| two thousand and twenty-one U.S.A TOP70 Time for early application of comprehensive universities |
| School ranking | School name | SCEA/REA/ED | ED ‖ | EA |
| one | Princeton University | / | / | / |
| two | Harvard University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| three | Columbia University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| four | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | / | / | twelve Mid month |
| five | Yale University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| six | Stanford University | December 15th | / | / |
| seven | University of Chicago | twelve Mid month | two Mid month | twelve Mid month |
| eight | University of Pennsylvania | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| nine | California Institute of Technology | / | / | twelve Mid month |
| ten | JOHNS HOPKINS University | December 11th | February 12th | / |
| eleven | Northwestern University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| twelve | Duke University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| thirteen | Dartmouth College | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| fourteen | Brown University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| fifteen | vanderbilt university | twelve Mid month | two Mid month | / |
| sixteen | Rice University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| seventeen | Washington University, St. Louis | December 15th | February 14th | / |
| eighteen | Cornell University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| nineteen | Notre Dame University | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| twenty | UCLA | / | / | / |
| twenty-one | Emory University | twelve Mid month | February 15th | / |
| twenty-two | University of California, Berkeley | / | / | / |
| twenty-three | Georgetown University | / | / | twelve Mid month |
| twenty-four | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | / | / | one Late month |
| twenty-five | University of Southern California | / | / | / |
| twenty-six | Carnegie Mellon University | December 15th | / | / |
| twenty-seven | University of Virginia | twelve Mid month | / | two Mid month |
| twenty-eight | university of north carolina at chapel hill | / | / | one Late month |
| twenty-nine | wake forest university | rolling | December 15th | / |
| thirty | New York University | December 15th | December 15th | / |
| thirty-one | Tufts University | twelve Mid month | twelve Mid month | / |
| thirty-two | University of California, Santa Barbara | / | / | / |
| thirty-three | University of Florida | / | / | February 26th |
| thirty-four | university of rochester | twelve Mid month | two The first ten days of the month | / |
| thirty-five | Boston College | December 15th | February 15th | / |
| thirty-six | Georgia Institute of Technology | / | / | one Mid month |
| thirty-seven | University of California Irvine | / | / | / |
| thirty-eight | University of California San Diego | / | / | / |
| thirty-nine | University of California Davis | / | / | / |
| forty | William Mary College | twelve The first ten days of the month | two The first ten days of the month | / |
| forty-one | Tulane University | December 15th | / | January 15th |
| forty-two | Boston University | December 15th | December 15th | / |
| forty-three | brandeis university | December 15th | February 1st | / |
| forty-four | Case Western Reserve University | December 2nd | one Mid month | December 19th |
| forty-five | University of Texas at Austin | / | / | / |
| forty-six | University of Wisconsin-Madison | / | / | January 31st |
| forty-seven | University Of Georgia | / | / | December 1st |
| forty-eight | University of Illinois at Champaign | / | / | two Mid month |
| forty-nine | lehigh university | twelve Mid month | two Mid month | / |
| fifty | Northeastern University | December 15th | December 15th | February 1st |
| fifty-one | pepperdine university | / | / | January 10th |
| fifty-two | University of Miami | twelve Late month | two Mid late | one Late month -2 The first ten days of the month |
| fifty-three | Ohio State University Columbus | / | / | one Late month |
| fifty-four | Purdue University Lafayette | / | / | January 15th |
| fifty-five | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | December 12th | January 16th | January 30th |
| fifty-six | Santa Clara University | twelve Late month | two Mid month | twelve Late month |
| fifty-seven | Villanova University | December 15th | March 1st | January 15th |
| fifty-eight | Florida State University | / | / | February 18th |
| fifty-nine | syracuse university | twelve Mid month | / | / |
| sixty | University of Maryland-College Park | / | / | February 1st |
| sixty-one | University of Pittsburgh | rolling |
| sixty-two | University of Washington-Seattle | / | / | / |
| sixty-three | Pennsylvania State University-University Park | / | / | December 24th |
| sixty-four | Rutgers University New Brunswick | / | / | December 15th |
| sixty-five | University of Connecticut | / | / | / |
| sixty-six | Fordham University | December 19th | / | December 19th |
| sixty-seven | George Washington University | twelve Mid month | two Mid month | / |
| sixty-eight | loyola marymount university | twelve Mid month | / | twelve Mid month |
| sixty-nine | southern methodist university | twelve Mid month | three Mid month | twelve Mid month |
| seventy | Dezhou A&M University College Station Branch | / | / | / |
| seventy-one | University of Massachusetts Amherst | rolling |
| seventy-two | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | / | / | one Late month -2 Mid month |
| seventy-three | Worcester Polytechnic | December 15th | December 15th | one month fifteen day /3 month one day |
