Lists · 2026–27
136 US universities with a January 15, 2027 deadline
136 US universities on the Common App have a deadline on January 15, 2027 for the 2026–27 season. The table shows which round closes that day. Deadlines are usually 11:59 pm in your own time zone, unless the university says otherwise on its site.
Updated September 25, 2026
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136 of 136 universities
| University | Round that day | Intl fee | SAT/ACT | English tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes Scott College | Early Action II | $30 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| American University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $75 | Optional | On its site |
| American University in Bulgaria | Early Action | $0 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Bard College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Bentley University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $75 | Flexible | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, Cambridge |
| Berry College | Regular Decision | $50 | Not considered | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Brandeis University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $80 | Optional | On its site |
| Bryant University | Early Decision II | $50 | Flexible | On its site |
| Bryn Mawr College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| California Lutheran University | Regular Decision | $25 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE |
| Carleton College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Case Western Reserve University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Centre College | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE |
| Chapman University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $70 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Clark University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Clarkson University | Regular Decision | $0 | Flexible | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, Cambridge |
| Colgate University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| College of Charleston | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $60 | Sometimes | On its site |
| The College of Idaho | Early Action II | $0 | Flexible | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| College of the Atlantic | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| College of the Holy Cross | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $65 | Optional | On its site |
| College of Wooster | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Colorado College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Colorado School of Mines | Regular Decision | $75 | Optional | On its site |
| Colorado State University | Regular Decision | $65 | Optional | On its site |
| Connecticut College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Denison University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Dharma Realm Buddhist University | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Dickinson College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Drew University | Early Decision II | $40 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Drexel University | Regular Decision | $65 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Duquesne University | Regular Decision | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Elon University | Early Decision II | $60 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Emerson College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Emory & Henry University | Early Action II | $50 | Flexible | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Fairfield University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Florida Polytechnic University | Early Action II | $30 | Required | On its site |
| Franklin & Marshall College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $60 | Optional | On its site |
| Furman University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Gettysburg College | Regular Decision | $0 | Flexible | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, Cambridge |
| Goucher College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Grinnell College | Regular Decision | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Guilford College | Regular Decision | $0 | Flexible | On its site |
| Hamline University (MN) | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Hampden-Sydney College | Early Decision II | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Hawaii Pacific University | Regular Decision | $45 | Optional | On its site |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Iona University | Early Action II | $50 | Optional | On its site |
| James Madison University | Regular Decision | $70 | Optional | On its site |
| Juniata College | Early Action II | $50 | Optional | On its site |
| Kenyon College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Lafayette College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $65 | Optional | On its site |
| Lake Forest College | Early Decision II, Early Action II | $0 | Flexible | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Lawrence University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Lewis & Clark College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Lipscomb University | Regular Decision | $50 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Loyola Marymount University | Regular Decision | $75 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE |
| Loyola University Maryland | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $60 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Lynn University | Early Action II | $0 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Macalester College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Merrimack College | Early Action II | $0 | Not considered | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Mitchell College | Early Action II | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Mount Holyoke College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| The New School | Regular Decision | $75 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| North Carolina State University | Regular Decision | $100 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| The Ohio State University | Regular Decision | $70 | Required | On its site |
| Pacific University Oregon | Early Action II | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Pepperdine University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $70 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS |
| Pratt Institute | Regular Decision | $90 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Providence College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $70 | Optional | On its site |
| Purdue University | Regular Decision | $60 | Required | On its site |
| Quinnipiac University | Early Decision II | $65 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Reed College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | Regular Decision | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Rhodes College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Ripon College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | Regular Decision | $65 | Optional | On its site |
| Sacred Heart University | Early Decision II | $50 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Saint Joseph's University | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS |
| Saint Louis University | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Saint Mary's College of California | Regular Decision | $60 | Optional | On its site |
| Salisbury University | Regular Decision | $50 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS |
| Sarah Lawrence College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago | Regular Decision | $85 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE |
| Seattle Pacific University | Regular Decision | $50 | Optional | On its site |
| Seattle University | Regular Decision | $60 | Optional | On its site |
| Sewanee: The University of the South | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Smith College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Soka University of America | Regular Decision | $30 | Optional | On its site |
| Southern California Institute of Architecture | Early Decision | $85 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Southern Methodist University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Springfield College | Early Decision II | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| St. John's College (MD) | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE |
| St. John's College (NM) | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $50 | Sometimes | On its site |
| St. Olaf College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Stonehill College | Early Action II | $60 | Not considered | On its site |
| SUNY Binghamton University | Regular Decision | $50 | Optional | On its site |
| SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry | Regular Decision | $50 | Optional | On its site |
| SUNY Stony Brook University | Regular Decision | $50 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Trinity College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Tulane University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Union College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| University of Colorado Boulder | Regular Decision | $70 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Connecticut | Regular Decision | $80 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Delaware | Regular Decision | $75 | Flexible | On its site |
| University of Denver | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $65 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS |
| University of Florida | Regular Decision | $30 | Required | On its site |
| University of Massachusetts Amherst | Regular Decision | $90 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS |
| University of Massachusetts Lowell | Early Action II | $70 | Sometimes | On its site |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | Regular Decision | $85 | Sometimes | On its site |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington | Regular Decision | $80 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| University of Oregon | Regular Decision | $75 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Puget Sound | Regular Decision | $65 | Sometimes | On its site |
| University of Redlands | Regular Decision | $0 | Sometimes | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| University of San Diego | Regular Decision | $75 | Not considered | On its site |
| University of San Francisco | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $70 | Optional | On its site |
| University of St. Thomas (MN) | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Tampa | Regular Decision | $40 | Optional | On its site |
| University of the Pacific | Regular Decision | $55 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Vermont | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Washington Bothell | Regular Decision | $85 | Optional | On its site |
| University of Wisconsin- Madison | Regular Decision | $80 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Vanguard University of Southern California | Early Action II | $90 | Optional | TOEFL, Duolingo |
| Villanova University | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $80 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Virginia Tech | Regular Decision | $70 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Wabash College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Webb Institute | Regular Decision | $70 | Required | TOEFL |
| Westmont College | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS |
| Wheaton College, Massachusetts | Early Decision II, Early Action II | $0 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo, PTE, Cambridge |
| Whitman College | Regular Decision | $60 | Optional | TOEFL, IELTS, Duolingo |
| Whitworth University | Early Action II | $0 | Sometimes | On its site |
| Willamette University | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Wofford College | Early Decision II, Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
| Woodbury University – now University of Redlands, Los Angeles | Regular Decision | $0 | Optional | On its site |
Built from each university's 2026–27 requirements as published on the Common App (updated September 25, 2026). Universities can change them during the season: confirm on the official page before you apply. Download as CSV
Questions
Which rounds close on January 15, 2027?
Regular Decision at 104, Early Decision II at 57, Early Action II at 16, Early Action at 1 and Early Decision at 1.
What time is a January 15 deadline?
Usually 11:59 pm in your own time zone, unless the university says otherwise on its site. Don't wait for the last hour: the portal can slow down on big deadline days.
Which SAT date works for a January 15 deadline?
The last international SAT still open whose scores arrive in time is December 5, 2026 (scores on December 18, 2026, late registration until November 24, 2026).
What must be in by the deadline?
Your application, essays and fee. Recommendations, the school report and official test scores can often arrive a little later, but each university sets its own rule: check it.