List of College Partners
Strive partners with colleges committed to serving students from low-income households and those who are the first in their family to attend college. Additionally, as part of our partnership, we award colleges with Strive Five badges when they demonstrate particular excellence in inclusion, diversity, affordability, completion, and outcomes.
View our College Partners below, and check out their Strive Five achievements!

Inclusion

Diversity

Affordability

Completion

Outcomes
Arizona
Arkansas
California
- Azusa Pacific University
- California Lutheran University
- California State University-Monterey Bay
- Claremont McKenna College
- Feather River College
- Fresno Pacific University
- Holy Names University
- Mills College
- Mount Saint Mary’s University
- Otis College of Art and Design
- Sacramento State University
- Saint Mary’s College of California
- Stanford University
- University of Redlands
- University of San Diego
- University of San Francisco
- University of Southern California
- Woodbury University
Colorado
Connecticut
- Albertus Magnus College
- Central Connecticut State University
- Eastern Connecticut State University
- Quinnipiac University
- Trinity College
- Wesleyan University
- Western Connecticut State University
- Yale University
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Georgia
Illinois
- Columbia College Chicago
- Elmhurst College
- Illinois State University
- Northern Illinois University
- Northwestern University
- Southern Illinois University
- University of Illinois Chicago
- University of Illinois Springfield
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
- Amherst College
- Babson College
- Bentley University
- Boston University
- Brandeis University
- Framingham State University
- Harvard University
- Lasell College
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design
- Northeastern University
- Smith College
- Tufts University
- Wellesley College
- Williams College
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Michigan
- Central Michigan University
- Grand Valley State University
- Northern Michigan University
- University of Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Caldwell University
- Georgian Court University
- Montclair State University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Princeton University
- Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Rutgers University-Newark
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick
New Mexico
New York
- Barnard College
- Columbia University
- Cornell University
- D’Youville College
- Fordham University
- Monroe College
- New York University
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- St. Francis College
- St. John Fisher College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Siena College
- Skidmore College
- Syracuse University
- University of Rochester
- Webb Institute
North Carolina
- Davidson College
- Meredith College
- University of North Carolina at Asheville
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
Ohio
- Case Western Reserve University
- Miami University
- University of Dayton
- Walsh University
- Wittenburg University
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Alvernia University
- Arcadia University
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Chatham University
- Dickinson College
- Gettysburg College
- Moravian College
- Shippensburg University
- Temple University
- University of Pennsylvania
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
- Concordia University Texas
- Huston-Tillotson University
- St. Edwards University
- Texas State University
- Texas Tech University
- The University of Texas at Austin
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
- Christopher Newport University
- College of William & Mary
- George Mason University
- Old Dominion University
- University of Mary Washington
- University of Richmond
- University of Virginia
- University of Virginia’s College at Wise
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Washington and Lee University
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin