What Colleges Require the COVID-19 Vaccine?
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The likelihood of your school requiring the COVID-19 vaccine has decreased significantly for the next school year.
President Joe Biden signed a bill in April that immediately ended the COVID-19 national emergency and will end the public health emergency on May 11, 2023.
Many colleges announced the end of their COVID-19 vaccine requirements days after Biden signed the bill. More colleges are likely to end their vaccine mandates on May 11, the same day the public health emergency ends.
"Our response to the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, remains a public health priority, but thanks to the Administration's whole of government approach to combatting the virus, we are in a better place in our response than we were three years ago, and we can transition away from the emergency phase," the Department of Health and Human Services wrote.
BestColleges found a variety of university responses to handling the now-endemic COVID-19 disease. Some have chosen to keep their vaccine requirements and treat them like regular vaccination requirements like measles, mumps, and rubella.
Other colleges and universities have either entirely removed COVID-19 resource websites or haven't updated them since early 2022.
Check your school's website to learn about your school's COVID-19 vaccine requirements. 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: May 2, 2023, at 3:50 P.M. EST
States A-G
ALABAMA | ALASKA | ARIZONA | ARKANSAS | CALIFORNIA | COLORADO | CONNECTICUT | DELAWARE | DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | FLORIDA | GEORGIA
Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
- Diné College
- Prescott College
Arkansas
- Arkansas Baptist College
California
- American Jewish University
- 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
- Claremont Graduate University
- Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- College of Alameda
- Dominican University of California
- Foothill College
- Harvey Mudd College
- Holy Names University
- La Sierra University
- Laguna College of Art and Design
- Laney College
- Los Angeles College of Music
- Loyola Marymount University
- Menlo College
- Merritt College
- New York Film Academy
- Northeastern University
- Occidental College
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Pepperdine University
- Pitzer College
- Pomona College
- Porterville College
- Saint Mary's College of California
- Samuel Merritt University
- Santa Clara University
- Scripps College
- Southern California Institute of Architecture
- University of California system
- Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz
- University of Redlands
- University of San Francisco
- University of the Pacific
- University of the West
- Western University of Health Sciences
- Whittier College
Colorado
- Colorado College
- Colorado State University system
- Fort Collins, Pueblo
- Naropa University
- Rocky Vista University
- University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
- University of Colorado Denver
- University of Denver
Connecticut
- Connecticut College
- Mitchell College
- Post University
- 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
- Howard University
- Trinity Washington University
Florida
Georgia
- Agnes Scott College
- Mercer University
- **Students in health science programs with clinical experiences
- Morehouse College
- Morris Brown College
- Oglethorpe University
- Spelman College
States H-M
HAWAII | IDAHO | ILLINOIS | INDIANA | IOWA | KANSAS | KENTUCKY | LOUISIANA | MAINE | MARYLAND | MASSACHUSETTS | MICHIGAN | MINNESOTA | MISSISSIPPI | MISSOURI | MONTANA
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
- Bradley University
- The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
- Columbia College Chicago
- DePaul University
- Dominican University
- Erikson Institute
- Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
- Illinois Institute of Technology
- Knox College
- Lake Forest College
- Lake Forest Graduate School of Management
- Methodist College
- Roosevelt University
- Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
- Rush University
- Saint Augustine College
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- Shawnee Community College
- Southeastern Illinois College
- Southwestern Illinois College
- Spertus College
Indiana
- Butler University
- 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
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
- Simmons College of Kentucky
Louisiana
- Southern University system
- Southern University and A&M College, New Orleans, Shreveport, Law Center
- Tulane University
Maine
- Bates College
- Bowdoin College
- Colby College
- College of the Atlantic
- Husson University
- Unity College
- University of New England
Maryland
- Goucher College
- Johns Hopkins University
- Loyola University Maryland
- Morgan State University
- *Only students in campus housing
- Notre Dame of Maryland University
- St. John's College
- Washington College
Massachusetts
- American International College
- Anna Maria College
- Babson College
- Berklee College of Music
- Boston University
- *Only students in campus housing
- Brandeis University
- Bridgewater State University
- Cambridge College
- Clark University
- Curry College
- Emerson College
- Emmanuel College
- Endicott College
- Fitchburg State University
- Framingham State University
- Hampshire College
- Harvard University
- Lasell University
- Lesley University
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
- Merrimack College
- Mount Holyoke College
- New England Conservatory of Music
- New England Law | Boston
- Northeastern University
- Salem State University
- Smith College
- Springfield College
- Suffolk University
- Tufts University
- University of Massachusetts system
- Amherst, Boston, Dartmouth, Lowell
- Wellesley College
- Western New England University
- Westfield State University
- Wheaton College
- William James College
- Worcester State University
Michigan
- Eastern Michigan University
- Michigan School of Psychology
- University of Michigan system
- Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint
- Wayne State University
Minnesota
- Augsburg University
- Hamline University
- Macalester College
- Minneapolis College of Art and Design
- Mitchell Hamline School of Law
- The College of Saint Scholastica
- University of Minnesota
- Crookston, Duluth, Morris, Rochester, Twin Cities
- University of St. Thomas
Mississippi
Missouri
- Washington University in St. Louis
- William Jewell College
Montana
States N-S
NEBRASKA | NEVADA | NEW HAMPSHIRE | NEW JERSEY | NEW MEXICO | NEW YORK | NORTH CAROLINA | NORTH DAKOTA | OHIO | OKLAHOMA | OREGON | PENNSYLVANIA | RHODE ISLAND | SOUTH CAROLINA | SOUTH DAKOTA
Nebraska
- Doane University at Crete
- University of Nebraska Medical Center
Nevada
- Touro University Nevada
New Hampshire
- Franklin Pierce University
- New England College
New Jersey
- Fairleigh Dickinson University
- Felician University
- Georgian Court University
- Kean University
- Montclair State University
- Rutgers University
- Camden, Brunswick, Newark
- Saint Peter's University
- Seton Hall University
- Stockton University
- William Paterson University
New Mexico
- New Mexico State University
- New Mexico Tech
New York
- Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
- Albany Law School
- Bank Street College of Education
- Bard College
- Barnard College
- Canisius College
- Colgate University
- College of Mount Saint Vincent
- Cornell University
- Hamilton College
- Hilbert College
- Hobart William Smith Colleges
- Jewish Theological Seminary of America
- Le Moyne College
- Manhattan College
- Manhattan School of Music
- Manhattanville College
- Maria College
- Marymount Manhattan College
- New York Institute of Technology
- Niagara University
- Pace University
- Pratt Institute
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Russell Sage College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Skidmore College
- St. Bonaventure University
- St. Francis College
- Syracuse University
- The Juilliard School
- The New School
- Trocaire College
- University of Rochester
- Vassar College
- Wells College
- Yeshiva University
North Carolina
- Bennett College
- Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
- Johnson C. Smith University
- Meredith College
- Queens University of Charlotte
- Salem College
- Shaw University
- Warren Wilson College
North Dakota
Ohio
- Antioch College
- Case Western Reserve University
- Cleveland Institute of Art
- Denison University
- John Carroll University
- Kenyon College
- Methodist Theological School in Ohio
- Oberlin College and Conservatory
- Ohio Wesleyan University
- The College of Wooster
- University of Toledo
Oklahoma
Oregon
- Lewis & Clark College
- Reed College
- Southern Oregon University
- University of Portland
- Western Oregon University
Pennsylvania
- Allegheny College
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church
- Bryn Mawr College
- Bucknell University
- Cabrini University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Chestnut Hill College
- Duquesne University
- Franklin & Marshall College
- Gwynedd Mercy University
- Haverford College
- Immaculata University
- La Salle University
- Lehigh University
- Moore College of Art and Design
- Neumann University
- Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Robert Morris University
- Saint Joseph's University
- Salus University
- Seton Hill University
- Susquehanna University
- Swarthmore College
- Temple University
- The University of the Arts
- Thomas Jefferson University
- **Students in clinical settings
- University of Pittsburgh
- Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, Pittsburgh Campus, Titusville
- 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
- Rhode Island College
- Rhode Island School of Design
South Carolina
- Furman University
- **Students living on campus
- Wofford College
- Benedict College
South Dakota
States T-Z
TENNESSEE | TEXAS | UTAH | VERMONT | VIRGINIA | WASHINGTON | WEST VIRGINIA | WISCONSIN | WYOMING
Tennessee
- American Baptist College
Texas
- Rice University
- Seminary of the Southwest
- Southwestern University
- St. Edward's University
Utah
Vermont
- Bennington College
- Castleton University
- Landmark College
- Norwich University
- University of Vermont
- Vermont Law School
- Vermont State Colleges system
- Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, Vermont Technical College
Virginia
- Bridgewater College
- Mary Baldwin University
- Marymount University
- Norfolk State University
- Sweet Briar College
- Washington and Lee University
Washington
- Bastyr University
- Bellevue College
- Eastern Washington University
- Evergreen State College
- Pacific Lutheran University
- Pacific Northwest University
- Seattle University
- University of Puget Sound
- University of Washington system
- Whitman College
West Virginia
Wisconsin
- Beloit College
- Carthage College
- Lawrence University
- Marquette University
- Ripon College
Wyoming
Note that this list covers COVID-19 vaccine requirements for 2023-2024 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.
Don't see your school on this list? Reach out to contact@support.bestcolleges.com if your college or university still requires the COVID-19 vaccine. Please include the relevant vaccine page link or email.
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.
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