Complete List: Colleges With No Application Fee in the US
Fortunately, many schools, even ones that have very high application fees, offer waivers to students with financial need. If you want to avoid paying hundreds of dollars in application fees or going through the process of obtaining a fee waiver, you should consider applying to some of the schools with free applications.
Alabama
Auburn University at Montgomery
http://www.aum.edu/
http://www.huntingdon.edu/
https://www.miles.edu/
Spring Hill College
http://www.shc.edu/
Alaska
Alaska Pacific University
http://www.alaskapacific.edu/
Arizona
Williams Baptist College
http://www.wbcoll.edu/
Arkansas
http://www.atu.edu/
http://www.hsu.edu/
https://www.hendrix.edu/
https://web.saumag.edu/
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
https://www.uapb.edu/
California
https://www.brandman.edu/
http://www.cc-sd.edu/
http://www.deepsprings.edu/
Dominican University of California
http://www.dominican.edu/
Holy Names University ($20 fee for paper application)
https://www.hnu.edu/
http://lasierra.edu/
http://nw.edu/
Notre Dame de Namur University
http://www.ndnu.edu/
https://www.puc.edu/
http://www.pacific.edu/
Thomas Aquinas College
http://www.thomasaquinas.edu/
Colorado
http://coloradomtn.edu/
Johnson & Wales University - Denver
http://www.jwu.edu/content.aspx?id=58486
http://www.regis.edu/
US Air Force Academy
http://www.usafa.af.mil/
Connecticut
http://www.uscga.edu/
University of Hartford ($35 fee for paper application)
http://www.hartford.edu/
Mitchell College ($30 fee for paper application)
http://www.mitchell.edu/
University of Saint Joseph ($30 fee for paper application)
http://www.usj.edu/
Delaware
http://www.wesley.edu/
Florida
https://www.avemaria.edu/
https://www.fgc.edu/
Florida Institute of Technology
https://www.fit.edu/
https://www.irsc.edu/
Johnson & Wales University - North Miami
http://www.jwu.edu/northmiami/
http://www.polk.edu/
https://www.saintleo.edu/
Santa Fe College
http://www.sfcollege.edu/
Georgia
http://www.agnesscott.edu/
https://www.abac.edu/
http://www.berry.edu/
https://oglethorpe.edu/
https://www.piedmont.edu/
http://www.savannahstate.edu/
Wesleyan College ($30 fee for paper application)
http://www.wesleyancollege.edu/
Idaho
College of Southern Idaho ($10 fee for paper application)
http://www.csi.edu/
College of Idaho
https://www.collegeofidaho.edu/
Illinois
http://www.augustana.edu/
http://www.aurora.edu/
http://www.bradley.edu/
http://www.elmhurst.edu/
http://www.eureka.edu/
https://www.greenville.edu/
http://www.ic.edu/
Illinois Institute of Technology
http://web.iit.edu/
https://www.iwu.edu/
https://www.lakeforest.edu/
http://www.luc.edu/
https://www.mckendree.edu/
https://www.millikin.edu/
http://www.monmouthcollege.edu/
http://www.rockford.edu/
http://www.staugustine.edu/
University of St. Francis
http://www.stfrancis.edu/
Indiana
http://www.anderson.edu/
https://www.ancilla.edu/
https://www.butler.edu/
http://www.ccsj.edu/
http://www.depauw.edu/
http://www.earlham.edu/
http://www.franklincollege.edu/
Grace College ($30 fee for paper application)
Manchester University ($25 fee for paper application)
Purdue University-North Central
Iowa
Buena Vista University
Central College
Coe College
Cornell College ($30 fee for paper application)
Drake University
Graceland University
Grand View University
Grinnell College
Iowa Wesleyan College
Loras College
Luther College
Morningside College
Mount Mercy University
Northwestern College
Simpson College
St. Ambrose University
Upper Iowa University
Wartburg College
Kansas
Baker University
Barclay College
Bethany College
MidAmerica Nazarene University
Sterling College
Kentucky
Alice Lloyd College https://www.alc.edu/admissions/apply/
Asbury University
Berea College
Centre College
Lindsey Wilson College
University of Pikeville
Thomas More College
Transylvania University
Louisiana
Centenary College
Loyola University New Orleans
Tulane University
Maine
Colby College
St. Joseph's College
Unity College
Maryland
Capitol Technology University ($25 fee for paper application)
Hood College
St. John's College
Stevenson University ($40 fee for paper application)
US Naval Academy
Washington Adventist University
Massachusetts
Bay Path College
Becker College
Eastern Nazarene College
Emmanuel College ($60 fee for paper application)
Fisher College ($50 fee for paper application)
Hampshire College
Lasell College ($40 fee for paper application)
Lesley University
MCPHS University
Merrimack College
Mount Holyoke College ($60 fee for paper application)
Nichols College
Simmons College
Smith College
Wellesley College
Michigan
Adrian College http://adrian.edu/admissions/financial-aid/
Albion College
Alma College
Aquinas College
Calvin College
College for Creative Studies ($10 fee to upload portfolio samples for application)
Concordia University
University of Detroit Mercy
Ferris State University
Finlandia University
Hillsdale College ($30 fee for paper application)
Kalamazoo College
Kettering University
Madonna University
Michigan Technological University
Northwood University
Oakland University
Olivet College
Siena Heights University
Minnesota
Augsburg College
Bethany Lutheran College
Bethel University
Carleton College
College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University
Concordia College
Gustavus Adolphus College
Hamline University
Metropolitan State University
Saint John's University
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
St. Catherine University
St. Olaf College
College of St. Scholastica
University of St. Thomas
Mississippi
Alcorn State University
Jackson State University
Millsaps College
Mississippi University for Women
Mississippi Valley State University
Rust College ($10 fee for paper application)
Missouri
Avila University
College of the Ozarks
Culver-Stockton College
Drury University
Fontbonne University
Maryville University of St. Louis
Northwest Missouri State University
Ranken Technical College
Rockhurst University
Saint Louis University
Stephens College
Truman State University
Westminster College
William Jewell College
William Woods University
Montana
Carroll College ($35 fee for paper application)
University of Great Falls
Salish Kootenai College
Nebraska
Chadron State College
Concordia University-Nebraska
Creighton University
Doane College-Crete
Hastings College
Midland University
Nebraska Wesleyan University
Peru State College
Union College
Wayne State College
Nevada
New Hampshire
Colby-Sawyer College ($40 fee for paper applications)
Granite State College
New England College
New Jersey
College of Saint Elizabeth
Saint Peter's University
New Mexico
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus
Navajo Technical University
Northern New Mexico College
St. John's College
New York
Canisius College
Cazenovia College
Clarkson University ($50 fee for paper applications)
Colgate University (free for non-US citizens only)
D'Youville College
Daemen College ($25 for paper applications)
Davis College
Hartwick College
Hilbert College
Hobart & William Smith Colleges
Keuka College
Le Moyne College ($35 fee for paper applications)
Medaille College
College of Mount Saint Vincent
Mount Saint Mary College
Nazareth College
Niagara University
Roberts Wesleyan College
Sage College of Albany
St. Bonaventure University
St. John's University
College of New Rochelle/Mercy College
College of St. Rose
Touro College
US Merchant Marine Academy
US Military Academy (West Point)
North Carolina
Barton College
Belmont Abbey College
Catawba College
Guilford College
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte
University of Mount Olive
Queens University of Charlotte
Salem College
Warren Wilson College
North Dakota
Ohio
Ashland University
Baldwin Wallace University
Chatfield College ($10 fee for paper application)
College of Wooster
University of Dayton
Defiance College ($25 fee for paper application)
Denison University ($40 fee for paper application)
University of Findlay
Franciscan University of Steubenville
Franklin University
Hiram College
John Carroll University
Kenyon College
Lake Erie College
University of Mount Union
Notre Dame College
Oberlin College
Ohio Northern University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Shawnee State University
University of Rio Grande
Ursuline College
Wilmington College
Wittenberg University
Xavier University
Oklahoma
Oklahoma Baptist University
Oklahoma Wesleyan University
Oregon
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield College-McMinnville Campus
Northwest Christian University
Reed College
Pennsylvania
Albright College
Allegheny College
Arcadia University
Bryn Mawr College ($50 fee for paper application)
Carlow University ($20 fee for paper application)
Cedar Crest College ($35 fee for paper application)
Central Pennsylvania College
Chatham University
Delaware Valley College
Duquesne University
Elizabethtown College ($30 fee for paper application)
Gannon University ($25 for paper application)
Gwynedd Mercy University ($25 for paper application)
Immaculata University
Juniata College
King's College ($30 fee for paper application)
La Roche College
La Salle University
Lebanon Valley College
Lincoln University of Pennsylvania
Lycoming College
Marywood University ($35 fee for paper application)
Mercyhurst University
Moravian College
Neumann University
Point Park University
Robert Morris University
Rosemont College
Saint Francis University
University of Scranton
University of the Sciences ($45 fee for paper application)
Susquehanna University
Ursinus College
Washington & Jefferson College ($25 fee for paper application)
Westminster College
Wilson College
Rhode Island
Johnson & Wales University - Providence
South Carolina
Allen University ($25 fee for paper application)
Coker College
Columbia College
Converse College
Limestone College
Presbyterian College
South Dakota
Augustana College
University of Sioux Falls ($25 fee for paper application)
Tennessee
Freed-Hardeman University
Lane College
Martin Methodist College
Maryville College
Rhodes College
Sewanee: The University of the South
Tusculum College
Texas
Austin College
Baylor University
Hardin-Simmons University
Houston Baptist University
Howard Payne University
LeTourneau University
Saint Edward's University ($50 fee waived for those who apply by Dec. 1)
Southwestern Adventist University
Southwestern University
St. Mary's University
University of St. Thomas
University of Houston-Victoria
University of Texas-El Paso
University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley
Texas Wesleyan University
Trinity University ($50 fee for paper application)
Utah
Stevens-Henager College - Murray
Vermont
Virginia
Averett University
Bridgewater College
Christendom College ($25 fee for paper application)
Emory & Henry College
Hampden-Sydney College ($30 fee for paper application)
Hollins University
Liberty University
Lynchburg College ($30 fee for paper application)
Randolph-Macon College ($30 fee for paper application)
Randolph College
Roanoke College
Sweet Briar College
Washington
Olympic College
Pacific Lutheran University
Saint Martin's University
Whitworth University
West Virginia
Alderson Broaddus University
Bethany College
Bluefield State College
Concord University
Davis & Elkins College
West Liberty University
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Wheeling Jesuit University
Wisconsin
Alverno College
Beloit College
Cardinal Stritch University
Carroll University
Lakeland College
Marquette University
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Mount Mary University
Northland College
St. Norbert College
Wisconsin Lutheran College
