The 2020 application season has begun. Most U.S. graduate programs opened their online application portals in late August or early September (some, like Penn's GSAS and Georgetown's Law School, will open on October 1).
Unlike undergraduate applications with uniform deadlines, graduate admissions in the U.S. have distinct requirements and deadlines for each college and often each program.
CheersYou（清柚教育） has compiled an unofficial list of Fall 2020 application deadlines for graduate programs at the Top 30 U.S. universities (U.S. News 2019 rankings) for your reference.
Princeton University
November 25, 2019: Neuroscience, Psychology
December 1, 2019: Chemical and Biological Engineering, Chemistry, East Asian Studies, Economics, History, Molecular Biology, etc.
December 15, 2019: Applied and Computational Mathematics, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, English, Mathematics, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, etc.
December 31, 2019: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Comparative Literature, Finance, Musicology, Operations Research and Financial Engineering, etc.
January 2, 2020: Architecture
Harvard University
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: December 15, 2019 (some programs January 2, 2020)
Graduate School of Design: January 2, 2020 (MDes January 9, MDE January 16)
Graduate School of Education: January 5, 2020
Kennedy School: December 3, 2019
Law School: December 1, 2019
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences: December 15, 2019
School of Public Health: December 1, 2019
Yale University
December 1, 2019: Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Chemistry, History of Art, Nursing, Psychology, etc.
December 1, 2019: Applied Physics, Economics, Engineering and Applied Science, Film and Media Studies, History, Law, Linguistics, Mathematics, Physics, Public Health, Statistics, Statistics and Data Science, etc.
January 2, 2020: Applied Mathematics, Architecture, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Computer Science, East Asian Studies, Global Affairs, International Development and Economics, Management, Music, Philosophy, Sociology, etc.
University of Chicago
Biological Sciences Division: December 1, 2019
Harris School of Public Policy: October 1, 2019 (Early Action), December 3, 2019 (Round 1), January 21, 2020 (Round 2), March 31, 2020 (Round 3)
Institute for Molecular Engineering: mid-December 2019 – early January 2020
Physical Sciences Division: Financial Mathematics: January 17, 2020 (Round 1), March 27, 2020 (Round 2); Statistics: December 31, 2019; Computer Science: January 10, 2020 (Round 1), April 3, 2020 (Round 2), April 3, 2020 (Round 3 – U.S. citizens and permanent residents only)
Columbia University
Columbia Business School: January 7, 2019 (MSAFA January 21)
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science: January 15, 2019 (Financial Engineering January 5)
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Deadlines vary by program, mostly February–May 2020 (Financial Mathematics: May 7, 2020; Statistics: April 6, 2020)
Mailman School of Public Health: January 15, 2020 (Priority: December 1, 2019)
Teachers College: April 15, 2020 (or rolling; Priority: January 15, 2020)
School of Professional Studies: March 15, 2020
School of Social Work: February 15, 2020 (Priority: December 1, 2019)
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation: January 15, 2020
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
December 2019 – January 2020
Stanford University
December 3, 2019: Aeronautics and Astronautics, Electrical Engineering, Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, etc.
December 7, 2019: Computational and Mathematical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, etc.
December 10, 2019: Civil and Environmental Engineering, Applied Physics, Energy Resources Engineering, Geophysics, etc.
January 7, 2020: Materials Science and Engineering, International Policy, Geological Sciences, etc.
January 10, 2020: Curriculum Studies and Teacher Education, Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies, Learning Design and Technology, etc.
University of Pennsylvania
School of Engineering and Applied Science: Biotechnology, Computer and Information Science, Computer and Information Technology, Data Science, Nanotechnology, Scientific Computing (Early – November 15, 2019 / Regular – March 15, 2020); all other programs February 1, 2020
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: December 15, 2019
Law School: November 15, 2019 (Early Notification), December 16, 2019 (Regular Notification)
Graduate School of Education: rolling admission, generally mid- to late spring
Duke University
December 15, 2019: History, etc.
December 31, 2019: Civil and Environmental Engineering, etc.
January 1, 2020: Electrical and Computer Engineering, Statistical Science, etc.
January 15, 2020: Economics, Global Health, Teaching, etc.
January 31, 2020: Computer Science, East Asian Studies, Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, etc.
February 1, 2020: Analytical Political Economy, Biomedical Engineering, etc.
February 15, 2020: Economics and Computation, Experimental and Documentary Arts, Interdisciplinary Data Science, Political Science, etc.
Quantitative Financial Economics: Not accepting applications for 2020 admission
Northwestern University
McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science: Analytics: January 15, 2020 (Scholarship Priority – December 1, 2019); Artificial Intelligence: Early – February 1, 2020, Final – February 15, 2020 (international deadlines); Biotechnology: May 31, 2020 (international deadline); Engineering Management: Round 1 – January 15, 2020, Round 2 – March 15, 2020; Project Management: August 15, 2020
Kellogg School of Management: Management: Round 1 – November 11, 2019, Round 2 – February 10, 2020
Medill School of Journalism: Journalism: January 6, 2020; Integrated Marketing Communications: Round 1 – October 15, 2019, Round 2 – December 16, 2019
School of Professional Studies: July 15, 2020
Johns Hopkins University
Carey Business School: Round 1 – October 30, 2019, Round 2 – January 8, 2020, Round 3 – April 1, 2020
School of Education: ITGL program: Round 1 – November 1, 2019, Round 2 – February 3, 2020, Round 3 – March 31, 2020
California Institute of Technology
December 15, 2019 – January 1, 2020
Dartmouth College
Thayer School of Engineering: January 1, 2020
Thayer School of Engineering: January 1, 2020
Vanderbilt University
January 15, 2020 (some programs may differ)
For the complete list of graduate deadlines for Top 30 U.S. universities, please contact CheersYou（清柚教育） Bro (qingyouge23) for consultation.
