Resources › For Students & Parents Colleges that Require the ACT Writing Test Learn Which Colleges and Universities Require the ACT with Writing Share Flipboard Email Print ACT writing test. David Schaffer / Getty Images For Students & Parents Test Prep ACT Strategies & Studying Registration Study Skills SAT The GRE The LSAT TOEFL & TOEIC Certifications Homework Help Private Schools College Admissions College Life Graduate School Business School Law School Distance Learning View More by Allen Grove Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with 20 years of experience helping students transition to college. Updated October 20, 2018 If you're trying to decide whether you should take the ACT with Writing or just the regular ACT, the list below can help. It includes all of the colleges and universities in the 50 United States that require the ACT writing section. Realize, however, that there are hundreds of colleges that "recommend" the ACT Plus Writing even if they don't require it. Unless you know that the schools to which you are applying don't care about the writing section, it may be wise to spend the extra half an hour and $16.00 to take the ACT Plus Writing. The schools that require the ACT Writing Test range from elite Ivy League schools to small unaccredited colleges that you probably haven't heard of. I've listed the schools by state. The schools on the list were identified using ACT's search tool. Colleges change their requirements frequently, so be sure to double-check with the schools for the most accurate and up-to-date information. You can click on a school's name to get more information including acceptance rates and typical ACT and SAT scores for admitted students. Note that the number of colleges requiring the ACT with Writing has gone done by a couple dozen schools after the SAT dropped the required writing section from its exam in March of 2016. Some schools had required the ACT Writing Test to put the SAT and ACT on equal footing--students taking either exam would need to take the writing test. Now that writing is optional for the SAT, many schools have decided to make it optional for both exams. Alabama Auburn UniversityUniversity of Alabama at Tuscaloosa ('Bama, UA, Alabama) Alaska None Arizona None Arkansas None California California Institute of TechnologyChapman UniversityClaremont McKenna CollegeGolden State Baptist CollegeHarvey Mudd CollegeOccidental CollegePatten UniversityScripps CollegeSoka University of AmericaStanford UniversityUniversity of California at Berkeley (Berkeley)University of California at Davis (UC Davis)University of California at Irvine (UC Irvine)University of California at Los Angelos (UCLA)University of California at Merced (UCM)University of California at Riverside (UCR)University of California at San Diego (UCSD)University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB)University of California at Santa Cruz (UCSC)University of La VerneUniversity of San DiegoWestmont CollegeWhittier College Colorado None Connecticut Coast Guard Academy (USCGA)University of Connecticut at Storrs (UConn)Yale University Delaware Delaware State UniversityUniversity of Delaware (UD) District of Columbia Gallaudet University Florida Florida A&M (FAMU)Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida Gulf Coast University (FGCU)Florida International University (FIU)Florida State UniversityTrinity Baptist CollegeUniversity of Central Florida (UCF)University of MiamiUniversity of North FloridaUniversity of South Florida at TampaUniversity of West Florida Georgia Berry CollegeEmory UniversityGeorgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech)Georgia Southern UniversityGeorgia State UniversityLife UniversityMorris Brown College Hawaii University of Hawaii at Manoa Idaho None Illinois Morthland CollegeNorthwestern UniversityPrincipia CollegeSt. Joseph College SeminaryVanderCook College of Music Indiana Fairhaven CollegeIndiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW)Indiana University EastUniversity of Evansville Iowa None Kansas None Kentucky Louisville Bible College Louisiana None Maine None Maryland Towson UniversityWashington Adventist University Massachusetts Atlantic Union CollegeBabson CollegeBoston CollegeBrandeis UniversityEmerson CollegeGordon CollegeHarvard UniversityNortheastern UniversityOlin College of EngineeringSpringfield CollegeSuffolk UniversityWellesley College (photo tour) Michigan College for Creative StudiesMichigan State UniversityUniversity of Michigan at Ann Arbor Minnesota Martin Luther CollegeUniversity of Minnesota, MorrisUniversity of Minnesota, Rochester Mississippi None Missouri College of the OzarksEvangel UniversityUrshan College Montana University of Montana-Western Nebraska None Nevada None New Hampshire Dartmouth CollegeUNH, University of New Hampshire (Durham) New Jersey Caldwell CollegePrinceton UniversitySeton Hall University New Mexico None New York Concordia CollegeFive Towns CollegeFordham UniversityJohn Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY)LIM CollegeList College (Jewish Theological Seminary of America)Maritime College (SUNY)Molloy CollegeOld Westbury (SUNY)Pratt InstituteSiena CollegeStony Brook University (SUNY)Syracuse UniversityUniversity at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo)Vassar CollegeWest Point (United States Military Academy) North Carolina Duke UniversityElizabeth City State UniversityElon UniversityFayetteville State UniversityMars Hill UniversityNorth Carolina Central University (NCCU)Queens University of CharlotteUniversity of North Carolina School of the ArtsUniversity of North Carolina at Asheville (UNCA)University of North Carolina, GreensboroUniversity of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW)Western Carolina UniversityWinston-Salem State University North Dakota None Ohio Case Western Reserve UniversityGod’s Bible School and CollegeLake Erie CollegeUniversity of Toledo Oklahoma None Oregon Oregon State UniversityPortland State UniversityWestern Oregon University (WOU) Pennsylvania Arcadia UniversityDelaware Valley CollegeLafayette CollegeLehigh UniversityMuhlenberg CollegeUniversity of Pittsburgh (Pitt)University of Pittsburgh at GreensburgUniversity of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaVillanova UniversityYork College of Pennsylvania Rhode Island Brown UniversityRhode Island CollegeRhode Island School of Design (RISD) South Carolina Clemson UniversityUniversity of South Carolina at Columbia (USC)Wofford College South Dakota None Tennessee Vanderbilt University Texas Hardin-Simmons UniversityMidwestern State UniversityPaul Quinn CollegeSouthwest School of ArtSt. Edward's UniversityStephen F. Austin State UniversityTarleton State UniversityTexas A&M at College StationTexas State UniversityUniversity of DallasUniversity of Mary Hardin-BaylorUniversity of St. ThomasUniversity of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Utah None Vermont Saint Michael's College Virginia University of Virginia at CharlottesvilleWashington and Lee University Washington University of Washington Tacoma West Virginia West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyWest Virginia University Wisconsin None Wyoming Wyoming Catholic College Continue Reading