See Which Alabama Colleges Are Waiving Application Fees This Week

ACROSS ALABAMA —Attention, high school seniors: if you’ve been putting off your college applications, crunch time is finally here. In honor of Alabama College Appreciation Week, dozens of colleges in Alabama, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina are waiving application fees for applications submitted from Monday, Oct. 18, to Friday, Oct. 22.

Applications normally cost anywhere from $30 to $60, and can often get in the way of lower-income students from applying, especially when they are considering several different schools. College Appreciation Week, started nine years ago, aims to encourage greater socioeconomic diversity in colleges by removing some of the financial barriers associated with applying. According to the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, just 58% of Alabama high schoolers graduating in 2019 went on to college, one of the lowest rates in years.

Below is an alphabetical listing of participating schools, listed on Birmingham’s official city website. Be sure to double check with the admissions office at each school, and see if there are any codes you will need.

• Alabama A&M University – Alabama
• Alabama State University – Alabama
• Allen University – South Carolina
• Andrew College – Georgia
• Athens State University – Alabama
• Auburn University – Alabama
• Auburn University at Montgomery – Alabama
• Belmont Abbey College – North Carolina
• Birmingham Southern College – Alabama
• Cumberland University – Tennessee
• Edward Waters University – Florida
• Faulkner University – Alabama
• Florida Southern College – Florida
• Georgia Institute of Technology – Georgia
• Georgia Southwestern State University – Georgia
• Huntingdon College – Alabama
• Jacksonville State University – Alabama
• Lander University – South Carolina
• Lincoln Tech – Tennessee
• Lipscomb University – Tennessee
• Marion Military Institute – Alabama
• Maryville College – Tennessee
• Mercer University – Georgia
• Miles College – Alabama
• Mississippi College – Mississippi
• Ohio University – Ohio
• Samford University – Alabama
• Sewanee: The University of the South – Tennessee
• Spring Hill College – Alabama
• Stillman College – Alabama
• Talladega College – Alabama
• Tennessee Technological University – Tennessee
• Troy University – Alabama
• Tuskegee University – Alabama
• Union University – Tennessee
• University of Alabama – Alabama
• University of Alabama at Birmingham – Alabama
• University of Dayton – Ohio
• University of Alabama in Huntsville – Alabama
• University of Mobile – Alabama
• University of Montevallo – Alabama
• University of New Orleans – Louisiana
• University of North Alabama – Alabama
• University of South Alabama – Alabama
• University of West Alabama – Alabama
• Wofford College – South Carolina
• Alabama Community College System – Alabama
• Bevill State Community College – Alabama
• Bishop State Community College – Alabama
• Calhoun Community College – Alabama
• Central Alabama Community College – Alabama
• Chattahoochee Valley Community College – Alabama
• Coastal Alabama Community College – Alabama
• Drake State Community & Technical College – Alabama
• Enterprise State Community College – Alabama
• Gadsden State Community College – Alabama
• Jefferson State Community College – Alabama
• Lawson State Community College – Alabama
• Lurleen B. Wallace Community College – Alabama
• Northeast Alabama Community College – Alabama
• Northwest Shoals Community College – Alabama
• Reid State Technical College – Alabama
• Shelton State Community College – Alabama
• Snead State Community College – Alabama
• Southern Union State Community College – Alabama
• Trenholm State Community College – Alabama
• Wallace Community College-Dothan – Alabama
• Wallace Community College-Selma – Alabama
• Wallace Community College-Hanceville – Alabama