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# Top 102 Colleges Vaccination Requirements

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The [World Health Organization](https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019) (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020. Life changed as we knew it. Stay-at-home orders, mask mandates, and social distancing altered the way we lived day-to-day. Lives, jobs, and plans of the future were put on hold.

 

Our world worked tirelessly to invent the COVID-19 vaccination. Finally, in December 2020, the [first person received the vaccination](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/12/14/first-covid-vaccines-new-york/) outside of a clinical trial in the U.S. The vaccination, once again, shifts the conversation.

 

In higher education, the 2020 school year focused on transitioning to online classes and striving to provide the best experience for at-home students. 2021 shifts to the transition back to campus, and with it, the intense debate has ignited of whether or not to require COVID-19 vaccinations in the upcoming fall semester.

 

Below are the decisions of the [top 102 universities](https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities) on student, faculty, and staff COVID-19 vaccination requirements, as of June 22nd, 2021. We've included links to the university's COVID-19 portal for the latest news and updates.

 

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## How Colleges and Universities are Transitioning to In-Person Classes

The curated list offers a holistic look at the status of vaccination requirements at each of the top 101 universities of 2021, as of June 22nd. 

 

### Required (65%)

The following colleges and universities have chosen to require students, faculty, and staff to be fully vaccinated prior to the start of the fall 2021 semester.

 

1) [Princeton University](https://covid.princeton.edu/) (NJ)

2) [Harvard University](https://www.harvard.edu/coronavirus/) (MA)

3) [Columbia University](https://covid19.columbia.edu/) (NY)

4) [Massachusetts Institute of Technology](https://covid19.mit.edu/)

4) [Yale University](https://covid19.yale.edu/)(CT)

6) [Stanford University](https://healthalerts.stanford.edu/) (CA)

6) [University of Chicago](https://wellness.uchicago.edu/about/accessing-services-in-2020-2021/)

8) [University of Pennsylvania](https://coronavirus.upenn.edu/)

9) [California Institute of Technology](https://together.caltech.edu/)

9) [Johns Hopkins University](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/) (MD)

9) [Northwestern University](https://www.northwestern.edu/coronavirus-covid-19-updates/) (IL)

12) [Duke University](https://coronavirus.duke.edu/) (NC)

13) [Dartmouth College](https://covid.dartmouth.edu/) (NH)

14) [Brown University](https://healthy.brown.edu/)(RI)

14) [Vanderbilt University](https://www.vanderbilt.edu/coronavirus/) (TN)

16) [Rice University](https://coronavirus.rice.edu/) (TX)

16) [Washington University in St. Louis](https://covid19.wustl.edu/)

18) [Cornell University](https://covid.cornell.edu/) (NY)

19) [University of Notre Dame](https://here.nd.edu/) (IN)

21) [Emory University](https://www.emory.edu/forward/) (GA)

23) [Georgetown University](https://www.georgetown.edu/coronavirus/) (DC)

24) [University of Michigan--Ann Arbor](https://uhs.umich.edu/)

24) [University of Southern California](https://coronavirus.usc.edu/)

26) [Carnegie Mellon University](https://www.cmu.edu/coronavirus/) (PA)

28) [Wake Forest University](https://ourwayforward.wfu.edu/) (NC)

30) [New York University](https://www.nyu.edu/life/safety-health-wellness/coronavirus-information.html)

30) [Tufts University](https://coronavirus.tufts.edu/) (MA)

30) [University of Florida](https://coronavirus.ufl.edu/)

34) [University of Rochester](http://www.rochester.edu/uhs/) (NY)

35) [Boston College](https://www.bc.edu/content/bc-web/sites/bc-forward.html)

41) [Tulane University](https://tulane.edu/covid-19) (LA)

42) [Boston University](https://www.bu.edu/healthway/)

42) [Brandeis University](https://www.brandeis.edu/covid-19/)(MA)

49) [Lehigh University](https://coronavirus.lehigh.edu/) (PA)

49) [Northeastern University](https://www.northeastern.edu/uhcs/covid-19-resources/) (MA)

53) [Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute](https://covid19.rpi.edu/) (NY)

53) [Santa Clara University](https://www.scu.edu/preparedscu/) (CA)

53)[Villanova University](https://www1.villanova.edu/content/university/return-to-campus.html) (PA)

58) [Syracuse University](https://www.syracuse.edu/covid-dashboard/) (NY)

58) [University of Maryland--College Park](https://umd.edu/4Maryland)

58) [University of Pittsburgh](https://www.coronavirus.pitt.edu/)

58) [University of Washington](https://www.washington.edu/coronavirus/)

63) [Rutgers University-New Brunswick](https://coronavirus.rutgers.edu/) (NJ)

63) [University of Connecticut](https://coviddashboard.uconn.edu/)

66) [Fordham University](https://studenthealth.uconn.edu/)(NY)

66) [George Washington University](https://coronavirus.gwu.edu/) (DC)

66) [Loyola Marymount University](https://www.lmu.edu/together/) (CA)

66) [University of Massachusetts--Amherst](https://www.umass.edu/uhs/covid-19-testing)

66) [Worcester Polytechnic Institute](https://www.wpi.edu/we-are-wpi/) (MA)

74) [Virginia Tech](https://ready.vt.edu/)

76) [American University](https://www.american.edu/coronavirus/) (DC)

76) [Indiana University--Bloomington](https://www.iu.edu/covid/)

76) [Yeshiva University](https://www.yu.edu/fall2021) (NY)

80) [Gonzaga University](https://www.gonzaga.edu/zagon) (WA)

80) [Howard University](https://home.howard.edu/pandemic-response) (DC)

80) [Stevens Institute of Technology](https://www.stevens.edu/about-stevens/campus-operations-and-guidance) (NJ)

80) [University of Denver (CO)](https://www.du.edu/coronavirus)

88) [Binghamton University--SUNY](https://www.binghamton.edu/summer-guidance-2021/)

88) [Colorado School of Mines](https://www.mines.edu/emergency/coronavirus/)

88) [Marquette University](https://www.marquette.edu/coronavirus/) (WI)

88) [Stony Brook University--SUNY](https://www.stonybrook.edu/comingback/)

88) [University at Buffalo--SUNY](https://www.buffalo.edu/coronavirus/)

88) [University of San Diego](https://www.sandiego.edu/onward/)

97) [University of Delaware](https://www.udel.edu/home/coronavirus/)

 

### Encouraged (28%)

Some colleges and universities have decided not to require the vaccination prior to returning to campus. These schools are listed below.

 

26) [University of Virginia](https://coronavirus.virginia.edu/)

28) [University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill](https://campushealth.unc.edu/)

35) [Georgia Institute of Technology](https://health.gatech.edu/tech-moving-forward)

42) [Case Western Reserve University](https://case.edu/covid19/) (OH)

42) [University of Texas--Austin](https://protect.utexas.edu/)

42) [University of Wisconsin--Madison](https://covidresponse.wisc.edu/)

47)[University of Georgia](https://coronavirus.uga.edu/)

47) [University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign](https://covid19.illinois.edu/)

49) [Pepperdine University](https://www.pepperdine.edu/coronavirus/) (CA)

49) [University of Miami](https://coronavirus.miami.edu/covid-19-vaccine/) (FL)

53) [Ohio State University--Columbus](https://safeandhealthy.osu.edu/)

53) [Purdue University--West Lafayette](https://protect.purdue.edu/) (IN)

58) [Florida State University](https://uhs.fsu.edu/coronavirus)

63) [Pennsylvania State University--University Park](https://virusinfo.psu.edu/)

66) [Southern Methodist University](https://www.smu.edu/coronavirus/) (TX)

66) [Texas A&M University--College Station](https://www.tamu.edu/coronavirus/)

66) [University of Minnesota--Twin Cities](https://safe-campus.umn.edu/return-campus/university-planning-response)

74) [Clemson University](https://www.clemson.edu/covid-19/) (SC)

76) [Baylor University](https://www.baylor.edu/coronavirus/) (TX)

80) [Brigham Young University--Provo](https://www.byu.edu/coronavirus/) (UT)

80) [Michigan State University](https://msu.edu/together-we-will/)

80) [North Carolina State University--Raleigh](https://www.ncsu.edu/coronavirus/)

80) [Texas Christian University](https://www.tcu.edu/connected-campus)

88) [Elon University](https://www.elon.edu/u/ready-and-resilient/) (NC)

88) [University of Iowa](https://coronavirus.uiowa.edu/)

97) [Auburn University](http://auburn.edu/covid-resource-center/) (AL)

97) [University of Arizona](https://covid19.arizona.edu/)

97) [University of Utah](https://coronavirus.utah.edu/)

 

### Pending Requirement (9%)

The following universities have pending proposals to require the COVID-19 vaccination on campus. Many of these proposals depend on FDA approval.

 

University of California campuses [proposed a vaccination requirement policy](https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/coronavirus/student-faqs-covid-19-vaccine-5-4-21.pdf) in April. The governor recently issued a new executive order related to vaccinations and testing on university and college campuses. Changes will be implemented in the coming weeks.

 

20) [University of California--Los Angeles](https://covid-19.ucla.edu/)

22) [University of California--Berkeley](https://coronavirus.berkeley.edu/)

30) [University of California--Santa Barbara](https://studenthealth.sa.ucsb.edu/)

35) [University of California--Irvine](https://uci.edu/coronavirus/)

35) [University of California--San Diego](https://health.ucsd.edu/coronavirus/)

39) [University of California--Davis](https://campusready.ucdavis.edu/)

39) [College of William & Mary](https://www.wm.edu/about/administration/emergency/current_issues/coronavirus/index.php) (VA)

88) [University of California--Riverside](https://studenthealth.ucr.edu/)

97) [University of California--Merced](https://health.ucmerced.edu/)

97) [University of California--Santa Cruz](https://healthcenter.ucsc.edu/services/covid19.html)

 

The majority of top universities will require students, faculty, staff, and any other individuals living or visiting campus to receive the COVID-19 vaccination prior to their return. As the fall semester approaches, more schools have implemented these policies. We plan to see continued changes in the higher ed space in the coming months.

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