Apply Online

In keeping with Daemen Colleges commitment to environmental sustainablity, we encourage you to complete and submit your application online using either application listed below.  A $25 application fee is waived for either of the two online applications. 

Daemen College Online Application
Common Application

Your Checklist for Applying to Daemen College

Your application

Apply online or through the mail.  

Your transcript

Please have your high school and/or college send an official copy of your transcript to Daemen College Admissions.  Be sure to include your test scores, if you plan to have them reviewed.

Your counselor recommendation

Please have your counselor complete the recommendation section of the application. 

Application Fee

Submit your $25 check or money order payable to Daemen College (fee waived for applications submitted online).

Personal Essay

Please write an untimed essay of at least 250 words or an untimed graded paper of at least 250 words on a topic of your choice or on one of the options listed.  This personal essay helps us become acquainted with you as a person and student, apart from courses, grades, test scores, and other objective data. It will also demonstrate your ability to organize your thoughts and express yourself.
      *Evaluate a significant experience, achievement, risk you have taken, or ethical dilemma you have faced and its impact on you.
      *Discuss some issue of personal, local, national, or international concern and its importance to you.
      *Indicate a person who has had a significant influence on you, and describe that influence.
      *Describe a character in fiction, a historical figure, or a creative work (as in art, music, science, etc.) that has had an influence on you, and explain that influence.
     *A range of academic interests, personal perspectives, and life experiences adds much to the educational mix. Given your personal background, describe an experience that illustrates what you would bring to the diversity in a college community, or an encounter that demonstrated the importance of diversity to you.

Short Statement

Please briefly elaborate on one of your extra curricular activities or work experiences (150 words or fewer).

For Test Optional

Please provide transcripts including grade performance and rigor of courses selected, extracurricular activities, class rank, a writing sample and counselor or teacher recommendation.  If you do not identify your application as test optional, we will assume you would like your test scores to be considered for your application review.

Financial Aid

A private education is within your reach!

Daemen College is committed to ensuring that all students will receive sufficient financial assistance.  Today, more than 96% of full-time undergraduate student population at Daemen receives financial assistance.

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Student Profiles

Kelly Berg

Kelly Berg

Graduate 2009

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We know what employers expect and we make sure our students develop the professionalism, excellent communication skills, and the ability to solve problems they need to be successful. Change is something we all confront and in these stressful economic times we know our students will have an edge over many other candidates who have not had internship experience.