Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL Texas Abilene Christian University x New York Adelphi University x Georgia Agnes Scott College x Alabama Alabama A&M University x Alaska Alaska Pacific University x New York Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences x Michigan Albion College x Mississippi Alcorn State University x Pennsylvania Allegheny College x Ohio Allegheny Wesleyan College x South Carolina American College of the Building Arts x Indiana American Conservatory of Music x Washington, DC American University x Massachusetts Amherst College x Indiana Anderson University x Michigan Andrews University x Maryland Antietam Bible College x North Carolina Appalachian State University x Arizona Arizona State University—​Tempe x Texas Arlington Baptist College x Georgia Armstrong State University x Colorado Art Institute of Colorado x Texas Art Institute of Houston x Indiana Art Institute of Indianapolis x 1 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL Nevada Art Institute of Las Vegas x Ohio Art Institute of Ohio x Washington Art Institute of Seattle x Minnesota Art Institutes International Minnesota x Iowa Ashford University x Massachusetts Atlantic Union College x Alabama Auburn University x Minnesota Augsburg College x Illinois Augustana College x Texas Austin College x Florida Ave Maria University x Massachusetts Babson College x Michigan Baker College at Allen Park x Michigan Baker College Online x Ohio Baldwin Wallace University x Indiana Ball State University x Missouri Baptist Bible College x North Carolina Barber-Scotia College x Kansas Barclay College x New York Bard College x Massachusetts Bard College at Simon’s Rock x New York Barnard College x Maine Bates College x Massachusetts Bay Path University x 2 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL Texas Baylor University x Massachusetts Becker College x Wisconsin Beloit College x Illinois Benedictine University x North Carolina Bennett College x Vermont Bennington College x Massachusetts Bentley University x Kentucky Berea College x Georgia Berry College x Minnesota Bethany Lutheran College x Tennessee Bethel University x Florida Bethune-Cookman University x New York Binghamton University - SUNY x California Biola University x Alabama Birmingham-​Southern College x South Dakota Black Hills State University x West Virginia Bluefield State College x Idaho Boise Bible College x Massachusetts Boston College x Massachusetts Boston University x Maine Bowdoin College x Ohio Bowling Green State University x Illinois Bradley University x Massachusetts Brandeis University x 3 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL North Carolina Brevard University x Massachusetts Bridgewater State University x Utah Brigham Young University x Utah Brigham Young University—​Provo x Rhode Island Brown University x Tennessee Bryan College x Pennsylvania Bryn Athyn College x Pennsylvania Bryn Mawr College x Pennsylvania Bucknell University x Indiana Butler University x New Jersey Caldwell College x California California Christian College x California California Institute of Technology x California California Lutheran University x California California Lutheran University x California California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo x California California State Polytechnic University--Pomona x California California State University - Bakersfield x California California State University - Northridge x California California State University--Fresno x California California State University--Fullerton x California California State University--Long Beach x California California State University--Los Angeles x California California State University--Monterey Bay x 4 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL California California State University--Northridge x Kentucky Campellsville University x Wisconsin Cardinal Stritch University x Minnesota Carleton College x Pennsylvania Carnegie Mellon University x Montana Carroll College x Wisconsin Carroll University x Tennessee Carson-Newman University x Ohio Case Western Reserve University x Ohio Cedarville University x New Jersey Centenary College x Connecticut Central Connecticut State University x Michigan Central Michigan University x Ohio Central State University x Kentucky Centre College x Ohio Chamberlain College of Nursing x California Chapman University x South Carolina Charleston Southern University x Pennsylvania Cheyney University of Pennsylvania x North Carolina Chowan University x Illinois Christian Life College x Virginia Christopher Newport University x California Claremont McKenna College x Massachusetts Clark University x 5 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL New York Clarkson University x Michigan Cleary University x South Carolina Clemson University x Ohio Cleveland Institute of Music x South Carolina Coastal Carolina University x Iowa Coe College x California Cogswell Polytechnical College x Maine Colby College New York Colgate University x State State College X Michigan College for Creative Studies x Florida College of Central Florida x South Carolina College of Charleston x New York College of Mount Saint Vincent x New Jersey College of New Jersey x New York College of New Rochelle x Minnesota College of Saint Benedict x Vermont College of Saint Joseph x Massachusetts College of the Holy Cross x Missouri College of the Ozarks x Virginia College of William and Mary x Ohio College of Wooster x Colorado Colorado College x Colorado Colorado School of Mines x 6 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL Colorado Colorado State University x Illinois Columbia College Chicago x California Columbia College Hollywood x New York Columbia University x Michigan Compass College of Cinematic Ars x New York Concordia College x Minnesota Concordia College - Moorhead x Michigan Concordia University - Ann Arbor x Connecticut Connecticut College x New York Cooper Union x Iowa Cornell College x New York Cornell University x Michigan Cornerstone University x Georgia Covenant College x Nebraska Creighton University x Indiana Crossroads Bible College x New York Culinary Institute of America x Tennessee Cumberland University x New York CUNY - John Jay College of Criminal Justice x New York CUNY - Medgar Evers College x New York CUNY—​Baruch College x Texas Dallas Christian College x Illinois DanEL Christian College x New Hampshire Daniel Webster College x 7 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL New Hampshire Dartmouth College x North Carolina Davidson College x Pennsylvania Delaware Valley College x Ohio Denison University x Illinois DePaul University x Indiana DePauw University x Pennsylvania Dickinson College x North Dakota Dickinson State University x Washington DigiPen Institute of Technology x Iowa Divine Word College x New York Dominican College x California Dominican University of California x Iowa Drake University x New Jersey Drew University x Pennsylvania Drexel University x Missouri Drury University x North Carolina Duke University x Pennsylvania Duquesne University x Indiana Earlham College x Illinois East-West University x Connecticut Eastern Connecticut State University x Illinois Eastern Illinois University x North Carolina Elizabeth City State University x Pennsylvania Elizabethtown College x 8 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL Illinois Elmhurst College x Massachusetts Elms College x North Carolina Elon University x Florida Embry-​Riddle Aeronautical University x Massachusetts Emerson College x Georgia Emmanuel College x Florida Emmaus Baptist College x Virginia Emory and Henry College x Georgia Emory University x Massachusetts Endicott College x Missouri Evangel University x Connecticut Fairfield University x Indiana Fairhaven College x Iowa Faith Baptist Bible College x New York Farmingdale State College x California Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles x North Carolina Fayetteville State University x Tennessee Fisk University x New York Five Towns College x Florida Florida A&M University x Florida Florida Atlantic University x Florida Florida College x Florida Florida Gulf Coast University x Florida Florida Institute of Technology x 9 Colleges That Require ACT Essay Updated April 2017 STATE SCHOOL REQUIRED RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL Florida Florida International University x Florida Florida State University x New York Fordham University x Georgia Fort Valley State University x Pennsylvania Franklin and Marshall College x Indiana Franklin College x New Hampshire Franklin Pierce University x California Fresno Pacific University x South Carolina Furman University x Washington DC Gallaudet University x Virginia George Mason University x Washington DC George Washington University x Utah George Wythe University x Washington, DC Georgetown University x Georgia Georgia Institute of Technology x Georgia Georgia Southern University x Georgia Georgia State University x Pennsylvania Gettysburg College x New York Globe Institute of Technology x Ohio God’s Bible School and College x California Golden State Baptist College x Washington Gonzaga University x Massachusetts Gordon College - MA x Indiana Goshen College x 10 Colleges That Require ACT Essay