U.S. Colleges With Binding Early Decision Plans

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

(cross referenced with those with Early Action plans)

[dates are in US format with month first, then day]

[last modified July 20, 2024]

CALIFORNIA

          Chapman University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Claremont McKenna College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-10)]

            Harvey Mudd College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

            Loyola Marymount University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-8)

and an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Occidental College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-10)]

            Pitzer College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

            Pomona College (11-8) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-8)]

            Santa Clara University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-7) and

                                                                        Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Scripps College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-8)]

            University of San Francisco (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and

an Early Action plan (11-1)]

COLORADO

          Colorado College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Regis University (10-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            University of Denver (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

CONNECTICUT

          Connecticut College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

          Fairfield University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Quinnipiac University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Sacred Heart University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

Trinity College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-17)]

            University of New Haven (12-1) [also supports an Early Action

plan (12-1) and an EA2 plan (2-15)]

            Wesleyan University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

            American University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Catholic University of America (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-1)

and an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            George Washington University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

Howard University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

FLORIDA

          Flagler College (11-1)

            Florida Southern College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Nova Southeastern University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

                                                                                                plan (11-1)]

            Rollins College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

            Stetson University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

University of Miami (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-6) and an

 Early Action plan (11-1)]

            University of Tampa (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

GEORGIA

          Agnes Scott College (11-11) [also supports an EA2 plan (1-16) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

Emory University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

Morehouse College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-15)]

            Oxford College of Emory University (11-1) [also supports an

ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Spelman College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

ILLINOIS

            Augustana College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Illinois Institute of Technology (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

                                                                                                plan (11-15)]

            Knox College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1) and

an EA2 plan (12-1)]

Lake Forest College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15), an Early

Action plan (11-1) and an EA2 plan (1-15)]

            Northwestern University (11-1)

            University of Chicago (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-6) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

INDIANA

            Butler University (11-1 for nursing applicants only) [also supports

                                                            an Early Action plan (11-1)]

DePauw University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (12-15), an Early

Action plan (11-1) and an EA2 plan (12-15)]

            Saint Mary’s College (11-15)

            Wabash College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

IOWA

          Coe College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-10)]

            Grinnell College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

KENTUCKY

            Centre College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an                                                                                              Early Action plan (11-15)]

LOUISIANA

          Tulane University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-16) and an                                                                                          Early Action plan (11-15)]

MAINE

          Bates College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-10)]

            Bowdoin College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-6)]

            Colby College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2)]

            College of the Atlantic (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and

an Early Action plan (12-1)]

MARYLAND

            Johns Hopkins University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2)]

            Loyola University Maryland (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)

                                                                        and an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            McDaniel College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

Saint John’s College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Saint Mary’s College of Maryland (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

                                                                                                plan (11-1)]

Salisbury University (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Washington College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

MASSACHUSETTS

          Amherst College (11-8)

            Assumption University (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)

                                                                                    and an EA2 plan (12-15)]

            Babson College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

Bentley University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

Boston College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2)]

            Boston University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-4)]

            Brandeis University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2)]

            Clark University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

            College of the Holy Cross (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Emerson College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-3) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Emmanuel College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)

                                                                        and an EA2 plan (12-15)]

Hampshire College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1) and an

                                                            Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Merrimack College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Mount Holyoke College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-3)]

            Northeastern University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Smith College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Springfield College (12-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Stonehill College (12-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-1), an Early

Action plan (11-1) and an EA2 plan (1-15)]

            Tufts University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-4)]

            Wellesley College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Wheaton College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Williams College (11-15)

            Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan

                                    (1-5), an Early Action plan (11-1) and an EA2 plan (1-5)]

MICHIGAN

          Hillsdale College (11-1)

            Kalamazoo College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

MINNESOTA

          Carleton College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Macalester College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1) and an

                                                                        Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Saint Olaf College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

MISSOURI

            Saint Louis University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-16)

                                                                        and an Early Action plan (12-1)]

Washington University in Saint Louis (11-1) [also supports an

                                                                                                ED 2 plan (1-2)]

NEW HAMPSHIRE

          Dartmouth College (11-1)

            Saint Anselm College (12-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

NEW JERSEY

Drew University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Monmouth University (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Ramapo College of New Jersey (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

                                                                                                plan (12-15)]

            Stevens Institute of Technology (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)

and an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            The College of New Jersey (11-1)

NEW MEXICO

            Saint John’s College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

NEW YORK

          Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (11-1) [also supports an

                                                                                                Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Alfred University (12-1)

            Bard College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Barnard College (11-1)

            Clarkson University (12-1)

            Colgate University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Columbia University (11-1)

            Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art (11-1) [School of

Engineering] or (12-1) [Schools of Art and Architecture]

            Cornell University (11-1)

            Fordham University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Hamilton College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-6)]

            Hobart and William Smith Colleges (11-15) [also supports an ED 2

plan (1-15) and an Early Action plan (11-15)]

Iona College (12-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-15 and an

EA2 plan (1-15)]

            Ithaca College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-15)]

            Jewish Theological Seminary of America, List College Joint Program with

              General Studies at Columbia (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)

and an Early Action plan (1-1)]

            Jewish Theological Seminary of America, List College Double Degree

                        Program with Barnard College (11-1)

            Long Island University Brooklyn (12-15) [also supports an Early

                                                                                                Action plan (11-15)]

            Long Island University Post (12-15) [also supports an Early

                                                                                                            Action plan (11-15)]

            Manhattan College (11-15)

            Marist College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-15) and an

                                                            Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Nazareth University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            New York University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Pace University, New York City (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

                                    plan (11-15) and an EA2 plan (12-1)]

            Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-3)

            an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Rochester Institute of Technology (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)

and an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Saint John Fisher College (12-1)

            Saint Lawrence University (apply after 11-1 and by 2-1) [also supports                                                                                         an Early Action plan (12-2)]

Sarah Lawrence College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

Siena College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)

and an EA2 plan (1-15)]

            Skidmore College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-8)]

            SUNY Maritime College (11-1)

            Syracuse University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

            Union College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            University of Rochester (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

Utica College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)

and an EA2 plan (12-15)]

            Vassar College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Webb Institute (of Naval Architecture) (10-16)

            Yeshiva University (11-1) [for Honors applicants only]

NORTH CAROLINA

            Davidson College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-6)]

            Duke University (11-4)

          Elon University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Guilford College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            High Point University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)

            Meredith College (10-30) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

Queens University of Charlotte (11-15) [also supports an Early Action             

plan (11-15) and an EA2 plan (1-18)]

            Wake Forest University (11-15) [this is a rolling ED plan—decisions will be

made as applications received up until deadline; also supports an Early Action for first-generation applicants only (11-15)]

            Warren Wilson College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

OHIO

            Antioch College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2)]

Case Western Reserve University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)

and an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            College of Wooster (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-30)]

            Denison University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Kenyon College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Miami University of Ohio (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)

and an EA2 plan (12-1)]

Oberlin College and Conservatory (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-2)

College applicants only; NO ED for Conservatory applicants]

Ohio Wesleyan University (11-15) [also supports an Early

Action plan (12-1)]

            Wittenberg University (11-11) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

OKLAHOMA

          University of Tulsa (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1) and

                                                                                    an EA2 plan (2-1)]

OREGON

          Lewis and Clark College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

Reed College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (12-20) and an Early

Action plan (11-1)]

            Willamette University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

PENNSYLVANIA

          Allegheny College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1) and

an EA2 plan (2-1)]

            Bryn Mawr College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Bucknell University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

Carnegie Mellon University (11-1)

          Dickinson College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Drexel University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Franklin and Marshall College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-6)]

            Gettysburg College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Grove City College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (12-1)]

            Haverford College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

            Juniata College (11-15) [also supports an EA plan (12-1) and an

EA2 plan (1-15)]

            Lafayette College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)]

            Lehigh University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

            Lycoming College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Muhlenberg College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-15) and an

Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Saint Joseph’s University (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Susquehanna University (11-15) [also supports an Early Action

 plan (11-1) and an EA2 plan (12-1)]

            Swarthmore College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-4)]

            University of Pennsylvania (11-1)

            Ursinus College (12-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Villanova University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Washington and Jefferson College (12-15) [also supports an Early Action

plan (1-15)]

Westminster College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

Wilkes University (11-15)

York College of Pennsylvania (11-1)

RHODE ISLAND

          Brown University (11-1)

Bryant University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

Providence College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Rhode Island School of Design (11-1)

            Salve Regina University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)

                                                                        and an EA2 plan (1-5)]

SOUTH CAROLINA

            Coastal Carolina University (10-15) [also supports an Early Action

                                                                                                plan (11-15)]

            College of Charleston (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and

an Early Action plan (11-1)]

Furman University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Wofford College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 (1-15) plan and an

Early Action plan (11-15)]

TENNESSEE

            Rhodes College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

                                                                                    Early Action plan (11-15)]

Sewanee: The University of The South (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan  

(1-15) and an Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Vanderbilt University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

TEXAS

            Baylor University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

          Rice University (11-1)

            Southern Methodist University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15)

and an Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Southwestern University (11-5) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-3)]

Texas Christian University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            Trinity University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (2-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

VERMONT

          Bennington College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-15) and an

Early Action plan (12-1)]

            Champlain College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-15)]

            Middlebury College (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-3)]

Sterling College (11-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (12-15)

and an EA2 plan (1-15)]

            University of Vermont (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

VIRGINIA

Christopher Newport University (11-15) [also supports an Early Action

plan (12-1)]

            College of William and Mary (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-5)]

Hampden-Sydney College (11-1) [also an Early Action plan (10-15) and

an EA2 plan (12-1)]

            Hollins University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

            Longwood University (11-2) (for nursing applicants ONLY) [also supports

                                    an Early Action plan for all applicants (12-1)]

            Randolph-Macon College (11-15) [also supports an Early

                                                                                    Action plan (10-17)]

            Roanoke College (10-15) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)

                                                                                    and an EA2 plan (12-15)]

            Sweet Briar College (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-15)]

University of Lynchburg (11-15)

            University of Mary Washington (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

                                                                                                plan (11-15)]

            University of Richmond (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1) and an

Early Action plan (11-1)]

            University of Virginia (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)]

Virginia Military Institute (11-15)

            Washington and Lee University (11-1) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-1)]

WASHINGTON

          University of Puget Sound (11-1) [also supports an Early Action

plan (11-1)]

            Whitman College (11-15) [also supports an ED2 plan (1-10)]

WISCONSIN

            Lawrence University (11-1) [also supports an Early Action plan (11-1)

                                                                        and an EA2 plan (12-1)]

This list was compiled by Cigus Vanni, longtime NACAC member (that’s a kind way of describing “really old”) of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania Associations for College Admission Counseling and former member of the NACAC Professional Development Committee (2007-2010). Sources consulted included Big Future by the College Board; the National Center for Education Statistics; the admissions requirement grid of the Common Application; individual college websites; the College Board Common Data Set; and various college admissions offices on websites and by telephone (telephone—how quaint!).  As is the case with all aspects of college admission, use lists as guides and be certain to double check with individual admissions offices. If you become aware of any inaccuracies or omissions, please contact me and I will amend and republish the list

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