The number of first-time international applicants on the popular application platform declined 10% in the 2025-26 cycle, a new report found.

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Data from Common App shows increases from low-income student applicants, Black applicants and applicants from small towns.

The Common Application is an online college application tool that lets you apply to more than 1,000 participating universities in the United States and abroad. Developed by the nonprofit access ...

Through March 1 of the 2025-2026 cycle, 1,429,747 applicants filed 9,423,621 college applications via the Common App platform, according to data from the company. (That works out to about 6.6 ...

What is the Common App? The Common App began as a way to simplify the college application process for both domestic and international students. It was started by 15 colleges who decided to “pool” ...

Applying to multiple colleges used to be a tedious, time-consuming task. Each school had its own application form and its own slightly different set of required fields. Applying to 12 colleges meant ...

As an American high school student in Colorado, Zachary Fornelius says his school held projects to help students prepare for applying to college; however, those did not help when it came to applying ...