Pre-College Summer Programs

Pre-college summer programs provide the opportunity for high school students to experience higher education for a few weeks before starting college. These programs vary in length, lasting anywhere from 1-7 weeks.

By participating in a pre-college summer program students take college classes, participate in campus activities, dorm in on-campus housing and see if the college is a good fit for them.

Not every college or university offers summer programs.  Below is a list of a few by state.  Some schools offer these programs free of charge, most cost thousands of dollars. Not all are eligible for financial aid.

Alabama:

Auburn University

University of Alabama

Arizona:

Arizona State University 

University of Arizona College of Medicine

California:

California State University

Stanford University

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California, San Diego

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of Southern California

Colorado:

 Colorado State University

United States Air Force Academy

University of Colorado

Connecticut:

Central Connecticut State University

Fairfield University

United States Coast Guard Academy

Yale University

Delaware:

University of Delaware

Florida:

Florida State University

University of Florida

University of Miami

Georgia:

Emory College

Georgia Institute of Technology

Spelman College

Hawaii:

Chaminade University

Illinois:

Columbia College Chicago

Northwestern University

University of Chicago

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Indiana:

Indiana University

University of Notre Dame

Iowa:

University of Iowa

Louisiana:

Louisiana State University

Tulane University

Maine:

University of Maine

Maryland:

Johns Hopkins University

United States Naval Academy

University of Maryland

Massachusetts:

Assumption College

Berklee College of Music

Boston College

Boston University

Brandeis University

Emerson College

Harvard University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tufts University

Wellesley College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Michigan:

Michigan State University

Mississippi:

University of Mississippi

Missouri:

Washington University in St. Louis

Nebraska:

University of Nebraska

New Hampshire:

Dartmouth College

New Jersey:

Centenary University

Fairleigh Dickinson University

Montclair State University

Rider University

Rowan University

Rutgers University

Stevens Institute of Technology

New York:

Adelphi University

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Science

Columbia University

Columbia University Barnard College for Women

Cornell University

Daemen College

Marist College

New York University

Pace University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Sarah Lawrence College

Skidmore College

Stony Brook University

Syracuse University

United States Military Academy

North Carolina:

Duke University

University of North Carolina

Wake Forest University

Ohio:

Bowling Green State University

Case Western Reserve University

Ohio State University

Pennsylvania:

Albright College

Bucknell University

Carnegie Mellon University

Drexel University

Susquehanna University

University of Pennsylvania 

University of Pennsylvania Law School

University of Pennsylvania Wharton School

Rhode Island:

Brown University

Rhode Island School of Design

South Carolina:

Clemson University

Tennessee:

University of Tennessee

Vanderbilt University 

Texas:

Baylor University

Texas A&M University

University of Houston

Vermont:

Champlain College

University of Vermont

Virginia:

Hollins University

University of Virginia

William & Mary College

Washington, DC:

American University

Catholic University of America

Georgetown University

George Washington University

West Virginia:

West Virginia University

Wisconsin:

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Wyoming:

University of Wyoming