Partners in supporting & encouraging first-gen students

College Partners

We partner with colleges and universities from across the country that place a high value on admitting and supporting first-generation college students. College Partners contribute to the I'm First! Stories campaign, nominate students to write for the I'm First! blog, are featured in the nationally distributed I'm First! Guide to College, and participate in the UStrive online mentoring platform.

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Arkansas

University of Arkansas-Fort Smith

Arizona

University of Arizona

California

Azusa Pacific University

Claremont McKenna College

Holy Names University

Otis College of Art and Design

Pepperdine University

Sacramento State University

Saint Mary’s College of California

Stanford University

University of Redlands

University of San Diego

Colorado

Adams State University

Colorado College

Fort Lewis College

Connecticut

Central Connecticut State University

Eastern Connecticut State University

Quinnipiac University

Trinity College

Wesleyan University

Western Connecticut State University

Yale University

Delaware

University of Delaware

District of Columbia

American University

The Catholic University of America

Florida

Florida International University

New College of Florida

University of Florida

Georgia

Emory University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Georgia State University

Illinois

Columbia College Chicago

Elmhurst College

Northwestern University

Saint Xavier University

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

University of Illinois Chicago

University of Illinois Springfield

Indiana

Holy Cross College

Iowa

Grinnell College

Kentucky

Maine

Maryland

Johns Hopkins University

St. John’s College

St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Massachusetts

Amherst College

Bentley University

Boston University

Framingham State University

Harvard University

Lasell University

Mount Holyoke College

Northeastern University

Olin College of Engineering

Suffolk University

Tufts University

Wellesley College

Michigan

Central Michigan University

Davenport University

Grand Valley State University

Northern Michigan University

University of Michigan

Minnesota

Gustavus Adolphus College

Macalester College

St. Olaf College

Missouri

Columbia College

Washington University in St. Louis

Montana

University of Providence

New Hampshire

Dartmouth College

New Jersey

Caldwell University

Montclair State University

Princeton University

Rutgers University-New Brunswick

New Mexico

St. John’s College

New York

Barnard College

Clarkson University

Colgate University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Fashion Institute of Technology

Fordham University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rochester Institute of Technology

St. Francis College

St. John Fisher University

Sarah Lawrence College

Skidmore College

Syracuse University

University of Rochester

North Carolina

Davidson College

University of North Carolina at Asheville

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Ohio

Case Western Reserve University

University of Cincinnati

Wittenburg University

Oregon

Linfield University

University of Oregon

Pennsylvania

Allegheny College

Alvernia University

Arcadia University

Bryn Mawr College

Carnegie Mellon University

Chatham University

Dickinson College

Elizabethtown College

Gettysburg College

Lycoming College

Shippensburg University

Susquehanna University

Temple University

University of Pennsylvania

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Rhode Island

Brown University

South Carolina

Coastal Carolina University

Horry-Georgetown Technical College

Tennessee

Lincoln Memorial University

Vanderbilt University

Texas

Concordia University Texas

Huston-Tillotson University

Southern Methodist University

St. Edwards University

Texas A&M University-Commerce

Texas State University

Texas Tech University

Texas Woman’s University

University of Houston

The University of Texas at Austin

Vermont

Middlebury College

Virginia

Christopher Newport University

College of William & Mary

University of Richmond

University of Virginia

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Washington and Lee University

Washington

Seattle University

West Virginia

Davis & Elkins College

Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison