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Updated: Monday, November 04, 2024

Colleges with No Application Fees

IvyWise Colleges with No Application Fees

Students must weigh many considerations when compiling their list of best-fit colleges, including application fees. Many universities include a fee that prospective students must pay when submitting their applications unless the student qualifies for fee waivers.

However, there are a number of colleges without an accompanying application fee. The colleges and universities below do not charge an application fee for first-year students — though some do charge a fee for international students. 

Fee-Free Colleges by Region

Northeast: New England (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT)
Bennington College: Bennington, VT $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Champlain College: Burlington, VT $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Clark University: Worcester, MA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Colby College: Waterville, ME $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Colby-Sawyer College: New London, NH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Connecticut College: New London, CT $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Franklin Pierce University: Rindge, NH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Hampshire College: Amherst, MA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Johnson & Wales University-Providence: Providence, RI $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Keene State College: Keene, NH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Mount Holyoke College: South Hadley, MA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
New England Institute of Technology: East Greenwich, RI $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Plymouth State University: Plymouth, NH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Smith College: Northampton, MA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Bridgeport: Bridgeport, CT $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Maine: Orono, ME $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Wellesley College: Wellesley, MA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Worcester, MA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Northeast: Mid-Atlantic (NY, NJ, PA)
Allegheny College: Meadville, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Arcadia University: Glenside, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Bard College: Annandale on Hudson, NY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Bryn Mawr College: Bryn Mawr, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Chatham University: Pittsburgh, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Dickinson College: Carlisle, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Duquesne University: Pittsburgh, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Farleigh Dickinson University: Teaneck, NJ $0 domestic students; $50 international students
La Salle University: Philadelphia, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Saint John’s University: Queens, NY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Sarah Lawrence College: Bronxville, NY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Seton Hill University: Greensburg, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
United States Military Academy – West Point: West Point, NY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Scranton: Scranton, PA $0 domestic students; $50 international students
Ursinus College: Collegeville, PA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
South: South Atlantic (DE, DC, FL, GA, MD, NC, SC, VA, WV)
Agnes Scott College: Decatur, GA $0 domestic students; $30 international students
Barry University: Miami Shores, FL $0 domestic students; $50 international students
Concord University: Athens, WV $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Coppin State University: Baltimore, MD $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Carolina University: Winston-Salem, NC $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Delaware State University: Dover, DE $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Florida Institute of Technology: Melbourne, FL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Goucher College: Baltimore, MD $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Greensboro College: Greensboro, NC $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte: Charlotte, NC $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Keiser University: West Palm Beach, FL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Mary Baldwin University: Staunton, VA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Roanoke College: Salem, VA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
South Carolina State University: Orangeburg, SC $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Spartanburg Methodist College: Spartanburg, SC $0 domestic students; $0 international students
St. John’s College: Annapolis, MD $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Sweet Briar College: Sweet Briar, VA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
The Catholic University of America: Washington, D.C. $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Charleston: Charleston, WV $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of the District of Columbia: Washington, D.C. $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Virginia Military Institute: Lexington, VA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Wesleyan College: Macon, GA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Western Carolina University: Cullowhee, NC $0 domestic students; $0 international students
West Virginia State University: Institute, WV $0 domestic students; $0 international students
South: East South Central (AL, KY, MS, TN)
Asbury University: Wilmore, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Carson-Newman University: Jefferson, TN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Centre College: Danville, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Fisk University: Nashville, TN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Kentucky Wesleyan College: Owensboro, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Millsaps College: Jackson, MS $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Morehead State University: Morehead, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Rhodes College: Memphis, TN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Sewanee – The University of the South: Sewanee, TN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Spalding University: Louisville, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Spring Hill College: Mobile, AL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Thomas More University: Crestview Hills, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Transylvania University: Lexington, KY $0 domestic students; $0 international students
South: West South Central (AK, LA, OK, TX)
Baylor University: Waco, TX $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Centenary College of Lousiana: Shreveport, LA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Hendrix College: Conway, AR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Loyola University New Orleans: New Orleans, LA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Lyon College: Batesville, AR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Oklahoma Baptist University: Shawnee, OK $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Oral Roberts University: Tulsa, OK $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Southwestern University: Georgetown, TX $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Texas A&M University-Commerce: Commerce, TX $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Texas Lutheran University: Seguin, TX $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Trinity University: San Antonio, TX $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Tulane University: New Orleans, LA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Texas at El Paso: El Paso, TX $0 domestic students; $65 international students
Xavier University of Louisiana: New Orleans, LA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
West: Mountain (AZ, CO, ID, NM, MT, UT, NV, WY)
Carroll College: Helena, MT $0 domestic students; $0 international students
College of Idaho: Caldwell, ID $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Colorado College: Colorado Springs, CO $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Metropolitan State University of Denver: Denver, CO $0 domestic students; $0 international students
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: Socorro, NM $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Northwest Nazarene University: Nampa, ID $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Prescott College: Prescott, AZ $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Regis University: Denver, CO $0 domestic students; $0 international students
St. John’s College: Santa Fe, NM $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Nevada-Reno: Reno, NV $0 domestic students; $95 international students
Westminster University: Salt Lake City, UT $0 domestic students; $0 international students
West: Pacific (AK, CA, HI, OR, WA)
Bushnell University: Eugene, OR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Concordia University Irvine: Irvine, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Fresno Pacific University: Fresno, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Lewis & Clark College: Portland, OR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Menlo College: Atherton, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Minerva University: San Francisco, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Northwest University: Kirkland, WA $0 domestic students; $30 international students
Pacific Lutheran University: Tacoma, WA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Pacific University: Forest Grove, OR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Reed College: Portland, OR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Saint Martin’s University: Lacey, WA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
San Francisco Bay University: Fremont, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Simpson University: Redding, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Alaska Fairbanks: Fairbanks, AK $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Portland: Portland, OR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Whittier College: Whittier, CA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Whitworth University: Spokane, WA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Willamette University: Salem, OR $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Midwest: East North Central (IN, IL, MI, OH, WI)
Anderson University: Anderson, IN $0 domestic students; $50 international students
Ashland University: Ashland, OH $0 domestic students; $50 international students
American Academy of Art College: Chicago, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Beloit College: Beloit, WI $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Bradley University: Peoria, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Cleveland State University: Cleveland, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Denison University: Granville, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
DePaul University: Chicago, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
DePauw University: Greencastle, IN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Eastern Illinois University: Charleston, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Holy Cross College: Notre Dame, IN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Illinois Institute of Technology: Chicago, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Illinois Wesleyan University: Bloomington, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Indiana Wesleyan University: Marion, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
John Carroll University: University Heights, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Kalamazoo College: Kalamazoo, MI $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Kenyon College: Gambier, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Lawrence University: Appleton, WI $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Loyola University Chicago: Chicago, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Marquette University: Milwaukee, WI $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Michigan Technological University: Houghton, MI $0 domestic students; $35 international students
Millikin University: Decatur, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Oberlin College (Arts and Sciences only): Oberlin, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Ohio Northern University: Ada, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Ohio Wesleyan University: Delaware, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Dayton: Dayton, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Akron: Akron, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Wheaton College: Wheaton, IL $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Xavier University: Cincinnati, OH $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Midwest: West North Central (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
Augsburg University: Minneapolis, MN $0 domestic students; $100 international students
Bethel University: St. Paul, MN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Carleton College: Northfield, MN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
College of Saint Benedict: St. Joseph, MN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Creighton University: Omaha, NE $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Grinnell College: Grinnell, IA $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Macalester College: St. Paul, MN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Missouri State University: Springfield, MO $0 domestic students; $40 international students
Newman University: Wichita, KS $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Park University: Parkville, MO $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Saint John’s University: Collegeville, MN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
Saint Louis University: St. Louis, MO $0 domestic students; $0 international students
St. Olaf College: Northfield, MN $0 domestic students; $0 international students
University of Sioux Falls: Sioux Falls, SD $0 domestic students; $0 international students

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