College Discover
by
EssaysThatWorked.com
Find your dream college, safety schools you love, and the perfect colleges for you.
Easily browse 1,000+ top colleges and universities. Filter by location, size, acceptance rate, application requirements, and more.
Weather and climate
🌤 Mild weather
☀️ Warm weather
🌥 Cold weather
☃️ Snowy climate
☔️ Rainy climate
Essays
📝 Requires Common App essay
🚫 Optional Common App essay
📝 Requires supplemental essays
📋 Optional supplemental essays
🚫 No supplemental essays
Campus type
🌆 City campus
🏘 Suburban campus
🏡 Town campus
🧑🌾 Rural campus
Type of school
🏫 Undergraduate school
🎓 Graduate school
📢 Public university
🛩 Private university
💵 For-profit college
🎨 Liberal arts college
💡 Historically Black
💡 Women's College
Diversity
🫶 Very diverse
🫶 More diverse
🫶 Less diverse
Admissions selectivity
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
📉 More selective
📉 Selective
📉 Less selective
📉 Not selective
Gender distribution
🙋♂️🙋♀️ Equal Male-Female Ratio
🙋♂️ Slightly More Men
🙋♂️🙋♂️ More Men
🙋♀️ Slightly More Women
🙋♀️🙋♀️ More Women
Student body size
🙋♂️ Tiny student body
👬 Small student body
👨👩👦 Medium student body
👨👩👧👦 Large student body
👨👩👧👦 Huge student body
Calendar system
🌗 Quarter system
🌕 Semester system
Housing
🥇 First-Year Students Live On-Campus
School resources
🩺 Medical School
🏥 Hospital
Standardized tests
📗 Tests never required
📙 Tests sometimes required
📘 Tests flexible
📕 Tests always required
📗 Test blind
Arts
🎨 Arts supplements
Fees
🤑 No application fee
💵 Small application fee
💵 Medium application fee
💸 Expensive application fee
Graduation rate
🧑🎓 Virtually all students graduate
🧑🎓 Most students graduate
🧑🎓 Many students graduate
Yield rate
😍 Very high yield
🥰 High yield
😊 Medium yield
Class size
👨🏫🧑🎓 Low student-faculty ratio
👨🏫🧑🎓 Medium student-faculty ratio
👨🏫🧑🎓 High student-faculty ratio
Clubs and organizations
🪖 ROTC
Religious affiliation
✡️ Jewish Affiliation
✝️ Baptist Affiliation
✝️ Presbyterian Affiliation
✝️ Roman Catholic Affiliation
✝️ United Methodist Affiliation
❌ No Religious Affiliation
Application
🌱 First-Year Spring
📆 Early Decision
📆 Early Action
📆 Early Decision II
📆 Early Action II
📆 Restrictive Early Action
📆 Regular Decision
🗓 Rolling Admission
Letters of recommendation
🧑🏫 Counselor evaluation required
👩🏫 Teacher evaluation required
❌ No counselor evaluation
❌ No teacher evaluation
Show results
Popular filters
+
🌥 Cold weather
🌤 Mild weather
☀️ Warm weather
☃️ Snowy climate
☔️ Rainy climate
🌗 Quarter system
🌕 Semester system
👬 Small student body
👨👩👦 Medium student body
👨👩👧👦 Large student body
📆 Early Decision
📆 Early Action
📆 Restrictive Early Action
🗓 Rolling Admission
📝 Requires Common App essay
🚫 Optional Common App essay
📝 Requires supplemental essays
📋 Optional supplemental essays
🚫 No supplemental essays
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
📉 More selective
📉 Selective
📉 Less selective
📉 Not selective
🌆 City campus
🏘 Suburban campus
🏡 Town campus
🧑🌾 Rural campus
📗 Tests never required
📙 Tests sometimes required
📘 Tests flexible
📕 Tests always required
📗 Test blind
📢 Public university
🛩 Private university
🎨 Liberal arts college
🤑 No application fee
Show all filters
🚫 Optional Common App essay
🚫 No supplemental essays
📗 Tests never required
📗 Test blind
📉 Most selective
📉 Very selective
🤑 No application fee
✕
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, Maine
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 941 Students
📢 Public university
🧑🌾 Distant Rural Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ❌ No
💵 For-profit college: ✅ Yes
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
1
✅ Common App Essay
📘 Test-Flexible
Maine Maritime Academy
📍 Castine, Maine
🌥 Cold Weather
(44.1º F)
📈 52.1% admitted
✕
Carleton College
Northfield, Minnesota
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,940 Students
🛩 Private university
🏡 Distant Town Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
2
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Carleton College
📍 Northfield, Minnesota
🌥 Cold Weather
(44.5º F)
📈 21.2% admitted
✕
Goucher College
Baltimore, Maryland
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 2,015 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
3
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Goucher College
📍 Baltimore, Maryland
🌤 Mild Weather
(56.0º F)
📈 79.4% admitted
✕
Colgate University
Hamilton, New York
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 3,054 Students
🛩 Private university
🏡 Distant Town Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
4
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Colgate University
📍 Hamilton, New York
🌥 Cold Weather
(44.3º F)
📈 27.5% admitted
✕
Centenary College of Louisiana
Shreveport, Louisiana
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 563 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Midsized City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ✝️ United Methodist
5
✅ Common App Essay
📘 Test-Flexible
Centenary College of Louisiana
📍 Shreveport, Louisiana
☀️ Warm Weather
(66.6º F)
📈 63.7% admitted
✕
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,264 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
6
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Claremont McKenna College
📍 Claremont, California
☀️ Warm Weather
(65.0º F)
📈 13.3% admitted
✕
Randolph College
Lynchburg, Virginia
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 566 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
7
❌ No Common App Essay
📙 Tests Sometimes Required
Randolph College
📍 Lynchburg, Virginia
🌤 Mild Weather
(55.2º F)
📈 89.7% admitted
✕
Stanford University
Stanford, California
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 15,953 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
8
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Stanford University
📍 Stanford, California
🌤 Mild Weather
(58.5º F)
📈 5.2% admitted
✕
Connecticut College
New London, Connecticut
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,737 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
9
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Connecticut College
📍 New London, Connecticut
🌤 Mild Weather
(52.3º F)
📈 37.7% admitted
✕
Barnard College
New York, New York
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 2,744 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Large City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ✅ Yes
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ✅ Yes
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
10
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Barnard College
📍 New York, New York
🌤 Mild Weather
(55.8º F)
✕
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 7,853 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Small City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
11
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Princeton University
📍 Princeton, New Jersey
🌤 Mild Weather
(54.1º F)
📈 5.6% admitted
✕
Davidson College
Davidson, North Carolina
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,983 Students
🛩 Private university
🏘 Large Suburban Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ❌ No
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ✝️ Presbyterian
12
✅ Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Davidson College
📍 Davidson, North Carolina
🌤 Mild Weather
(57.4º F)
📈 20.0% admitted
✕
The New School
New York, New York
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 9,047 Students
🛩 Private university
🌆 Large City Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
13
❌ No Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
The New School
📍 New York, New York
🌤 Mild Weather
(55.8º F)
📈 69.1% admitted
✕
Marietta College
Marietta, Ohio
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,254 Students
🛩 Private university
🏡 Fringe Town Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ✅ Yes
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ❌ No Religious Affiliation
14
❌ No Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Marietta College
📍 Marietta, Ohio
🌥 Cold Weather
(51.5º F)
📈 73.9% admitted
✕
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
🗂 Overview
📚 Academics
🔑 Admissions
🏫 Campus
🔍 Majors
👨👩👦 Student Body
🙋♂️ 1,099 Students
🛩 Private university
🧑🌾 Fringe Rural Campus
Type of School
🏫 Undergraduate School: ✅ Yes
🎓 Graduate School: ✅ Yes
🎨 Liberal Arts College: ❌ No
🛩 Private university: ✅ Yes
💵 For-profit college: ❌ No
Application
Accepts Transfer Students: ✅ Yes
Accepts First-Year Spring: ❌ No
Special Interest
🙎♀️ Women's College: ❌ No
💡 Historically Black College/University: ❌ No
Religious Affiliation: ✝️ Roman Catholic
15
❌ No Common App Essay
📗 Test-Blind
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
📍 Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
🌤 Mild Weather
(55.5º F)
📈 71.2% admitted