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David Schaffer / Getty Images For Students and Parents Test Prep ACT Test Prep Test Prep Strategies Test Registration Study Skills SAT Test Prep GRE Test Prep LSAT Test Prep Certifications Homework Help Private School College Admissions College Life Graduate School Business School Law School Distance Learning View More By Allen Grove College Admissions Expert Ph.D., English, University of Pennsylvania M.A., English, University of Pennsylvania B.S., Materials Science & Engineering and Literature, MIT Dr. Allen Grove is an Alfred University English professor and a college admissions expert with 20 years of experience helping students transition to college. our editorial process Facebook Facebook Twitter Twitter Allen Grove Updated May 14, 2020 If you're trying to decide whether you should take the ACT with Writing or just the regular ACT, the list below can help you make your decision. It includes all of the colleges and universities in the 50 United States that require the ACT writing section, listed by state. Realize, however, that there are hundreds of colleges that recommend the ACT Plus Writing without requiring it. So unless you know for sure that the schools you're applying to 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. Note that the number of colleges requiring the ACT with Writing continues to decrease since 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, but now that writing is optional for the SAT, many schools have decided to make it optional for both exams. 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. Click on a school's name here to get more information including acceptance rates and typical ACT and SAT scores for admitted students. Alabama None 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 Angeles (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 College Colorado None Connecticut United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA)Yale University Delaware Delaware State University District of Columbia None Florida Florida A&M (FAMU)Florida Atlantic UniversityFlorida International University (FIU)Trinity Baptist College Georgia Georgia Southern UniversityMorris Brown CollegeOgeechee Technical CollegeOxford College of Emory University Hawaii University of Hawaii at Manoa Idaho None Illinois Bible Missionary InstituteMacCormac CollegeOlive-Harvey CollegeSt. Joseph College SeminaryVanderCook College of Music Indiana Fairhaven CollegeIndiana University East Iowa None Kansas None Kentucky Louisville Bible CollegeSimmons College of Kentucky Louisiana None Maine None Maryland Washington Adventist University Massachusetts Harvard UniversitySpringfield CollegeWellesley College Michigan College for Creative StudiesUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor Minnesota None Mississippi None Missouri Urshan College Montana University of Montana Western Nebraska None Nevada None New Hampshire Dartmouth College New Jersey Seton Hall University New Mexico None New York Barnard College - Columbia UniversityConcordia College - New YorkCUNY - John Jay College of Criminal JusticeFive Towns CollegeList College - Jewish Theological SeminaryMolloy CollegePratt InstituteSiena CollegeSUNY College - Old WestburySUNY Maritime CollegeUniversity at Buffalo - SUNYUnited States Military Academy - West PointVassar College North Carolina Duke UniversityElizabeth City State UniversityElon UniversityFayetteville State UniversityNorth Carolina Central University (NCCU)Queens University of CharlotteUniversity of North Carolina School of the ArtsWestern Carolina UniversityWinston-Salem State University North Dakota None Ohio God’s Bible School and CollegeLake Erie College Oklahoma East Central University Oregon Lane Community CollegeOregon State UniversityPortland State University Pennsylvania Arcadia UniversityLafayette CollegeMuhlenberg CollegeUniversity of the Sciences in PhiladelphiaYork College of Pennsylvania Rhode Island Rhode Island CollegeRhode Island School of Design (RISD) South Carolina University of South Carolina - Columbia (USC) South Dakota None Tennessee Southwest Tennessee Community College Texas Cedar Valley CollegeHardin-Simmons UniversityPaul Quinn CollegeSouthwest School of ArtSt. Edward's UniversityStephen F. Austin State UniversityTarleton State UniversityUniversity of DallasUniversity of Mary Hardin-BaylorUniversity of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Dallas (UTD) Utah None Vermont None Virginia None Washington University of Washington Tacoma West Virginia West Virginia University Institute of TechnologyWest Virginia University Wisconsin None Wyoming None