List of US Universities with Late Deadlines

While we encourage students to apply early for colleges, all is not lost if you missed them.  There are plenty of colleges with much later deadlines.  In fact, Money Magazine took a look and there are more than 500 colleges whose application deadlines for the fall 2017 academic year fall between Jan. 15 and Aug. 15. And more than 200 colleges take applications on a “rolling” or “space available” basis — which means they take applications until they find enough students to fill their class. MONEY has compiled a list of 50 colleges that rank highly for value and have application deadlines of Jan. 10 or later. See the full list below, organized by due date. Don’t delay too long, though. Admissions experts say students who delay their applications give themselves three major disadvantages: –  Lower admission odds: Many schools, such as Michigan State and Indiana University, accept late applications on a “space available” basis. So late applicants are competing for whatever slots may be left after all of the qualified earlier applicants have been accepted. In practice, marginally qualified students are more likely to be rejected if they apply late. –  Less aid: Federal financial aid is guaranteed as long as you file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before the end of your academic year. But many states and colleges give out aid on a first-come, first-served basis. Purdue, for example, is still accepting applications for admissions on a “space available” basis, but limits its merit aid to those who applied by Nov. 1. So some late applicants are likely to pay higher net prices. –  Fewer major choices: Many rolling admissions and space-available schools say their most popular majors — such as nursing, engineering and computer science — tend to fill up early. At Purdue, for example, engineering spots for fall 2016 filled up by February last year, says Pamela T. Horne, the school’s vice provost for enrollment management. Qualified students who apply after that may be offered admission to less popular programs, such as liberal arts, she says. The risks for late applicants are so serious that Melanie Hall, an AVID teacher and counselor at Texas’s Grand Prairie High School, says she is hounding her students every day now, asking “What the heck are you waiting for?” She motivates procrastinators by asking: “What will you be doing this time next year? Is that going to support the life you want to live?” Name:  Wheaton College Location:  Wheaton, IL Deadline:  Jan. 10 Acceptance Rate (2014):  69% Georgetown University Location:  Washington Deadline:  Jan. 10 Acceptance Rate (2014):  17% University of North Carolina School of the Arts Winston-Salem, NC Jan. 13 43% Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA Jan. 15 73% Wellesley College Wellesley, MA Jan. 15 30% University of Connecticut Storrs, CT Jan. 15 50% University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC Jan. 15 28% University of Delaware Newark, DE Jan. 15 68% University of Georgia Athens, GA Jan. 15 56% Colgate University Hamilton, NY Jan. 15 26% College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA Jan. 15 43% Lafayette College Easton, PA Jan. 15 30% University of Vermont Burlington, VT Jan. 15 73% Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis Jan. 15 17% Union College Schenectady, NY Jan. 15 41% University of Illinois at Chicago Chicago Jan. 16 74% University of Maryland College Park, MD Jan. 20 48% Washington State University Pullman, WA Jan. 31 82% University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI Feb. 1 32% Brigham Young University Provo, UT Feb. 1 47% Virginia Military Institute Lexington, VA Feb. 1 44% University of Wisconsin Madison, WI Feb. 1 57% DePauw University Greencastle, IN Feb. 1 57% Indiana University Bloomington, IN Feb. 1 76% The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ Feb. 1 49% St. Lawrence University Canton, NY Feb. 1 48% McDaniel College Westminster, MD Feb. 1 76% University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI Feb. 1 84% Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ Feb. 1 44% Earlham College Richmond, IN Feb. 15 65% Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA Feb. 15 53% Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME March 1 79% Siena College Loudonville, NY March 15 66% Clemson University Clemson, SC May 1 52% The University of Texas at Dallas Richardson, TX May 1 62% Saint Johns University Collegeville, MN Rolling 79% Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA Rolling 62% College of Saint Benedict Saint Joseph, MN Rolling 82% Purdue University West Lafayette, IN Rolling 59% St. Mary’s University San Antonio, TX Rolling 59% Michigan State University East Lansing, MI Rolling 66% University of Minnesota Minneapolis Rolling 45% Gustavus Adolphus College Saint Peter, MN Rolling 61% Saint Vincent College Latrobe, PA Rolling 72% Bethel University Saint Paul, MN Rolling 95% Molloy College Rockville Centre, NY Rolling 75% Citadel Military College Charleston, SC Rolling 76% Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI Rolling 76% Martin Luther College New Ulm, MN Rolling 97% University of Utah Salt Lake City Rolling 81%