See Which Alabama Colleges Are Waiving Application Fees This Week

Birmingham AL

19 October, 2021

3:11 PM

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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