Buckingham Browne & Nichols School

Cambridge · MA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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29 National Merit Semifinalists

At a glance

Programs & features

29 National Merit Semifinalists (2024)

Academic signals

SAT avg 1373 (25-75: 1270–1510)
ACT avg 30 (25-75: 28–33)

Composed from the school's own published profile (2024), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Buckingham Browne & Nichols School compares for families

Among the academically strongest private schools in our database.

▸ NationallySAT mean 1373 (≈ top 6% of US test-takers) · ACT mean 30.0 (≈ top 10%) · 29 National Merit Semifinalists last year (NMSF is the top 1% of US PSAT scorers) · Top 5% of the 218 curated private schools in our database on NMSF concentration.
▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: German International School Boston, Bay Cove Academy, Boston University Academy and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

58%

admit rate

$17,772

in-state tuition/yr · $40,449 out-of-state

1300–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–33

The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $22,383/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where the Classes of 2021-2024 enrolled

Buckingham Browne & Nichols School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 141 colleges, in the document's own order.

Colby College Dartmouth College Harvard University Northeastern University Northwestern University Tufts University Washington University in St Louis American University Babson College Barnard College Bentley University Boston College Bowdoin College Brown University College of the Holy Cross Colorado College Cornell University Duke University Emory University George Washington University Georgetown University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Middlebury College New York University Princeton University Providence College Rice University Syracuse University Tulane University of Louisiana University of Chicago

and 111 more

University of Massachusetts-Amherst University of Pennsylvania University of Richmond University of Rochester University of Wisconsin-Madison Villanova University Wake Forest University Yale University Amherst College Assumption University Bard College Bates College Boston University Brandeis University Bryant University Bucknell University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Clark University Clemson University Colgate University Columbia University Connecticut College Elon University Emerson College Fairfield University Fordham University Georgia Institute of Technology Gettysburg College Hamilton College Harvey Mudd College Haverford College High Point University Howard University Johns Hopkins University Kenyon College Lafayette College Lake Forest College Lehigh University Macalester College McGill University Mount Holyoke College Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio State University Pennsylvania State University Pepperdine University Pitzer College Pomona College Pratt Institute Quinnipiac University Reed College Regis College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rhode Island School of Design Rutgers University-New Brunswick Sacred Heart University Saint Anselm College San Diego State University Santa Clara University Savannah College of Art and Design Simmons University Skidmore College Smith College Southern Methodist University Spelman College Stanford University Stonehill College Swarthmore College The College of Saint Rose The University of Tampa The University of Texas at Austin The University of the South Trinity College Trinity University Union College United States Air Force Academy United States Naval Academy University of Arizona University of California-Davis University of California-Los Angeles University of California-San Diego University of California-Santa Barbara University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Massachusetts-Boston University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth University of Miami University of Michigan-Ann Arbor University of North Carolina University of Notre Dame University of Oxford University of Rhode Island University of Southern California University of St Andrews University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington-Seattle Vanderbilt University Vassar College Virginia Tech Wellesley College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wesleyan University William & Mary Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Independently verified As published by Buckingham Browne & Nichols School — Buckingham Browne & Nichols School Profile 2024-25 ↗. Found at: p.3, 'Colleges Enrolling BB&N Graduates from the Classes of 2021-2024'.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 969 in 2018 to 1,407 in 2022 — over 4 years.

+45.2%

Why only 3 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see Buckingham Browne & Nichols School's own published school profile (as of 2024-25): www.bbns.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BBN_Profi… ↗

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +9.8%/year, projecting from 2022's 1,407 students:

2023

1,544

2025

1,861

2027

2,243

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At tuition per student, the 836 students projected to be gained by 2027 represent ≈ $13,376,000/year in tuition upside.

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Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
German International School Boston Boston	Private	0.8	234	+5.9%
Bay Cove Academy Brookline	Private	1.6	27	—
Boston University Academy Boston	Private	2.0	220	+14.0%
Ivy Street School Brookline	Private	2.0	50	—
Perkins School For The Blind Watertown	Private	2.2	171	+0.6%
Winsor School Boston	Private	2.6	478	+2.6%
Waldorf High School Of Massachusetts Bay Belmont	Private	2.8	39	—
The Newman School Boston	Private	3.1	212	-23.5%

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