College break dates, 2026-27
Plan break with everyone at once.
Add your college and your friends'. We'll find the days you're all off school and help you plan them.
Free, no sign-up. You'll get a link (and a short code) to send your friends, and each person adds their own school.
Friend sent you a link? Just open it. Have a code instead? Join here.
Just checking one school?
College breaks 2026-27, by the numbers
From the official academic calendars of every college on BreakShare. See all break calendars, or read what the spring break 2027 calendars show and how often friends at different colleges are off together.
Spring break 2027's busiest week starts Monday, Mar 8: 346 colleges are off that week.
Spring break 2027 calendar → 58%of colleges start Thanksgiving break on Wednesday. Only 25% get the whole week off.
Thanksgiving 2026 schedules → 31 daysThe typical college winter break. The longest runs 55 days.
Winter break lengths → 1,012colleges with break dates from their official 2026-27 academic calendars.
Browse all schools →How it works
Add your school
Pick from 1,012 colleges. The official break dates are already in.
Invite your friends
Send them your group link. Everyone adds their own school.
See when you're all off school
We highlight the days that overlap. Add meetups and export them to your calendar.
Breaks coming up
The next breaks at popular schools.
Popular schools
Jump to a school's break dates, or browse all 1,012 schools.
Want to export your dates to your calendar?
Pick your school and add its breaks to Google, Apple or Outlook Calendar.
"Add all" puts every break in your calendar at once and keeps it up to date, so new dates show up on their own. The .ics file is a one-time copy for Outlook or anything else.
Got a group code?
Join your friends' group and add your school.
Check a school's break dates
Search for a college to see its break dates for the year.
Search above to see Thanksgiving, winter, and spring (and fall, if separate) break dates.
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Always double-check against the school's current registrar calendar.
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Give it a name and you'll get a link (and a short code) to share with friends.
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Type in your school's break dates
These dates are saved in this group only. Nobody else on BreakShare sees them, and we don't check them.
Request a school
We'll look up its official calendar and add it for everyone, usually within a few days. This doesn't add it to your group right now. If you need it today, choose "Type in its break dates now" instead.
The group
When you're all off school together
Each ticket is a stretch of days that overlaps for the whole group.
Shaded days are when everyone's off school; small chips are meetups.
Meetups
Plans for when you're actually together.
No meetups yet. Add one for a break window above, or pick a custom date.
Put it all in your calendar
Every day you're all off and every meetup, in one go. It stays up to date, so new plans show up on their own.
Class schedules
Add your classes so friends can see who's free right now. Use "Add schedule" next to a name in the group list.