Which Colleges Accept the Coalition Application (AKA CAAS)?

Chances are, if you’re a high school senior applying to college this fall, you’ve heard about the Coalition Application, also known by its acronym, CAAS (the Coalition for Access, Affordability, and Success). The Coalition is a group of over 90 member schools committed to making college accessible and affordable for all students, regardless of their socioeconomic background.

All Coalition member colleges have demonstrated a significant commitment to making the process of paying for colleges a lot less painful for families. All affiliated public colleges offer relatively affordable tuition, as well as need-based aid for in-state students. Affiliated private colleges meet 100% of admitted students’ demonstrated financial need.

In many ways the Coalition Application and the Common Application are similar; both platforms ask for general demographic information, both have a set of essay prompts from which every applicant must respond to one, and both allow you to apply to multiple colleges with ease by requiring you to fill out all your basic information only once.

They do differ in some ways, however. One of the Coalition Application’s notable features is that it allows students at any stage in their high school career to create an account and begin working on their application. Students can store application materials like recommendations, arts portfolios, and essays in a “locker”, and can also share the contents of their “locker” with parents, guidance counselors, and friends. Ultimately, the Coalition seeks to give students control over their own application experience by managing all their materials in one place and starting as early as they’d like.

Whether you’re a first-generation college student interested in learning more about financial aid opportunities or a fan of the clear, straightforward essay prompts, it’s worth looking into applying via the Coalition Application. Below, we’ve listed all the Coalition’s 90+ inaugural member colleges – and you can expect this list to grow in coming years.

• Amherst College
• American University
• Bates College
• Bowdoin College
• Brown University
• Bryn Mawr College
• California Institute of Technology
• Carleton College
• Claremont McKenna College
• Clemson University
• Colby College
• Colgate University
• College of the Holy Cross
• College of New Jersey
• College of William & Mary
• Colorado College
• Columbia University
• Connecticut College
• Cornell University
• Dartmouth College
• Davidson College
• Denison University
• Duke University
• Emory University
• Florida State University
• Franklin & Marshall College
• Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
• Georgia Institute of Technology
• Grinnell College
• Hamilton College
• Harvard University
• Haverford College
• Illinois State University
• Indiana University at Bloomington
• James Madison University
• Johns Hopkins University
• Miami University of Ohio
• Michigan State University
• Middlebury College
• Mount Holyoke College
• North Carolina State University
• Northeastern University
• Northwestern University
• Oberlin College
• Ohio State University
• Penn State
• Pomona College
• Princeton University
• Purdue University
• Ramapo College
• Reed College
• Rice University
• Rutgers University at New Brunswick
• Skidmore College
• Smith College
• St. Olaf College
• Stanford University
• State University of New York at Geneseo
• State University of New York at Binghamton
• State University of New York at Buffalo
• Swarthmore College
• Texas A&M University
• Tufts University
• Union College
• University of Chicago
• University of Connecticut
• University of Florida
• University of Georgia at Athens
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• University of Iowa at Iowa City
• University of Maryland at College Park
• University of Mary Washington
• University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
• University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
• University of Missouri
• University of New Hampshire
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• University of Notre Dame
• University of Pennsylvania
• University of Pittsburgh
• University of Richmond
• University of Rochester
• University of South Carolina
• University of Vermont
• University of Virginia
• University of Washington
• Vanderbilt University
• Vassar College
• Virginia Tech
• Wake Forest University
• Washington University in St. Louis
• Wellesley College
• Wesleyan University
• Williams College
• Yale University

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