Blog · Two lists, side by side · October 2, 2026
The Harker School vs. Menlo School: two college lists side by side, Stanford at the top of each
The angle
- Stanford University sits at the top of both lists. The Harker School's list shows 11.3 graduates per class year (34 as printed). Menlo School's list shows 10.0 per class year (30 as printed).
- Stanford is also the biggest college the two lists share. The next shared name is University of California-Berkeley: 8.7 per class year at Harker, 6.7 at Menlo.
- On the Ivy+ group, Harker's list prints 126 enrollments, or 42.0 per class year. Menlo's list prints 98, or 32.7 per class year.
Both schools publish a matriculation list. That is a list a school puts out showing where its graduates enrolled. Harker is private, in San Jose, CA. Menlo is private, in Atherton, CA.
Harker's list covers the "Classes of 2023, 2024 & 2025." Menlo's list covers the "Classes of 2023-2025." The two lists can cover different class years. So the count per class year is the number to read side by side. That means the printed count divided by the class years the list covers.
Harker's list names 105 colleges and counts 565 students. Menlo's names 107 colleges and counts 422 students. They share 74 college names.
The ten biggest colleges both lists name
| College | Harker per class year (printed) | Menlo per class year (printed) |
|---|---|---|
| Stanford University | 11.3 (34) | 10.0 (30) |
| University of California-Berkeley | 8.7 (26) | 6.7 (20) |
| University of Chicago | 5.3 (16) | 5.7 (17) |
| New York University | 8.7 (26) | 2.0 (6) |
| Carnegie Mellon University | 9.0 (27) | 1.7 (5) |
| Purdue University (West Lafayette) | 8.3 (25) | 0.7 (2) |
| University of California-Los Angeles | 5.7 (17) | 2.7 (8) |
| University of Southern California | 4.7 (14) | 3.3 (10) |
| University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) | 3.7 (11) | 3.3 (10) |
| Santa Clara University | 5.3 (16) | 1.3 (4) |
Five of these ten colleges are in California.
Harker's own five largest (per class year, printed count):
- Stanford University — 11.3 (34)
- Carnegie Mellon University — 9.0 (27)
- New York University — 8.7 (26)
- University of California-Berkeley — 8.7 (26)
- Purdue University (West Lafayette) — 8.3 (25)
Menlo's own five largest:
- Stanford University — 10.0 (30)
- University of California-Berkeley — 6.7 (20)
- University of Chicago — 5.7 (17)
- Boston College — 4.0 (12)
- Tulane University — 3.7 (11)
The Ivy+ group here means the Ivy League colleges plus Stanford University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Chicago and Duke University.
Every figure here comes from each school's own published list, with counts as printed and class years as the school states them. Enrolled lists and admitted lists are never mixed. A school that is not on a list of ours did not publish a numbered matriculation list we could read. That is all absence means. It is never a statement about its graduates.
School pages: The Harker School, Menlo School. Sources: Harker School -- College Matriculation page (live site), Menlo School Profile 2025-2026. Stanford: college page, board.
Boards as of October 2, 2026. Schools publish new lists every fall, so the live board is the current ranking.