College Spring Break 2027: Dates for 37 Universities, From Feb. 27 to Apr. 4

College spring break 2027 falls between Saturday, Feb. 27 and Sunday, Apr. 4 at 37 universities, and 16 of them are off the week of Mar. 15-19, according to each school’s registrar calendar for 2026-27. We checked the pages on Nov. 4, 2026. The table below gives every break as the school lists it, the weekdays off and the first weekday back, and the week-by-week grouping shows which schools share a week. Families with children in kindergarten through 12th grade (K-12) can compare with our spring break 2027 story for 19 large school districts.

Which week is spring break 2027 at most universities?

Mar. 15-19 is the most common week in our list, with 16 of the 37 schools. Mar. 8-12 follows with 15 schools, counting Yale, whose recess covers Mar. 8-19. Counts are for the schools we checked, not all U.S. colleges.

Weekdays off	Schools	Universities
Mar. 1-5	2	Georgetown (Main Campus); Temple
Mar. 8-12	15	Boston University; Duke; Notre Dame; University of Mississippi (Ole Miss); University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill; University of Pennsylvania; University of Utah; University of Virginia (UVA); Virginia Tech; Yale College; Arizona State; Penn State; University of South Carolina; Louisiana State University (LSU); University of Tennessee
Mar. 15-19	16	Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS); Rutgers University-New Brunswick; Texas Christian University (TCU); University of Florida; University of Illinois (tentative); Vanderbilt; University of Iowa; University of Maryland; University of Southern California; Florida State; North Carolina (NC) State; Ohio State; University of Colorado Boulder; University of Kansas; University of Kentucky; University of Texas (UT) at Austin
Mar. 22-26	3	University of Oregon (quarter system); University of Wisconsin-Madison; Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Mar. 29-Apr. 2	1	Cornell

Yale College is counted in the Mar. 8-12 row but is also off Mar. 15-19. Oregon’s spring vacation runs through Sunday, Mar. 28, and Wisconsin-Madison’s recess through Sunday, Mar. 28.

Spring break 2027 dates for each university

Ranges are shown as each registrar words them; some include weekends, others list weekdays only. “Weekdays off” counts Monday to Friday inside the break, so a Friday-evening start (Duke at 7:00 p.m., Chapel Hill at 5:00 p.m., Texas Christian University at 10:00 p.m.) is not counted. “Back after break” is the first weekday after the listed range.

University	Spring break 2027	Weekdays off	Back after break
Georgetown (Main Campus)	From Sat., Feb. 27; classes resume Mon., Mar. 8	5	Mon., Mar. 8
Temple	Mon., Mar. 1 to Sun., Mar. 7	5	Mon., Mar. 8
Boston University	Recess Sat., Mar. 6 to Sun., Mar. 14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Duke	From Fri., Mar. 5, 7:00 p.m.; classes resume Mon., Mar. 15	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Notre Dame	Mid-Term Break, Mar. 6-14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of Mississippi (Ole Miss)	Mar. 6 to 14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill	From Fri., Mar. 5, 5:00 p.m.; classes resume Mon., Mar. 15	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of Pennsylvania	Mar. 6-14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of Utah	Mar. 6-14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of Virginia (UVA)	Recess Sat., Mar. 6 to Sun., Mar. 14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Virginia Tech	Mar. 6-14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Yale College	After last class Fri., Mar. 5 to Sun., Mar. 21 (subject to change)	10	Mon., Mar. 22
Arizona State	Mar. 7-14	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Penn State	Mar. 7-13	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of South Carolina	Mar. 7-14 (Sun.-Sun.)	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Louisiana State University (LSU)	Mar. 8-12	5	Mon., Mar. 15
University of Tennessee	Mar. 8-12	5	Mon., Mar. 15
Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)	Recess Sat., Mar. 13 to Sun., Mar. 21	5	Mon., Mar. 22
Rutgers University-New Brunswick	Recess Mar. 13-21	5	Mon., Mar. 22
Texas Christian University (TCU)	From Fri., Mar. 12, 10:00 p.m.; classes resume Mon., Mar. 22	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Florida	Mar. 13-20	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Illinois (tentative)	Mar. 13-21 (tentative)	5	Mon., Mar. 22
Vanderbilt	Mar. 13-21 (Sat.-Sun.)	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Iowa	Mar. 14-21	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Maryland	Mar. 14-21	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Southern California	Recess Mar. 14-21	5	Mon., Mar. 22
Florida State	Mar. 15-19	5	Mon., Mar. 22
North Carolina (NC) State	Mar. 15-19	5	Mon., Mar. 22
Ohio State	Mar. 15-19	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Colorado Boulder	Mar. 15-19	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Kansas	Mon., Mar. 15 to Sun., Mar. 21	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Kentucky	Mar. 15-20	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Texas (UT) at Austin	Mar. 15-20	5	Mon., Mar. 22
University of Oregon (quarter system)	Spring vacation Sat., Mar. 20 to Sun., Mar. 28	5	Mon., Mar. 29
University of Wisconsin-Madison	Recess Mar. 20-28	5	Mon., Mar. 29
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	Mon., Mar. 22 to Fri., Mar. 26	5	Mon., Mar. 29
Cornell	Mar. 27 to Apr. 4	5	Mon., Apr. 5

Four notes on the table. Harvard’s college page was not readable when we checked, so the Harvard row is the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) calendar. Yale says its dates are subject to change, and the University of Illinois labels its spring 2027 dates tentative. Temple’s calendar was updated on Oct. 30, 2026, and Duke’s calendar says it was approved June 4, 2025. Notre Dame also lists an Easter holiday for Mar. 26-29, separate from its Mar. 6-14 Mid-Term Break. Cornell’s dates are as its registrar page lists them.

What do Stanford, Dartmouth and Chicago do instead?

Three universities run quarter or term calendars and show no March spring break in 2027. Stanford’s winter quarter classes end Mar. 12 and spring quarter starts Monday, Mar. 29. Dartmouth’s spring term classes begin Mar. 29. The University of Chicago lists “Spring Quarter Begins” on Monday, Mar. 22. The gap between quarters is their break. The University of Oregon, also on quarters, does list a spring vacation, Mar. 20-28, and its spring term begins Mar. 29.

Which universities share a spring break week?

Siblings at different schools can plan around a shared week. Sixteen schools are off Mar. 15-19: Harvard GSAS, Vanderbilt, TCU, Kansas, Ohio State, UT Austin, Florida, Rutgers, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Southern California, Florida State, North Carolina (NC) State, Maryland and Colorado Boulder. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Oregon and Wisconsin-Madison share Mar. 22-26, the week eight large school districts are off in our school district spring break story, among them Chicago, Los Angeles Unified and Miami-Dade.

The Mar. 15-19 week also matches Clark County, Dallas, Orange County and Austin in that story. Households with a college student and a K-12 child can check both lists, and note that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools break Mar. 29-Apr. 2, the week after most of the university breaks here and the same week as Cornell’s. Spring term start dates are in our story on spring semester 2027 start dates at colleges.

Which universities have not confirmed 2027 spring break dates?

We could not confirm dates for Princeton, Columbia, Brown, Northwestern, Miami, Northeastern, Syracuse, Clemson, Baylor, Oklahoma, Missouri, Brigham Young University, Auburn, Texas A&M, Michigan, Michigan State, Purdue, University of Central Florida, New York University and Texas Tech on the registrar pages we checked, so they are left out. Check your own registrar before booking travel.

Print the college spring break 2027 table

The printable repeats the full table on Letter paper, with the school, break, weekdays off and the day classes resume. Pair it with the March 2027 printable calendar or the printable school-year calendar to mark your own dates.