence, RI
Monday, January 4 in 63 days
- ED IIRDBabson College Wellesley, MA
- ED IIRDBoston College Chestnut Hill, MA
- RDCalifornia Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA
- RDCarnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA
- ED IIRDColby College Waterville, ME
- ED IIDavidson College Davidson, NC
- RDDuke University Durham, NC
- ED IIRDHamilton College Clinton, NY
- ED IIRDMiddlebury College Middlebury, VT
- RDNorth Central University Minneapolis, MN
- RDNorthwestern University Evanston, IL
- ED IIRDRice University Houston, TX
- ED IIRDSwarthmore College Swarthmore, PA
- ED IIRDTufts University Medford, MA
- ED IIRDUniversity of Chicago Chicago, IL
- RDUniversity of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN
- ED IIRDWashington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO
Tuesday, January 5 in 64 days
- RDAmherst College Amherst, MA
- ED IIRDBoston University Boston, MA
- ED IIRDBowdoin College Brunswick, ME
- RDBrown University Providence, RI
- ED IIRDGeorge Washington University Washington, DC
- ED IIGrinnell College Grinnell, IA
- ED IIRDHarvey Mudd College Claremont, CA
- ED IIHaverford College Haverford, PA
- RDMinerva University San Francisco, CA
- ED IIMount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
- RDNew York University New York, NY
- ED IIOberlin College Oberlin, OH
- ED IIRollins College Winter Park, FL
- EA IISalve Regina University Newport, RI
- ED IISmith College Northampton, MA
- RDStanford University Stanford, CA
- ED IIStetson University DeLand, FL
- ED IIRDStevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ
- ED IIRDSyracuse University Syracuse, NY
- RDThe Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY
- RDThe University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN
- RDUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL
- ED IIRDUniversity of Miami Coral Gables, FL
- RDUniversity of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
- ED IIRDUniversity of Rochester Rochester, NY
- ED IIUniversity of San Diego San Diego, CA
- RDUniversity of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA
- ED IIRDWashington and Lee University Lexington, VA
- ED IIWellesley College Wellesley, MA
- ED IIWhitman College Walla Walla, WA
- ED IIRDWilliam & Mary Williamsburg, VA
- RDWilliams College Williamstown, MA
- ED IIEA IIWorcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA
Wednesday, January 6 in 65 days
- RDGeorgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA
- ED IIRensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
Thursday, January 7 in 66 days
- ED IIRDSanta Clara University Santa Clara, CA
Friday, January 8 in 67 days
- ED IILoyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
- ED IIRDPomona College Claremont, CA
- ED IIRDScripps College Claremont, CA
- ED IIRDSkidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY
- RDWellesley College Wellesley, MA
Saturday, January 9 in 68 days
- RDChamplain College Burlington, VT
Sunday, January 10 in 69 days
- ED IIRDBates College Lewiston, ME
- RDBennington College Bennington, VT
- ED IIRDBucknell University Lewisburg, PA
- ED IIRDClaremont McKenna College Claremont, CA
- RDElon University Elon, NC
- RDHaverford College Haverford, PA
- ED IIRDOccidental College Los Angeles, CA
- ED IIRDPitzer College Claremont, CA
- RDUniversity of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Monday, January 11 in 70 days
- RDDavidson College Davidson, NC
Thursday, January 14 in 73 days
- RDSchool of Visual Arts New York, NY
Friday, January 15 in 74 days
- EA IIAgnes Scott College Decatur, GA
- ED IIRDAmerican University Washington, DC
- ED IIRDBard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
- ED IIRDBentley University Waltham, MA
- RDBerry College Mount Berry, GA
- RDBinghamton University Vestal, NY
- ED IIRDBrandeis University Waltham, MA
- ED IIBryant University Smithfield, RI
- RDBryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA
- RDCalifornia Lutheran University Thousand Oaks, CA
- ED IIRDCarleton College Northfield, MN
- ED IIRDCase Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH
- ED IICentre College Danville, KY
- ED IIRDChapman University Orange, CA
- ED IIRDClark University Worcester, MA
- RDClarkson University Potsdam, NY
- ED IIRDColgate University Hamilton, NY
- ED IIRDCollege of Charleston Charleston, SC
- RDCollege of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN
- ED IICollege of the Atlantic Bar Harbor, ME
- ED IIRDCollege of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA
- ED IIRDColorado College Colorado Springs, CO
- RDColorado School of Mines Golden, CO
- RDColorado State University-Fort Collins Fort Collins, CO
- ED IIRDConnecticut College New London, CT
- ED IIRDDenison University Granville, OH
- ED IIRDDickinson College Carlisle, PA
- ED IIDrew University Madison, NJ
- RDDrexel University Philadelphia, PA
- RDDuquesne University Pittsburgh, PA
- ED IIElon University Elon, NC
- RDEmerson College Boston, MA
- EA IIEmory & Henry University Emory, VA
- ED IIRDFairfield University Fairfield, CT
- EA IIFlorida Polytechnic University Lakeland, FL
- ED IIRDFranklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA
- ED IIRDFurman University Greenville, SC
- RDGettysburg College Gettysburg, PA
- RDGoucher College Baltimore, MD
- RDGrinnell College Grinnell, IA
- RDGuilford College Greensboro, NC
- RDHamline University Saint Paul, MN
- ED IIHampden-Sydney College Hampden-Sydney, VA
- RDHawaii Pacific University Honolulu, HI
- ED IIHobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY
- EA IIIona University New Rochelle, NY
- RDJames Madison University Harrisonburg, VA
- EA IIJuniata College Huntingdon, PA
- ED IIRDKenyon College Gambier, OH
- ED IIRDLafayette College Easton, PA
- ED IIEA IILake Forest College Lake Forest, IL
- ED IIRDLawrence University Appleton, WI
- ED IIRDLewis & Clark College Portland, OR
- RDLipscomb University Nashville, TN
- RDLoyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA
- ED IIRDLoyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD
- EA IILynn University Boca Raton, FL
- RDMacalester College Saint Paul, MN
- EA IIMerrimack College North Andover, MA
- EA IIMitchell College New London, CT
- RDMount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA
- RDNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC
- RDOberlin College Oberlin, OH
- RDOhio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH
- ED IIRDPepperdine University Malibu, CA
- RDPratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY
- ED IIRDProvidence College Providence, RI
- RDPurdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN
- ED IIQuinnipiac University Hamden, CT
- ED IIRDReed College Portland, OR
- RDRensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY
- ED IIRDRhodes College Memphis, TN
- RDRipon College Ripon, WI
- RDRochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY
- ED IISacred Heart University Fairfield, CT
- ED IISaint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA
- ED IISaint Louis University Saint Louis, MO
- RDSaint Mary's College of California Moraga, CA
- RDSalisbury University Salisbury, MD
- ED IIRDSarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY
- RDSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL
- RDSeattle Pacific University Seattle, WA
- RDSeattle University Seattle, WA
- RDSmith College Northampton, MA
- RDSoka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA
- EDSouthern California Institute of Architecture Los Angeles, CA
- ED IIRDSouthern Methodist University Dallas, TX
- ED IISpringfield College Springfield, MA
- ED IIRDSt Olaf College Northfield, MN
- ED IIRDSt. John's College Annapolis, MD
- ED IIRDSt. John's College Santa Fe, NM
- ED IIRDSt. Mary's College of Maryland St. Mary's City, MD
- EA IIStonehill College Easton, MA
- RDStony Brook University Stony Brook, NY
- RDSUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY
- EA IIThe College of Idaho Caldwell, ID
- ED IIThe College of Wooster Wooster, OH
- RDThe New School New York, NY
- RDThe University of Tampa Tampa, FL
- ED IIThe University of the South Sewanee, TN
- ED IIRDTrinity College Hartford, CT
- ED IIRDTulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA
- ED IIRDUnion College Schenectady, NY
- RDUniversity of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO
- RDUniversity of Connecticut Storrs, CT
- RDUniversity of Delaware Newark, DE
- ED IIRDUniversity of Denver Denver, CO
- RDUniversity of Florida Gainesville, FL
- RDUniversity of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA
- EA IIUniversity of Massachusetts-Lowell Lowell, MA
- RDUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
- RDUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC
- RDUniversity of Oregon Eugene, OR
- RDUniversity of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA
- RDUniversity of Redlands Redlands, CA
- RDUniversity of San Diego San Diego, CA
- ED IIRDUniversity of San Francisco San Francisco, CA
- RDUniversity of St Thomas Saint Paul, MN
- RDUniversity of the Pacific Stockton, CA
- ED IIRDUniversity of Vermont Burlington, VT
- RDUniversity of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA
- RDUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI
- EA IIVanguard University of Southern California Costa Mesa, CA
- ED IIRDVillanova University Villanova, PA
- RDVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA
- RDWabash College Crawfordsville, IN
- RDWebb Institute Glen Cove, NY
- RDWestmont College Santa Barbara, CA
- ED IIEA IIWheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MA
- RDWhitman College Walla Walla, WA
- EA IIWhitworth University Spokane, WA
- RDWillamette University Salem, OR
- ED IIRDWofford College Spartanburg, SC
Wednesday, January 20 in 79 days
- ED IIGettysburg College Gettysburg, PA
- RDRhode Island School of Design Providence, RI
- RDUniversity of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD
Sunday, January 31 in 90 days
- RDWestern Washington University Bellingham, WA
State FAFSA deadlines in January 2027
Friday, January 15 in 74 days
- FAFSATexas: For priority consideration, submit by Jan. 15, 2027
College dates: Common App 2026-27 first-year deadlines, fees and requirements grid, updated Sep 25, 2026. Dates are for first-year applicants applying through the Common App. Colleges can change them, so always confirm on the college’s own admissions page before you rely on a date.