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The Complete List of US Universities: Test-Optional vs. Test-Blind 2021

Due to the pandemic, many US universities have opted to make standardized test scores optional.

What is the difference between test-optional, test-flexible or test-blind?

Test-optional: accepts but does not require SAT or ACT test scores

Applicants can choose whether or not to submit SAT or ACT scores as part of their application. These colleges will still consider a test score, if submitted. If it comes down to two students with similar profiles, but one has a high test score and the other doesn’t, the student with the test score is more likely to be chosen over the one without.

Test-flexible: places limitations (like a minimum GPA) on applicants who apply without test scores

Students can choose which type of test(s) they want to submit with their application, eg International Baccalaureate exam (IBDP) or an Advanced Placement test (AP), and not limited to SAT or ACT.

Test-blind: will not consider test scores even if they are submitted

Even if a score of 1600 on the SAT or 36 on the ACT is submitted, they will not be considered as part of the application evaluation.

Adelphi University: Test-optional for 2022
Agnes Scott College: Test-optional
Albertus Magnus College: Test-optional
Allegheny College: Test-optional
American University: Test-optional
Amherst College: Test-optional for 2022
Andrews University: Test-optional
Arcadia University: Test-optional
Arizona State University-Tempe: Test-optional
Assumption College: Test-optional
Augustana College: Test-optional
Austin College: Test-optional
Azusa Pacific University: Test-optional
Babson College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
Ball State University: Test-optional
Bard College: Test-optional
Barnard College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Bates College: Test-optional
Baylor University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Becker College: Test-flexible (must have 2.0+ GPA)
Bellarmine University: Test-optional
Beloit College: Test-optional
Bennington College: Test-optional
Berklee College of Music: Test-optional
Berry College: Test-optional
Bethel University: Test-flexible (must have 3.2+ GPA)
Birmingham-Southern College: Test-optional
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania: Test-optional
Boston College: Test-optional for 2022
Boston University: Test-optional for 2022
Bowdoin College: Test-optional
Bradley University: Test-optional
Brandeis University: Test-optional
Bridgewater State University: Test-optional
Brown University: Test-optional for 2022
Bryant University: Test-optional
Bryn Mawr College: Test-optional
Bucknell University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023, 2024
Butler University: Test-optional
California College of the Arts: Test-optional
California Institute of Technology: Test-blind for 2022
California Institute of the Arts: Test-optional
California Lutheran University: Test-optional
Canisius College: Test-optional for 2022
Case Western Reserve University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
The Catholic University of America: Test-blind
Cazenovia College: Test-optional
Centre College: Test-optional 2022, 2023
Champlain College: Test-optional
Chapman University: Test-optional
Chatham University: Test-optional
Clark University: Test-optional
Coastal Carolina University: Test-flexible (must have 3.5+ GPA)
Coe College: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA)
Colby College: Test-optional
Colby-Sawyer College: Test-optional
Colgate University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
College of Charleston: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
College of New Jersey: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
College of Saint Rose: Test-optional
College of St. Benedict: Test-optional
College of the Atlantic: Test-optional
College of the Holy Cross: Test-optional
College of Wooster: Test-optional
Colorado College: Test-optional
Columbia College Chicago: Test-optional
Columbia University: Test-optional for 2022
Concordia College Moorhead: Test-optional
Concordia College New York: Test-optional
Connecticut College: Test-optional
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art: Test-optional for 2022
Cornell College: Test-optional
Cornell University: Test-optional for 2022
Creighton University: Test-optional
Curry College: Test-optional
Dartmouth College: Test-optional for 2022
Davidson College: Test-optional
Dean College: Test-optional
Delaware Valley University: Test-optional
Denison University: Test-optional
Dickinson College: Test-optional (currently running one-year Test-blind pilot that may be extended)
Drake University: Test-optional
Drew University: Test-optional
DePaul University: Test-optional
DePauw University: Test-optional
Duquesne University: Test-optional
Earlham College: Test-optional
Eastern Connecticut State University: Test-optional
Eastern University: Test-optional
Eckerd College: Test-optional for 2022
Elmira College: Test-flexible (must have 2.7+ GPA)
Elms College: Test-optional
Elon University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University: Test-optional
Emerson College: Test-optional
Emmanuel College: Test-optional
Emory University: Test-optional for 2022
Endicott College: Test-optional
Evergreen State College: Test-flexible (must have 2.0+ GPA)
Fairfield University: Test-optional
Fairleigh Dickinson University: Test-optional
Fashion Institute of Technology: Test-optional
Fisher College: Test-optional
Flagler College: Test-optional
Fordham University: Test-optional for 2022
Fort Lewis College: Test-optional
Framingham State University: Test-optional
Franklin and Marshall College: Test-optional
Furman University: Test-optional
George Mason University: Test-optional
George Washington University: Test-optional
Gettysburg College: Test-optional
Gonzaga University: Test-optional
Goucher College: Test-optional
Guilford College: Test-optional
Gustavus Adolphus College: Test-optional
Hampshire College: Test-blind
Hanover College: Test-optional
Hartwick College: Test-optional
Harvard University: Test-optional for 2022
Harvey Mudd College: Test-optional for 2022
Haverford College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Hendrix College: Test-optional
High Point University: Test-optional
Hilbert College: Test-optional
Hobart and William Smith Colleges: Test-optional
Hofstra University: Test-optional
Hood College: Test-optional
Hope College: Test-optional for 2022
Houghton College: Test-optional
Immaculata University: Test-optional
Indiana State University: Test-optional
Indiana Tech: Test-optional
Indiana University-Bloomington: Test-optional
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis: Test-optional
Iona College: Test-optional
Ithaca College: Test-optional
James Madison University: Test-optional
Johnson & Wales University: Test-optional
Juniata College: Test-optional
Kalamazoo College: Test-optional
Kansas State University: Test-flexible (must have 3.25+ GPA)
Keene State College: Test-optional
Kent State University: Test-optional
Keystone College: Test-optional
King’s College: Test-optional
Knox College: Test-optional
La Roche University: Test-optional
La Salle University: Test-optional
Lake Forest College: Test-optional
Lamar University: Test-optional
Lander University: Test-optional
Lasell College: Test-optional
Lawrence University: Test-optional
Le Moyne College: Test-optional
Lesley University: Test-optional
Lewis and Clark College: Test-optional
Linfield College: Test-optional
Loras College: Test-optional
Loyola Marymount University: Test-optional for 2022
Loyola University Chicago: Test-optional
Loyola University Maryland: Test-optional
Loyola University New Orleans: Test-blind
Lycoming College: Test-flexible (must be in top half of graduating class)
Lynn University: Test-optional
Macalester College: Test-optional
Manhattanville College: Test-optional
Marist College: Test-optional
Marlboro College: Test-optional
Marquette University: Test-optional
Maryland Institute College of Art: Test-optional
Maryville University of St. Louis: Test-optional
Massachusetts College of Art and Design: Test-optional
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts: Test-blind for 2022
McDaniel College: Test-optional
MCPHS University: Test-optional
Mercer University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Mercyhurst University: Test-optional
Merrimack College: Test-optional
Messiah College: Test-optional
Michigan State University: Test-optional
Middlebury College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Millersville University of Pennsylvania: Test-optional for 2022
Mills College: Test-optional
Minnesota State University-Moorhead: Test-optional
Misericordia University: Test-optional for 2022
Mitchell College: Test-optional
Monroe College: Test-optional
Montclair State University: Test-optional
Moravian College: Test-optional
Mount Aloysius College: Test-optional
Mount Holyoke College: Test-optional
Mount St. Mary’s University: Test-optional
Muhlenberg College: Test-optional
Nazareth College: Test-optional
New England College: Test-optional
New England Institute of Technology: Test-optional
The New School: Test-optional
New York Institute of Technology: Test-optional
New York University: Test-optional for 2022
Niagara University: Test-optional
Nichols College: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA)
Northern Illinois University: Test-blind
Northern Michigan University: Test-blind
Northwestern University: Test-optional for 2022
Norwich University: Test-optional
Notre Dame of Maryland University: Test-optional
Oberlin College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Ohio University: Test-optional
Ohio Wesleyan University: Test-optional
Old Dominion University: Test-optional
Oregon State University: Test-optional
Otis College of Art and Design: Test-optional
Pace University: Test-optional
Paul Smith’s College: Test-optional
Pennsylvania College of Technology: Test-optional
Pitzer College: Test-optional
Post University: Test-optional
Presbyterian College: Test-optional
Princeton University: Test-optional for 2022
Providence College: Test-optional
Purchase College-SUNY: Test-optional
Queen’s University (Canada): Test-optional
Queens University of Charlotte: Test-optional
Quinnipiac University: Test-optional
Ramapo College of New Jersey: Test-optional
Reed College: Test-blind for 2022
Regis University: Test-optional
Rhode Island School of Design: Test-optional
Rhodes College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Rice University: Test-optional for 2022
Rider University: Test-optional
Ripon College: Test-optional
Roanoke College: Test-optional
Roberts Wesleyan College: Test-flexible (must have 2.8+ GPA)
Rochester Institute of Technology: Test-optional
Roger Williams University: Test-optional
Rollins College: Test-optional
Rowan University: Test-optional
Russell Sage College: Test-optional
Rutgers University (all campuses): Test-optional for 2022
Sacred Heart University: Test-optional
Saint Anselm College: Test-optional
Saint Joseph’s University: Test-optional
Saint Louis University: Test-optional
Saint Mary’s College: Test-optional
Saint Michael’s College: Test-optional
Saint Vincent College: Test-optional
Salem College: Test-optional
Salve Regina University: Test-optional
Santa Clara University: Test-optional for 2022
Sarah Lawrence College: Test-optional
School of the Art Institute of Chicago: Test-optional
School of Visual Arts: Test-optional
Scripps College: Test-optional
Seattle University: Test-optional
Seton Hill University: Test-flexible (must have 2.7+ GPA)
Shenandoah University: Test-optional
Siena College: Test-optional
Skidmore College: Test-optional
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania: Test-optional
Smith College: Test-optional
Southern Connecticut State University: Test-optional
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale: Test-flexible (must have 2.75+ GPA)
Southern New Hampshire University: Test-optional
Southwestern University: Test-optional
Springfield College: Test-optional
St. Bonaventure University: Test-optional
St. John Fisher College: Test-optional for 2022
St. John’s College: Test-optional
St. John’s University (MN): Test-optional
St. John’s University (NY): Test-optional
St. Joseph’s College (ME): Test-optional
St. Lawrence University: Test-optional
St. Mary’s College of California: Test-optional
St. Mary’s College of Maryland: Test-optional
St. Olaf College: Test-optional
Stanford University: Test-optional for 2022
Stetson University: Test-optional
Stockton University: Test-optional
Stonehill College: Test-optional (currently running Test-blind pilot that may be extended)
Suffolk University: Test-optional
SUNY Brockport: Test-optional
SUNY College of Technology-Delhi: Test-optional
SUNY College-Potsdam: Test-optional
SUNY-Geneseo: Test-optional
Susquehanna University: Test-optional
Swarthmore College: Test-optional for 2022
Sweet Briar College: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA)
Syracuse University: Test-optional for 2022
Temple University: Test-optional
Tennessee Technological University: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA)
Texas A&M University-College Station: Test-optional for 2022
Thomas College: Test-optional
Thomas Jefferson University: Test-optional
Towson University: Test-optional for 2022
Transylvania University: Test-optional
Trinity College: Test-optional
Trinity College Dublin: Test-optional for 2022 (will consider “alternate evidence” for U.S. students)
Trinity University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Tufts University: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Tulane University: Test-optional for 2022
Union College (KY): Test-optional
Union College (NY): Test-optional
Union University: Test-optional for 2022
Unity College: Test-optional
University of Alabama-Huntsville: Test-optional for 2022
University of Alaska-Fairbanks: Test-optional for 2022
University of Arizona: Test-optional
University of California system: Test-optional (Possibly Test-blind, Pending Litigation) for 2022, then Test-blind for 2023, 2024
University of Chicago: Test-optional
University of Cincinnati: Test-optional for 2022
University of Connecticut: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
University of Dayton: Test-optional
University of Denver: Test-optional
University of Dubuque: Test-optional
University of Hartford: Test-optional
University of Illinois-Chicago: Test-optional for 2022
University of La Verne: Test-optional
University of Maine: Test-optional for 2022
University of Maine Augusta: Test-optional
University of Maine Farmington: Test-optional
University of Maine Fort Kent: Test-optional
University of Maine at Presque Isle: Test-optional
University of Mary Washington: Test-optional
University of Massachusetts-Amherst: Test-optional for 2022
University of Massachusetts-Boston: Test-optional
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth: Test-optional
University of Massachusetts-Lowell: Test-optional
University of Minnesota-Duluth: Test-optional
University of Missouri system: Test-optional for 2022
University of Missouri-Kansas City: Test-flexible (must have 2.75+ GPA)
University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA or rank in top half of class)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Test-optional
University of Nevada, Reno: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA)
University of New England: Test-blind
University of New Hampshire: Test-optional
University of New Haven: Test-optional
University of New Mexico: Test-optional
University of Notre Dame: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
University of Oklahoma: Test-optional for 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
University of Oregon: Test-optional
University of Pennsylvania: Test-optional for 2022
University of Pittsburgh: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
University of Portland: Test-optional for 2022
University of Puget Sound: Test-optional
University of Redlands: Test-optional
University of Rochester: Test-optional
University of San Diego: Test-optional (currently running Test-blind pilot that may be extended)
University of San Francisco: Test-optional
University of Scranton: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA or be in top 30% of graduating class)
University of Southern California: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
University of St. Joseph: Test-optional
University of St. Thomas: Test-optional
The University of the South: Test-optional
University of Toronto: Test-optional for 2022
University of Tulsa: Test-optional for 2022
University of Utah: Test-optional for 2022
University of Vermont: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
University of Virginia: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
University of Washington: Test-blind (except for waitlist considerations)
University of Waterloo: Test-optional
University of Wisconsin-Madison: Test-optional for 2022
Ursinus College: Test-optional
Vassar College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Vermont Technical College: Test-optional
Villanova University: Test-optional for 2022
Virginia Commonwealth University: Test-flexible (must have 3.3+ GPA)
Wagner College: Test-optional
Wake Forest University: Test-optional
Warren Wilson College: Test-optional
Washington and Jefferson College: Test-optional
Washington and Lee University: Test-optional for 2022
Washington College: Test-optional
Washington University in St. Louis: Test-optional for 2022
Wells College: Test-optional
Wentworth Institute of Technology: Test-optional
Wesleyan University: Test-optional
Western Connecticut State University: Test-flexible (must have 3.0+ GPA)
Western Michigan University: Test-optional
Western New England University: Test-optional
Westfield State University: Test-optional
Westminster College (PA): Test-optional
Wheaton College (MA): Test-optional
Whitman College: Test-optional
Whittier College: Test-optional
Willamette University: Test-optional
William and Mary: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Williams College: Test-optional for 2022, 2023
Wofford College: Test-optional
Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Test-optional
Worcester State University: Test-optional
Xavier University: Test-optional
Yale University: Test-optional for 2022
Yeshiva University: Test-optional for 2022