The Common Application Adds 48 New Colleges and Universities

The Common Application (CA) is announcing the addition of 48 new member colleges and universities effective July 1, 2011, bringing the total number of institutions accepting the association’s standardized application forms to 460.

Locally, Howard University, Christopher Newport University, Salisbury University, Saint Mary’s College of Maryland, and Towson University will be joining the CA team for the 2011-12 application cycle.

According to the Common Application, one-third of the new members are public institutions including two new flagships: University of Kentucky and University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition, the association will welcome two new states (46 total, plus DC), four new international universities (6 total), and one new large private university—University of Southern California.

Membership in the association is open to undergraduate colleges and universities that are accredited by a regional accrediting association and are nonprofit members in good standing of the National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC). All members must agree to promote college access by evaluating students using a “holistic” selection process.

Other local Common Application members include American, George Washington, Catholic, Johns Hopkins, Goucher, Hood, Loyola University of Maryland, Stevenson, the College of William and Mary, Mary Washington, UMBC, St. John’s of Maryland (and New Mexico), UVa, the University of Richmond, Randolph-Macon, and Virginia Wesleyan.

The newest Common Application members:

1. Caldwell College (NJ)


2. Carroll University (WI)


3. Castleton State College*


4. Centenary College


5. Christian Brothers University


6. Christopher Newport University*


7. Cogswell Polytechnical College


8. DeSales University


9. Drury University


10. Eastern Connecticut State University*


11. Flagler College


12. Franklin College Switzerland


13. Goshen College


14. Howard University


15. John Cabot University


16. John F. Kennedy University


17. Lipscomb University


18. Long Isand University Brooklyn Campus


19. Lyndon State College*


20. Ramapo College of New Jersey*


21. Rhode Island College*


22. Rockhurst University


23. Saint Leo University


24. Saint Martin's University


25. Salisbury University*


26. Samford University


27. Seton Hill University


28. Sierra Nevada College


29. St. Joseph's College - Brooklyn Campus 30.


30. St. Joseph's College - Long Island Campus


31. St. Mary's College of Maryland*


32. SUNY College at Old Westbury*


33. SUNY Institute of Technology*


34. The American University of Paris


35. The College of Saint Rose


36. Towson University*


37. University of Evansville


38. University of Hartford


39. University of Kentucky*


40. University of Michigan - Flint*


41. University of New Orleans*


42. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill*


43. University of North Carolina at Wilmington*


44. University of Southern California


45. University of St Andrews*


46. University of the Sciences in Philadelphia


47. Wartburg College


48. Wheeling Jesuit University

*Public Institutions