U.S. COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES WITH BINDING EARLY DECISION ADMISSION PLANS [last modified July 20, 2014 at 11:00 AM] ARIZONA Prescott College CALIFORNIA Biola University [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo Claremont McKenna College [also supports an ED II plan] Harvey Mudd College [also supports an ED II plan] Occidental College [also supports an ED II plan] Pitzer College Pomona College [also supports an ED II plan] Santa Clara University [also supports an Early Action plan] Scripps College [also supports an ED II plan] University of San Francisco [also supports an Early Action plan] COLORADO Colorado College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] CONNECTICUT Connecticut College [also supports an ED II plan] Fairfield University [also supports an Early Action plan] Mitchell College Quinnipiac University Sacred Heart University Trinity College [also supports an ED II plan] Wesleyan University [also supports an ED II plan] DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA American University [also supports an ED II plan] George Washington University [also supports an ED II plan] FLORIDA Flagler College Florida Southern College Rollins College [also supports an ED II plan] Stetson University University of Miami [also supports an Early Action plan] College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 1 of 7
GEORGIA Emory University [also supports an ED II plan] Georgia Southwestern State University Morehouse College [also supports an Early Action plan] Oxford College of Emory University [also supports an ED II plan] Spelman College [also supports an Early Action plan] Wesleyan College [also supports an ED II plan] ILLINOIS Lake Forest College [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] Moody Bible Institute Northwestern University Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences INDIANA DePauw University [also supports an Early Action plan] Earlham College [also supports an Early Action plan] Saint Mary s College Wabash College [also supports an Early Action plan] IOWA Cornell College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Grinnell College [also supports an ED II plan] KENTUCKY Centre College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Georgetown College [also supports an Early Action plan] MAINE Bates College [also supports an ED II plan] Bowdoin College [also supports an ED II plan] Colby College [also supports an ED II plan] College of the Atlantic [also supports an ED II plan] Maine Maritime Academy MARYLAND Goucher College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Hood College [also supports an Early Action plan] Johns Hopkins University Maryland Institute College of Art Saint Mary s College of Maryland [also supports an ED II plan] Salisbury University [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 2 of 7
University of Baltimore Washington College [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] MASSACHUSETTS Amherst College Babson College [also supports an Early Action plan] Bentley University [also supports an Early Action plan] Boston University Brandeis University [also supports an ED II plan] College of the Holy Cross Gordon College [also supports an Early Action plan] Hampshire College [also supports an Early Acton plan and an ED II plan] Merrimack College [also supports an Early Action plan] Mount Holyoke College [also supports an ED II plan] Northeastern University [also supports an Early Action plan] Smith College [also supports an ED II plan] Springfield College Stonehill College [also supports an Early Action plan] Tufts University [also supports an ED II plan] Wellesley College Wheaton College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Williams College MICHIGAN Hillsdale College [also supports an Early Action plan] Kalamazoo College [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] MINNESOTA Carleton College [also supports an ED II plan] Macalester College [also supports an ED II plan] Saint Olaf College [also supports an ED II plan] MISSISSIPPI Mississippi College MISSOURI Cox College Stephens College [also supports an Early Action plan] Washington University in Saint Louis NEW HAMPSHIRE Dartmouth College College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 3 of 7
NEW JERSEY Drew University [also supports an ED II plan] Stevens Institute of Technology [also supports an ED II plan] The College of New Jersey NEW YORK Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Alfred University Barnard College Clarkson University Colgate University [also supports an ED II plan] College of New Rochelle Columbia University Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Cornell University Elmira College [also supports an ED II plan] Eugene Lang College [also supports an ED II plan] Five Towns College [also supports an ED II plan] Hamilton College [also supports an ED II plan] Hartwick College Hobart and William Smith Colleges [also supports an ED II plan] Ithaca College [also supports an Early Action plan] Jewish Theological Seminary of America [also supports an ED II plan] Manhattan College Manhattanville College Maria College Marist College [also supports an Early Action plan] Nazareth College [also supports an Early Action plan] New York University [also supports an ED II plan] Polytechnic Institute of New York University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute [also supports an ED II plan] Rochester Institute of Technology Saint John Fisher College Saint Lawrence University Sarah Lawrence College [also supports an ED II plan] Siena College [also supports an Early Action plan] Skidmore College [also supports an ED II plan] State University of New York (SUNY) College at Buffalo SUNY College at Fredonia SUNY College at Geneseo SUNY College at Old Westbury SUNY College at Oswego SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry SUNY Maritime College SUNY University at Buffalo College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 4 of 7
Syracuse University Union College [also supports an ED II plan] University of Rochester Vassar College [also supports an ED II plan] Wagner College Webb Institute of Naval Architecture Wells College [also supports an Early Action plan] NORTH CAROLINA Davidson College [also supports an ED II plan] Duke University Elon University [also supports an Early Action plan] High Point University [also supports an Early Action plan] Meredith College Piedmont International University [also supports an Early Action plan] Wake Forest University Warren Wilson College OHIO Case Western Reserve University [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] College of Wooster [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] Denison University [also supports an ED II plan] Kenyon College [also supports an ED II plan] Miami University of Ohio [also supports an Early Action plan] Oberlin College and Conservatory [also supports an ED II plan] Ohio Wesleyan University [also supports an Early Action plan] Wittenberg University [also supports an Early Action plan] OREGON Reed College [also supports an ED II plan] PENNSYLVANIA Allegheny College [also supports an ED II plan] Bryn Mawr College [also supports an ED II plan] Bucknell University [also supports an ED II plan] Carnegie Mellon University [also supports an ED II plan] Dickinson College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Duquesne University [also supports an Early Action plan] Franklin and Marshall College [also supports an ED II plan] Gettysburg College [also supports an ED II plan] Grove City College Haverford College Juniata College [also supports an ED II plan] Lafayette College [also supports an ED II plan] College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 5 of 7
Lehigh University [also supports an ED II plan] Moravian College [also supports an ED II plan] Muhlenberg College Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Susquehanna University [also supports a restrictive Early Action plan] Swarthmore College [also supports an ED II plan] University of Pennsylvania Ursinus College [also supports an Early Action plan] Washington and Jefferson College [also supports an Early Action plan] PUERTO RICO University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo RHODE ISLAND Brown University Bryant University [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Providence College [also supports an Early Action plan] Rhode Island School of Design SOUTH CAROLINA Furman University [also supports an Early Action plan] Presbyterian College [also supports an Early Action plan] Wofford College [also supports an Early Action plan] TENNESSEE Rhodes College [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] University of The South [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] Vanderbilt University [also supports an ED II plan] TEXAS Rice University Southern Methodist University [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] Texas Christian University [also supports an Early Action plan] Trinity University [also supports an ED II plan and an Early Action plan] VERMONT Bennington College [also supports an Early Action plan and an ED II plan] Champlain College [also supports an ED II plan] Marlboro College [also supports an Early Action plan] Middlebury College [also supports an ED II plan] College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 6 of 7
VIRGINIA Christopher Newport University [also supports an Early Action plan] College of William and Mary Hampden-Sydney College [also supports an Early Action plan] Hollins University [also supports an Early Action plan] Lynchburg College Roanoke College University of Richmond [also supports an ED II plan] Virginia Intermont College Virginia Military Institute Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) Washington and Lee University [also supports an ED II plan] WASHINGTON University of Puget Sound [also supports an ED II plan] Whitman College [also supports an ED II plan] WISCONSIN Beloit College [also supports an Early Action plan] Lawrence University [also supports an Early Action plan] This list was compiled by Cigus Vanni, a member of the New Jersey Association for College Admission Counseling Executive Board and former member of the NACAC Professional Development Committee (2007-2010). Sources consulted included The College Handbook, 2015 by the College Board; individual college websites; the College Board Common Data Set; and various college admissions offices by telephone. As is the case with all aspects of college admission, use lists as guides and be certain to double check with individual admissions offices. College EARLY DECISION plans 2014 Page 7 of 7