College deadlines for fall 2027
198 deadlines at 124 colleges are still open. The next is Amherst's early decision, due Nov 9, 2026.
Early decision is binding: if they say yes, you go.
Every date here was read on the college's own site. A college missing from this list hasn't been checked yet, or we couldn't confirm its dates. Its page shows which and links to its admissions site.
Applied early? See when early decision results come out at each college, what to do if you're deferred and what to do once you're admitted. Every applicant: when the midyear report is due and FAFSA deadlines for 2027-28.
Nov 2026 8
Sun, Nov 15
6 days left 1 collegeMon, Nov 30
21 days left 7 collegesDec 2026 9
Tue, Dec 1
22 days left 6 collegesThu, Dec 10
31 days left 1 collegeTue, Dec 15
36 days left 1 collegeThu, Dec 31
52 days left 1 collegeJan 2027 88
Fri, Jan 1
53 days left 14 colleges- University of Georgia Regular decision
- University of Minnesota Twin Cities Regular decision
- Clemson University Regular decision
- Northeastern Regular decision
- Columbia Regular decision
- Harvard Regular decision
- Georgetown Regular decision
- Emory Regular decision
- Vanderbilt Regular decision
- Wake Forest Regular decision
- Dartmouth Regular decision
- Barnard College Regular decision
- University of Richmond Regular decision
- Northeastern University Oakland Regular decision
Sat, Jan 2
54 days left 3 collegesMon, Jan 4
56 days left 16 colleges- Boston College Regular decision
- Northwestern Regular decision
- Notre Dame Regular decision
- WashU Regular decision
- UChicago Regular decision
- Carnegie Mellon Regular decision
- Tufts Regular decision
- Duke Regular decision
- Rice Regular decision
- MIT Regular decision
- Middlebury Regular decision
- Babson College Regular decision
- Williams Regular decision
- Hamilton Regular decision
- Swarthmore Regular decision
- Caltech Regular decision
Tue, Jan 5
57 days left 15 colleges- Illinois Regular decision
- University of Tennessee Regular decision
- NYU Regular decision
- BU Regular decision
- UVA Regular decision
- University of Miami Regular decision
- Penn Regular decision
- Stanford Regular decision
- Brown Regular decision
- Amherst Regular decision
- Washington and Lee University Regular decision
- Bowdoin Regular decision
- Harvey Mudd Regular decision
- Cooper Union Regular decision
- Minerva University Regular decision
Wed, Jan 6
58 days left 1 collegeFri, Jan 8
60 days left 2 collegesSun, Jan 10
62 days left 4 collegesMon, Jan 11
63 days left 1 collegeFri, Jan 15
67 days left 28 colleges- ASU Regular decision
- Ohio State Regular decision
- Purdue Regular decision
- UW–Madison Regular decision
- UF Regular decision
- University of Colorado Boulder Regular decision
- Virginia Tech Regular decision
- UMass Amherst Regular decision
- UNC Regular decision
- University of Oregon Regular decision
- UConn Regular decision
- Stony Brook University Regular decision
- University of Vermont Regular decision
- Tulane Regular decision
- Chapman University Regular decision
- Villanova University Regular decision
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Regular decision
- University of San Diego Regular decision
- Colgate University Regular decision
- College of the Holy Cross Regular decision
- Denison University Regular decision
- Trinity College Regular decision
- Macalester College Regular decision
- Colorado College Regular decision
- Connecticut College Regular decision
- Grinnell Regular decision
- Bryn Mawr Regular decision
- Reed Regular decision