COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE UNITED STATES WITH
BINDING EARLY DECISION ADMISSION PLANS
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]
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]
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
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
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
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]
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]
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