42 Colleges Still Accepting Students for Fall 2016

published 15 May 2016

Now that colleges have sent out acceptance letters and most students have made their decisions and submitted their deposit, the frenzy and anxiety of the college application process has ended for most high school seniors and their families. But for students who didn't get into their top schools -- or didn't get as much financial aid as they had hoped -- there's good news: Hundreds of colleges are still accepting applications from high school seniors and transfer students for the fall semester. And 42 of the schools still accepting students also appear on Kiplinger's 2016 Best College Values list for their blend of strong academics and affordability.

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After May 1 (the national response deadline for many colleges), the National Association for College Admission Counseling collects the names of schools that still have space available for its annual College Opening Update list. This year's list, which was reviewed on May 6, includes about 350 U.S. colleges -- a mix of private universities, private liberal arts colleges and public institutions ranging in size from tiny schools of about 1,000 students to behemoths with more than 40,000 undergraduates.

Nearly all of the schools on the NACAC's list, including all of those that also appear on Kiplinger's Best Values list, will still consider applicants for financial aid. By this time, the schools have already awarded much of the aid money available, so you may not receive the same amount or types of aid for which you may have qualified for the 2016-17 school year had you applied earlier. The federal deadline for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the fall semester isn't until June 30, 2017.

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Pitsker joined Kiplinger in the summer of 2012. Previously, she interned at the Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse, N.Y., and with Chronogram magazine in Kingston, N.Y. She holds a BS in magazine journalism from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications.