Colleges Offering Interviews

Part of a holistic approach to the college admissions process involves sitting down for a one-on-one interview. The benefits to this exercise are ideally twofold: the college learns more about the student beyond-the-numbers, and the student comes away with a better understanding of whether the school meets their unique needs and desires. Unfortunately, logistical problems and the sheer volume of applications prevent this from happening at every school. On the plus side, many schools do offer on-campus interviews, off-campus interviews, or the opportunity to connect live through a platform like Skype. On-campus interviews typically involve an admissions officer. Off-campus/Alumni interviews may take place face-to-face or via Skype, telephone or some other platform. Below is a listing of colleges and universities offering interviews to prospective students. For tips on how to nail a college interview revisit our blog on the subject.

*Data collected from institution websites and via phone/email correspondence with admission staff.

Table updated on August 24, 2021

Institution	Interview w/ Admissions Officer	Alumni Interview	Additional Info	Tags
Adelphi University	Yes
Agnes Scott College	Yes
Allegheny College	Yes
American University	No			AU
Amherst College		No
Appalachian State University	No			App State
Arizona State University	No			ASU
Auburn University	No
Augustana College	Yes		Required for homeschool & early decision
Austin College	Yes
Babson College	Yes
Bard College	Yes
Barnard College	Yes
Bates College	Yes	Yes
Baylor University	No
Belmont University	No
Beloit College	Yes
Bennington College	Yes
Bentley University	Yes
Berea College	Yes
Binghamton University	Yes
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania	No
Boston College	No			BC
Boston University	Yes		Some Programs have Auditions/Interviews	BU
Bowdoin College	Yes	Yes
Bowling Green State University	No
Bradley University	Yes
Brandeis University	Yes
Brigham Young University-Provo	No			BYU
Brown University	Yes	No	Video Introduction
Bryant University	Yes
Bryn Mawr College	Yes		Strongly recommended, required for homeschool & early admission applicants
Bucknell University	No
Butler University	Yes		For Applicants in the Jordan College of the Arts
Cal Poly, Pomona
Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo	No
California Institute of Technology	No			Caltech
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Fullerton
California State University, Long Beach
Carleton College	Yes
Carnegie Mellon University	No			CMU
Case Western Reserve University	Yes			CWRU
Catholic University of America	Yes
Central Michigan University	Yes			CMU
Centre College	Yes
Chapman University	Yes		Regional or Fellows Interview are available
Christopher Newport University	Yes		Strongly Encouraged
Citadel Military College of South Carolina	Yes		School may request interview
Claremont McKenna College	Yes		Highly Recommended	CMC
Clark University	Yes
Clarkson University	Yes
Clemson University
Coastal Carolina University	Yes
Colby College	No
Colgate University		Yes	Can also interview with a current student
College of Charleston	No			CofC
College of Saint Benedict	No
College of the Holy Cross	Yes
College of William and Mary	Yes
Colorado College	Yes			CC
Colorado School of Mines	No
Colorado State University	No			CSU
Columbia University		Yes
Connecticut College	Yes
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	No
Cornell College	Yes
Cornell University	Yes		For Architecture
Creighton University	Yes
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	Yes
CUNY Hunter College	No
Dartmouth College		Yes
Davidson College	No
Denison University	Yes	Yes
DePaul University	Yes		Required for the School of Music and The Theatre School
DePauw University	Yes
Dickinson College	Yes
Drake University	Yes		Interview or Essay for Test-Optional Applicants
Drew University	Yes		Recommended
Drexel University	No
Duke University		Yes
Duquesne University	Yes
Earlham College	Yes
East Carolina University				ECU
Eckerd College	Yes
Elon University	Yes
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University	No			ERAU
Emerson College	No
Emory University		Yes	A small subset may be invited to an alumni interview
Fairfield University	Yes		Encouraged for test optional applicants
Florida Atlantic University				FAU
Florida Gulf Coast University	No			FGCU
Florida Institute of Technology	Yes			FIT
Florida International University	No			FIU
Florida Southern College	Yes
Florida State University	No			FSU
Fordham University	No
Franklin and Marshall College	Yes			F&M
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering	Yes		Candidates Weekend
Furman University	Yes		Required for Homeschool students
George Mason University	No			GMU
George Washington University				GW; GWU
Georgetown University		Yes	Interview is Required
Georgia College	Yes		Informational Sessions available
Georgia Institute of Technology	No			Georgia Tech
Georgia Southern University	No			GSU
Georgia State University				GSU
Gettysburg College	Yes
Gonzaga University	Yes		Encouraged for students with below average credentials
Goucher College	Yes		Can submit a video
Grinnell College	Yes
Gustavus Adolphus College	Yes
Hamilton College	Yes
Harvard University		Yes
Harvey Mudd College	Yes	Yes	Recommended	HMU
Haverford College	Yes
Hendrix College	No
High Point University	Yes
Hobart William Smith Colleges	Yes			HWS
Hofstra University
Hope College
Howard University
Illinois Institute of Technology	No			IIT
Illinois State University	No
Illinois Wesleyan University	Yes		Required for Test Optional
Indiana University Bloomington	No			IU; IUB
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis	No			IUPUI
Iowa State University	Yes			ISU
Ithaca College	No		Specific Programs may require an interview/audition
James Madison University	No			JMU
John Carroll University	No
Johns Hopkins University	No			JHU
Juniata College	Yes
Kalamazoo College	Yes
Kansas State University	No		Scholarship Opportunities may request	KSU
Kenyon College	Yes		Recommended
Kettering University	No
Knox College	Yes		Recommended
Lafayette College	Yes
Lake Forest College	Yes		Required for Test Optional
Lawrence University	Yes
Lehigh University	Yes
Lewis & Clark College	Yes
Louisiana State University	No			LSU
Loyola Marymount University	No			LMU
Loyola University Chicago	Yes
Loyola University Maryland	No
Macalester College	Yes
Manhattan College	Yes
Marist College
Marquette University	Yes		For some Homeschool students
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Yes			MIT
Massachusetts Maritime Academy	Yes			MMA
McDaniel College
Mercer University	Yes
Mercyhurst University	Yes		If chosen for Supplemental Review
Merrimack College	Yes
Miami University	No			MU
Michigan State University	No			MSU
Michigan Technological University	No
Middlebury College		Yes
Millersville University of Pennsylvania	Yes		For Applicants who do not meet Test Optional Requirements
Milwaukee School of Engineering	No
Mississippi State University	No			MSU
Missouri University of Science and Technology	Yes		In Special Case Admissions only
Monmouth University	No
Morehouse College	No
Mount Holyoke College	Yes			MHC
Muhlenberg College	Yes
New College of Florida	No
New Jersey Institute of Technology	Yes			NJIT
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	No			NMIT
New York University	Yes		For Applicants to the Tisch School of the Arts	NYU
North Carolina State University	No			NCSU; NC State
Northeastern University	No
Northern Arizona University	No			NAU
Northwestern University		Yes
Oberlin College	Yes		For College of Arts & Science
Occidental College	Yes		Strongly Encouraged	Oxy
Ohio State University				OSU
Ohio University	Yes		For the Honors at Ohio	OU
Ohio Wesleyan University	No			OWU
Oklahoma State University	No			OSU
Old Dominion University	No
Oregon State University	No			OSU
Pennsylvania State University - University Park	Yes		For Special admission programs or some academic colleges	PSU; Penn State
Pepperdine University	Yes
Pitzer College	Yes
Pomona College	Yes	Yes
Princeton University		Yes
Providence College	Yes
Purdue University	No
Quinnipiac University	Yes
Ramapo College of New Jersey	Yes		Early Decision Applicants
Reed College	Yes
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	No			RPI
Rhode Island School of Design	No			RISD
Rhodes College	Yes
Rice University	Yes	Yes
Rochester Institute of Technology	Yes			RIT
Roger Williams University	Yes
Rollins College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Yes
Rowan University	No		Specific Programs may require an interview/audition
Rutgers University-Camden	No
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	No			RU
Rutgers University-Newark	No
Sacred Heart University	Yes
Saint Anselm College	Yes
Saint Johns University	No			SJU
Saint Joseph's University	Yes			SJU
Saint Louis University	Yes
Saint Mary's College	Yes
Saint Mary's College of California	Yes
Saint Michael's College	Yes
Salisbury University	Yes		Only Early Admission Applicants
Salve Regina University	Yes
Samford University
San Diego State University	No			SDSU
San Francisco State University				SFSU
San Jose State University	No			SJSU
Santa Clara University	No			SCU
Sarah Lawrence College	Yes
Scripps College	Yes	Yes
Seattle University	Yes	Yes
Seton Hall University	Yes
Sewanee: The University of the South	Yes	Yes		Sewanee
Siena College	Yes
Simmons University	Yes
Skidmore College	Yes
Smith College	Yes	Yes
Soka University of America	Yes
Southern Methodist University	No			SMU
Southwestern University	Yes		Requred for test optional
Spelman College
St John's University-New York	No			SJU
St Lawrence University	Yes			SLU
St Olaf College	Yes
St. John's College (MD)	Yes		Strongly Recommended
St. John's College (NM)	Yes		Strongly Recommended
St. Mary's College of Maryland	Yes
Stanford University		Yes
State University of New York at New Paltz	No
Stetson University	No
Stevens Institute of Technology	Yes			Stevens Tech
Stonehill College	Yes
Stony Brook University	Yes
Suffolk University	No
SUNY at Albany	No
SUNY at Purchase College	Yes		Specific Programs may require an interview/audition
SUNY College at Geneseo	No
SUNY College at Oswego	Yes
SUNY College at Potsdam	Yes
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry	No
SUNY Cortland	Yes
SUNY Oneonta	Yes
Susquehanna University	Yes			SU
Swarthmore College	Yes
Syracuse University	Yes
Temple University	No
Texas A & M University-College Station
Texas Christian University	Yes			TCU
The College of New Jersey	No			TCNJ
The College of Wooster	Yes
The University of Montana	No
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville				UTK
The University of Texas at Austin	No			UT Austin
The University of Texas at Dallas	No			UT Dallas
Towson University	No
Transylvania University	Yes		Some Scholarship opportunities may request an interview
Trinity College	Yes
Trinity University	Yes
Truman State University	No
Tufts University		Yes
Tulane University	Yes
Union College	Yes	Yes
United States Air Force Academy	Yes		Will need nomination from congressional/senate delegate	USAA
United States Coast Guard Academy	Yes		Requested by school	USCGA
United States Merchant Marine Academy	No		Will need nomination from congressional/senate delegate	USMMA
United States Military Academy	Yes			USMA
United States Naval Academy	Yes			USNA
University at Buffalo	Yes
University of Alabama	No
University of Alabama at Birmingham	No
University of Arizona	No			UA
University of Arkansas	No
University of California, Berkeley	No			UCB; UC Berkeley
University of California, Davis	No			UCD; UC Davis
University of California, Irvine	No			UCI; UC Irvine
University of California, Los Angeles	No			UCLA
University of California, Merced	No			UCM
University of California, Riverside	No			UCR; UC Riverside
University of California, San Diego	No			UCSD; UC San Diego
University of California, Santa Barbara	No			UCSB; UC Santa Barbara
University of California, Santa Cruz	No			UCSC; UC Santa Cruz
University of Central Florida	No			UCF
University of Chicago	No			UChicago
University of Cincinnati	Yes		For Applicants of College Conservatory of Music	UC
University of Colorado Boulder	No			CU
University of Connecticut	No			UConn
University of Dallas
University of Dayton	No
University of Delaware	No			UD
University of Denver	No			DU
University of Florida				UF
University of Georgia				UGA
University of Houston	No
University of Illinois at Chicago	Yes		For a few Specific Programs	UIC
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign	Yes		For Theatre Applicants	UIUC
University of Iowa	No
University of Kansas				KU
University of Kentucky	Yes			UKY
University of Louisville	Yes		Early Admission Applicants	UL
University of Maine	Yes
University of Mary Washington	Yes
University of Maryland, Baltimore County	No			UMBC
University of Maryland, College Park	No			UM
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Yes		Optional for International Applicants	UMass Amherst
University of Massachusetts Boston	No			UMass Boston
University of Massachusetts Lowell	No			UMass Lowell
University of Memphis	No
University of Miami	No			UM
University of Michigan	No			UMich; UM
University of Michigan-Dearborn	No
University of Minnesota-Duluth	No			UMD
University of Minnesota-Morris	Yes			UMM
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	No			UMN
University of Mississippi	No			Ole Miss
University of Missouri-Columbia				Mizzou
University of Nebraska-Lincoln	No			UNL
University of Nevada-Las Vegas	No			UNLV
University of Nevada-Reno	No			UNR
University of New Hampshire	No			UNH
University of New Mexico				UNM
University of North Carolina at Asheville	No			UNCA
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	No			UNC
University of North Carolina at Charlotte				UNCC
University of North Carolina Wilmington	No			UNCW
University of North Dakota	No			UND
University of North Florida				UNF
University of North Texas	Yes		Early Admission Applicants only	UNT
University of Notre Dame	No			ND
University of Oklahoma				OU
University of Oregon	No			UO
University of Pennsylvania		Yes		UPenn
University of Pittsburgh
University of Portland	No
University of Puget Sound	Yes
University of Redlands	Yes
University of Rhode Island	No			URI
University of Richmond	Yes	Yes		UR
University of Rochester	Yes	Yes		UR
University of San Diego	Yes			USD
University of San Francisco				USF
University of Scranton	Yes		By Invitation only
University of South Carolina	No			USC
University of South Dakota	No			USD
University of South Florida	No			USF
University of Southern California	No			USC
University of St Thomas
University of Tampa	Yes		International Applicants
University of the Pacific	Yes		For Some majors and programs
University of Tulsa	Yes
University of Utah	No
University of Vermont	No			UVM
University of Virginia-Main Campus	No			UVA
University of Washington	No			UW
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
University of Wisconsin-Madison				UW Madison
University of Wyoming
Ursinus College	Yes		Required for homeschool students or narrative grading school systems
Valparaiso University	Yes
Vanderbilt University		Yes
Vassar College	Yes
Villanova University	No
Virginia Commonwealth University	No			VCU
Virginia Military Institute	Yes			VMI
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	No			Virginia Tech
Wabash College	Yes		Recommended
Wake Forest University	Yes			WFU
Washington & Jefferson College	Yes
Washington and Lee University	Yes	Yes		W&L
Washington College	Yes
Washington State University	No			WSU
Washington University in St. Louis	Yes	Yes		WashU
Wellesley College	Yes	Yes
Wesleyan University	Yes	Yes
West Chester University of Pennsylvania	Yes		For Respiratory Care Applicants
West Virginia University	Yes		Early Admission Applicants	WVU
Western Carolina University	No			WCU
Western Washington University	No
Westmont College	Yes
Wheaton College IL	Yes
Wheaton College MA	Yes
Whitman College	Yes
Whittier College
Whitworth University	No
Willamette University	Yes
Williams College	No
Wofford College	No
Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Yes			WPI
Xavier University	No
Yale University	Yes	Yes
Yeshiva University	Yes

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