We here at TheHomeSchoolMom know homeschoolers are admitted to colleges and universities in every state in the United States, but we got curious. What specific four-year colleges and universities have our kids and our friends' kids definitely been accepted to?
Contributors at TheHomeSchoolMom asked our network of friends which four-year institutions have admitted their homeschooled teens, and we got an enthusiastic response.
This list was not conducted as a scientific survey—we just asked our friends, and they told us. The results, gathered over 24 hours among our Facebook friends, skew toward the East Coast because of where we live and where we have more friends.
Many of our friends mentioned their kids starting at community college, especially through dual enrollment (just like public school students!), but not all the parents named the community colleges, so not all are listed. And numerous other friends mentioned their kids going on to grad school, med school, law school, or vet school, many without naming the institutions beyond undergrad.
Homeschool graduates who were accepted to these colleges met the college requirements for homeschoolers. As we have known for years—from our own kids and our friends' kids—yes, homeschoolers can go to college. This is just a sample of the many colleges who welcome homeschoolers.
Were your homeschooled kids accepted at a four-year college? Or were you homeschooled and accepted? Let us know so we can add your college to the list.
A popular speaker at homeschooling conferences, business groups, and parents’ groups, Jeanne Potts Faulconer homeschooled her three sons in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia for twenty years. Holding her Master of Arts degree in Communication, Jeanne conducted portfolio evaluations for Virginia homeschoolers for evidence of progress for many years. Jeanne is a former college faculty member, former editor for several publications, news correspondent for WCVE, and former director of Brave Learner Home. She is the contributing editor for TheHomeSchoolMom newsletter and writes the popular Ask Jeanne column addressing homeschool parents' questions here at TheHomeSchoolMom.
Hi! I can't believe that you didn't have Hillsdale College in Michigan on your list of schools that accept homeschooled students! Known as "the Republican's Harvard," about one-third of the student body was homeschooled graduates when my son attended there in the early 20-teens. It is an incredible school that accepts absolutely no government money, so it is totally independent of government control. See more here: https://www.hillsdale.edu/
I tend to think that just about any school could be on your list since homeschoolers are accepted at practically every college & university in the country nowadays. We know homeschooled students who graduated from Luther College in Iowa, Maranatha Baptist University & Marian University in Wisconsin, Wabash College & Marian University in Indiana, Bethany Global University in Minnesota, Flagler College in Florida, and Berea College in Kentucky, among others.
Hi Mary Jo,
Yes, our informal "sample" was simply a representation of people we know through social media and in some cases, their friends as well—so the network was limited and not scientific. We agree with you that homeschoolers are accepted into colleges and universities readily; as one of our friends said, it would be harder to find a university that categorically denies admission to homeschooled graduates!
Thanks for stopping by,
Jeanne
Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas accepts Homescoolers.
Thanks for letting us know, Melissa. If you would like to add Benedictine to our official list, please fill out our form to report colleges that have accepted homeschoolers.
Looking forward,
Jeanne