What Colleges Require the COVID-19 Vaccine?

Colleges across the U.S. are increasingly requiring COVID-19 vaccination for on-campus learning. Check out the full list of colleges that require the vaccine.

by Staff Writers

Published on October 11, 2021 · Updated on August 18, 2022

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Editor's Note: This article is updated regularly as new information becomes available. Reporting and data collection for this piece has been provided by Jessica Bryant, Anne Dennon, Darlene Earnest, Reece Johnson, Hannah Muniz, Rachel Schneider, Evan Castillo, Chloe Appleby, and Jordan Stewart-Rozema.

A still-expanding group of U.S. colleges and universities say students must receive a COVID-19 vaccine before arriving on campus. The first institutions to announce the mandate were private, with Cornell University and Duke University leading the way. More and more universities, private and public, have followed suit. Currently, over 1,000 colleges and universities require the COVID-19 vaccine for residential students.

Most colleges already require on-campus students to be vaccinated against viral diseases like measles, mumps, and rubella. Government agencies suggest that schools may similarly require the COVID-19 shots.

Some state lawmakers — and at least two lawsuits — argued that inoculation can't be made mandatory while the experimental vaccines retained their Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) status, but full FDA approval of the mRNA-based Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on August 23 has already triggered a surge of college COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Medical exemptions are guaranteed by law in all states, and religious exemptions, which may be relatively easy to receive, are permitted by most. To reinforce the mandate, however, colleges could push unvaccinated students to enroll online instead. The University of Virginia disenrolled 238 students for failing to report vaccination status or file for an exemption.

If permitted on campus, unvaccinated students may be required to continue asymptomatic testing and could be excluded from activities like studying abroad.

To find out about your school's COVID-19 vaccine requirements, check your school's website. You can also review our full list below, which includes colleges requiring the COVID-19 vaccine for on-campus, residential students.

A Full List of Colleges Requiring the COVID-19 Vaccine

Last Updated: August 18, 2022, at 4:10 p.m. EST

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Chamberlain University at Phoenix
Diné College
Prescott College

Arkansas

Arkansas Baptist College

California

American Jewish University

American River College

Berkeley City College

California College of the Arts

California Instititute of the Arts

California Institute of Integral Studies

California Institute of Technology

California Jazz Conservatory

California Lutheran University

California State University system

Bakersfield, Cal Poly Pomona, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Channel Islands, Chico State, Dominguez Hills, East Bay, Fresno State, Fullerton, Humboldt State, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Maritime Academy, Monterey Bay, Northridge, Sacramento State, San Bernardino, San Diego State, San Francisco State, San Jose State, San Marcos, Sonoma State, Stanislaus State

Chabot College

Chamberlain University

Irwindale, Sacramento

Chapman University
Claremont Graduate University
Claremont McKenna College
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
College of Alameda
Consumnes River College
Cypress College
De Anza College
Dominican University of California
Folsom Lake College
Foothill College
Fullerton College
Harvey Mudd College
Holy Names University
La Sierra University
Laguna College of Art and Design
Laney College
Las Positas College
Los Angeles College of Music
Loyola Marymount University
Marymount California University
Menlo College
Merritt College
Mills College
New York Film Academy
Occidental College
Otis College of Art and Design
Pepperdine University
Pitzer College
Pomona College
Porterville College
Sacramento City College
Saddleback College
Saint Mary's College of California
Samuel Merritt University
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Clara University
Santa Monica College
Santa Rosa Junior College
Scripps College
Soka University of America
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Southwestern College
Stanford University
University of California system
- Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz
University of La Verne
University of Redlands
University of San Diego
University of San Francisco
University of Southern California
University of the Pacific
University of the West
Western University of Health Sciences
Whittier College
Woodbury University

Colorado

Colorado College
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University system*
- Fort Collins, Pueblo
Fort Lewis College
Naropa University
Regis University
Rocky Vista University
University of Colorado system
- Anschutz Medical Campus, Boulder, Colorado Springs, Denver
University of Denver
University of Northern Colorado

Connecticut

Connecticut College

Mitchell College

Post University
Quinnipiac University
Trinity College
University of Connecticut system
- Avery Point, Hartford, Health (Farmington), School of Law (Hartford), Stamford, Storrs, Waterbury
Wesleyan University
Yale University

Delaware

Delaware College of Art and Design
Delaware State University
University of Delaware

District of Columbia

American University
Gallaudet University
George Washington University
Georgetown University
Howard University
Trinity Washington University
University of the District of Columbia

Florida

Chamberlain University
- Jacksonville, Miramar

Georgia

Agnes Scott College
Chamberlain University at Atlanta
Clark Atlanta University
Columbia Theological Seminary
Emory University
Mercer University
- **Students in health science programs with clinical experiences
Morehouse College
Morris Brown College
Oglethorpe University
Spelman College

Hawaii

Brigham Young University-Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Adler University

Ambria College of Nursing

American Academy of Art

Benedictine University

Bexley Hall Seabury Western Theological Seminary Federation

Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences

Bradley University

Catholic Theological Union at Chicago

Chamberlain University

The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Chicago State University

Chicago Theological Seminary

Columbia College Chicago

Danville Area Community College

DePaul University
Dominican University
East-West University
Elmhurst University
Erikson Institute
Fox College
Frontier Community College
Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Governors State University
Hebrew Theological College
Illinois College of Optometry
Illinois Institute of Technology
Illinois Wesleyan University
Institute for Clinical Social Work
Kankakee Community College
Knox College
Lake Forest College
Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
Lincoln College of Technology at Melrose Park
Lincoln Trail College
Loyola University Chicago
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
McCormick Theological Seminary
Meadville Lombard Theological School
Methodist College
Morrison Institute of Technology
Morton College
National Louis University
North Central College
Northwestern University
Olney Central College
Roosevelt University
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Rush University
Saint Anthony College of Nursing
Saint Augustine College
Saint Francis Medical Center College of Nursing
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Shawnee Community College
Southeastern Illinois College
Southwestern Illinois College
Spertus College
Stautzenberger College-Rockford Career College
Trinity Christian College
University of Chicago
University of Illinois system
- Chicago, Springfield, Urbana-Champaign
University of Saint Mary of the Lake
VanderCook College of Music
Wabash Valley College
Worsham College of Mortuary Science

Indiana

Butler University
Chamberlain University at Indianapolis
DePauw University
Earlham College
Goshen College
Holy Cross College
Indiana University system
- Bloomington, East, Fort Wayne, Kokomo, Northwest, Purdue University Columbus, Purdue University Indianapolis, South Bend, Southeast
Saint Mary's College
University of Indianapolis
University of Notre Dame
Valparaiso University
Wabash College

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Bellarmine University
Berea College
Centre College
Simmons College of Kentucky
Transylvania University

Louisiana

Centenary College of Louisiana
Central Louisiana Technical Community College
Chamberlain University at New Orleans
Dillard University
Nicholls State University
Northshore Technical Community College
Northwest Louisiana Technical Community College
Northwestern State University
Southern University system
- Southern University and A&M College, New Orleans, Shreveport, Law Center
Tulane University
University of Louisiana
- Lafayette, Monroe
Xavier University of Louisiana

Maine

Bates College
Bowdoin College
Colby College
College of the Atlantic
Husson University
Maine Community College system
- Central Maine Community College, Eastern Maine Community College, Kennebec Valley Community College, Northern Maine Community College, Southern Maine Community College, Washington County Community College, York County Community College
Maine Maritime Academy
Saint Joseph's College of Maine
Thomas College
Unity College
University of Maine system
- Augusta, Farmington, Fort Kent, Machias, Orono, Presque Isle, University of Southern Maine, School of Law
University of New England

Maryland

College of Southern Maryland
Goucher College
Johns Hopkins University
Loyola University Maryland
McDaniel College
Montgomery College
Morgan State University
Mount St. Mary's University
Notre Dame of Maryland University
St. John's College
St. Mary's College of Maryland
Stevenson University
University System of Maryland
- Bowie State, Coppin State, Frostburg State, Salisbury, Towson, University of Baltimore, University of Maryland (Baltimore, Baltimore County, Center for Environmental Science, College Park, Eastern Shore, Global Campus)
Washington Adventist University
Washington College

Massachusetts

American International College

Amherst College

Anna Maria College

Assumption University

Babson College

Bay Path University

Bentley University

Berklee College of Music

Boston College

Boston University
Brandeis University
Cambridge College
Clark University
College of the Holy Cross
Curry College
Dean College
Elms College
Emerson College
Emmanuel College
Endicott College
Hampshire College
Harvard University
Lasell University
Lesley University
Massachusetts Association of Community Colleges
- Berkshire, Bristol, Bunker Hill, Cape Cod, Greenfield, Holyoke, Massasoit, MassBay, Middlesex, Mount Wachusett, North Shore, Northern Essex, Quinsigamond, Roxbury, Springfield Technical
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts State University system
- Bridgewater, College of Art and Design, College of Liberal Arts, Fitchburg, Framingham, Maritime Academy, Salem, Westfield, Worcester
Merrimack College
Mount Holyoke College
New England Conservatory of Music
New England Law | Boston
Northeastern University
Olin College of Engineering
Regis College
Simmons University
Smith College
Springfield College
Stonehill College
Suffolk University
Tufts University
University of Massachusetts system
- Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell
Wellesley College
Western New England University
Wheaton College
William James College
Williams College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Michigan

Chamberlain University at Troy
Grand Valley State University
Kalamazoo College
Michigan School of Psychology
Michigan State University
Oakland University
University of Detroit Mercy
University of Michigan system
- Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint
Wayne State University

Minnesota

Augsburg University

Carleton College

Gustavus Adolphus College

Hamline University

Macalester College

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system**

Alexandria Technical and Community College, Anoka Technical College, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Cambridge, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Coon Rapids, Bemidji State University, Central Lakes College Brainerd, Central Lakes College Staples, Century College White Bear Lakes campus, Century College Mahtomedi, Dakota County Technical College Rosemount campus, Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Cloquet, Hennepin Technical College Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College Eden Prairie, Inver Hills Community College Inver Grove Heights, Lake Superior College Duluth, Minnesota State Community and Technical College Detroit Lakes, Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls, Minnesota State Community and Technical College Moorhead, Minnesota State Community and Technical College Wadena, Minnesota State College Southeast Red Wing, Minnesota State College Southeast Winona, Minneapolis Community and Technical College, Minnesota West Community and Technical College Canby, Minnesota West Community and Technical College Granite Falls, Minnesota West Community and Technical College Jackson, Minnesota West Community and Technical College Pipestone, Minnesota West Community and Technical College Worthington, Normandale Community College Bloomington, North Hennepin Community College Brooklyn Park, Hibbing Community College, Itasca Community College Grand Rapids, Mesabi Range College Virginia, Mesabi Range College Eveleth, Rainy River Community College International Falls, Vermillion Community College Ely, Northland Community & Technical College East Grand Forks, Northland Community & Technical College Thief River Falls, Northwest Technical College Bemidji, Ridgewater College Hutchinson, Ridgewater College Willmar, Riverland Community College Austin, Riverland Community College Albert Lea, Riverland Community College Owatonna, Rochester Community & Technical College, St. Cloud Technical and Community College, Saint Paul College, South Central College North Mankato, South Central College Faribault

** Students who live on campus or are on sports teams are required to either be vaccinated or tested regularly for COVID-19

Mitchell Hamline School of Law
Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
St. Catherine University
St. Olaf College
The College of Saint Scholastica
University of Minnesota
- Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, Twin Cities
University of St. Thomas

Mississippi

Missouri

Chamberlain University at St. Louis
Rockhurst University
Saint Louis University
Washington University in St. Louis
William Jewell College

Montana

Nebraska

Creighton University
Doane University at Crete
Nebraska Wesleyan University
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Nevada

Chamberlain University at Las Vegas
Touro University Nevada

New Hampshire

Dartmouth College
Franklin Pierce University
New England College
Saint Anselm College
Southern New Hampshire University

New Jersey

Caldwell University
Chamberlain University at North Brunswick
Drew University
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Felician University
Georgian Court University
Kean University
Monmouth University
Montclair State University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Princeton University
Ramapo College of New Jersey
Rider University
Rowan University
Rutgers University

Camden, Brunswick, Newark

Saint Elizabeth University
Saint Peter's University
Seton Hall University
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stockton University
The College of New Jersey
William Paterson University

New Mexico

Central New Mexico Community College
New Mexico Highlands University
St. John's College
University of New Mexico system
- Albuquerque, Gallup, Los Alamos, Taos, Valencia

New York

Adelphi University

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Albany Law School

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Alfred University

Bank Street College of Education

City University of New York system*

Baruch College, Borough of Manhattan Community College, Bronx Community College, Brooklyn College, College of Staten Island, Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, Graduate Center, Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Guttman Community College, Hostos Community College, Hunter College, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Kingsborough Community College, LaGuardia Community College, Lehman College, Macaulay Honors College, Medgar Evers College, New York City College of Technology, Queens College, Queensborough Community College, School of Labor and Urban Studies, School of Law, School of Professional Studies, The City College of New York, York College

Colgate University

College of Mount Saint Vincent

College of Saint Rose

College of Westchester

Columbia University

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Cornell University

Culinary Institute of America

Dominican College

Fordham University
Glasgow Caledonian New York College
Hamilton College
Hartwick College
Hilbert College
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Hofstra University
Ithaca College
Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Keuka College
Le Moyne College
Manhattan College
Manhattan School of Music
Manhattanville College
Maria College
Marist College
Marymount Manhattan College
Mercy College
Metropolitan College of New York
Molloy College
Mount Saint Mary College
Nazareth College
New York Film Academy
New York Institute of Technology
New York University
Niagara University
Pace University
Pratt Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
Russell Sage College
Sarah Lawrence College
School of Visual Arts
Siena College
Skidmore College
St. Bonaventure University
St. Francis College
St. John Fisher College
St. John's University
St. Joseph's College New York
St. Lawrence University
St. Thomas Aquinas College
State University of New York system*
- Adirondack Community College, Alfred State, Alfred, Binghamton, Brockport, Broome, Buffalo State, Canton, Cayuga Community College, Clinton Community College, Cobleskill, College of Environmental Science and Forestry, College of Optometry, Columbia Greene Community College, Cornell (College of Agriculture & Life Sciences, College of Human Ecology, School of Industrial & Labor Relations, College of Veterinary Medicine), Corning Community College, Cortland, Delhi, Downstate Health Sciences, Dutchess Community College, Empire State, Erie, Farmingdale State, Fashion Institute of Technology, Finger Lakes Community College, Fredonia, Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Genesee Community College, Geneseo, Herkimer, Hudson Valley Community College, Jamestown Community College, Jefferson, Maritime College, Mohawk Valley Community College, Monroe Community College, Morrisville, Nassau Community College, New Paltz, Niagara County Community College, North Country Community College, Old Westbury, Oneonta, Onondaga Community College, Orange County Community College, Oswego, Plattsburgh, Polytechnic Institute, Potsdam, Purchase, Rockland Community College, Schenectady County Community College, Stony Brook, Suffolk County Community College, Sullivan, Tompkins Cortland Community College, Ulster County Community College, University at Albany, University at Buffalo, Upstate Medical, Westchester Community College
Syracuse University
The Juilliard School
The New School
Touro College & University system
- Bay Shore, Dental Medicine, Flatbush, Harlem, Kew Gardens Hills, Law Center, New York City, Osteopathic Medicine
Trocaire College
Union College
University of Rochester
Vassar College
Wagner College
Wells College
Yeshiva University

North Carolina

Bennett College
Brevard College
Catawba College
Chamberlain University at Charlotte
Davidson College
Duke University
Elon University
Guilford College
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
Johnson C. Smith University
Lees-McRae College
Meredith College
Methodist University
Queens University of Charlotte
Salem College
Shaw University
Union Presbyterian Seminary at Charlotte
Wake Forest University
Warren Wilson College

North Dakota

Ohio

Antioch College
Capital University
Case Western Reserve University
Chamberlain University

Cleveland, Columbus

Cleveland Institute of Art
Columbus College of Art and Design
Denison University
John Carroll University
Kenyon College
Methodist Theological School in Ohio
Miami University
Mount St. Joseph University
Northeast Ohio Medical University
Oberlin College and Conservatory
Ohio State University
Ohio University
- **Residential on-campus students
Ohio Wesleyan University
Otterbein University
The College of Wooster
University of Toledo
Wilmington College
Xavier University

Oklahoma

Oregon

Eastern Oregon University
Lane Community College
Lewis & Clark College
Linfield University
Oregon Health and Science University
Oregon State University
Pacific University
Portland State University
Reed College
Southern Oregon University
University of Oregon
University of Portland
Western Oregon University
Willamette University

Pennsylvania

Allegheny College

Alvernia University

Arcadia University

Bryn Athyn College of the New Church

Bryn Mawr College

Bucknell University

Cabrini University

Carnegie Mellon University

Chatham University

Chestnut Hill College

Dickinson College

Drexel University
Duquesne University
Franklin & Marshall College
Gettysburg College
Gwynedd Mercy University
Haverford College
Holy Family University
Immaculata University
Juniata College
La Salle University
Lafayette College
Lehigh University
Muhlenberg College
Moore College of Art and Design
Neumann University
Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
Point Park University
Robert Morris University
Rosemont College
Saint Joseph's University
Salus University
Seton Hill University
Susquehanna University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
The University of the Arts
Thomas Jefferson University
University of Pennsylvania
University of Pittsburgh

Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, Pittsburgh Campus, Titusville

University of Scranton
Ursinus College
Villanova University
Washington & Jefferson College
Widener University
Williamson College of the Trades

Rhode Island

Brown University
Bryant University
Community College of Rhode Island
Johnson & Wales University-Providence
New England Institute of Technology
Rhode Island College
Rhode Island School of Design
Roger Williams University
Salve Regina University

South Carolina

Claflin University
Furman University
Wofford College
Benedict College

South Dakota

Tennessee

American Baptist College
Meharry Medical College
The University of the South

Texas

Chamberlain University
Paul Quinn College
Rice University
Seminary of the Southwest
Southwestern University
St. Edward's University

Utah

University of Utah
Westminster College

Vermont

Bennington College
Castleton University
Champlain College
Landmark College
Middlebury College
Norwich University
Saint Michael's College
School for International Training
University of Vermont*
Vermont Law School
Vermont State Colleges system
- Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, Vermont Technical College

Virginia

Bridgewater College
Chamberlain University
Christopher Newport University
Hollins University
Mary Baldwin University
Marymount University
Norfolk State University
Sweet Briar College
Union Presbyterian Seminary
University of Richmond*
Virginia Union University
Virginia Wesleyan University
Washington and Lee University
William & Mary*

Washington

Antioch University at Seattle
Bastyr University
Bellevue College
Central Washington University
Columbia Basin College
DigiPen Institute of Technology
Eastern Washington University
Evergreen State College
Gonzaga University
Highline College
Northwest School of Wooden BoatBuilding
Pacific Lutheran University
Pacific Northwest University
Saint Martin's University
Seattle Colleges system
- Central, North, South
Seattle Film Institute
Seattle Pacific University
Seattle University
Tacoma Community College
University of Puget Sound
University of Washington system
- Bothell, Seattle, Tacoma
Western Washington University
Whitman College
Whitworth University

West Virginia

University of Charleston

Wisconsin

Alverno College
Beloit College
Carthage College
Lawrence University
Marquette University
Ripon College

Wyoming

*Will only require the COVID-19 vaccine pending FDA approval.

Don't see your school on this list? Reach out to contact@support.bestcolleges.com if your college or university plans to require the COVID-19 vaccine. Please include the relevant announcement link or email.

Note that this list covers COVID-19 vaccine requirements for 2022-2023 on-campus or residential students and does not specify individual university policies such as vaccine exemptions. Some colleges may require all students, regardless of their residential status, to get vaccinated. Faculty and staff vaccine requirements may be different from the residential student requirements listed above.

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