Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School publishes where its graduates go (Class of 2026): 52 colleges, including Amherst College, Boston University, Carnegie Mellon University, Columbia University.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School publishes the colleges its graduates attend (Class of 2026): 52 colleges. See the full list ↓

Their published college list

Colleges the school lists for its graduates (Class of 2026)

Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 52 colleges, in the document's own order.

Ivy+ and most selective · 7

Columbia University · Cornell University · Dartmouth College · Duke University · Princeton University · University of Chicago · University of Pennsylvania

University of California · 2

University of California, Berkeley · University of California, Los Angeles

Other California · 2

Santa Clara University · University of Southern California

Out of state · 40

Amherst College · Barnard College · Binghamton University · Boston University · Bucknell University · Carnegie Mellon University · Colgate University · Colorado College · Emory University · George Washington University · Georgetown University · Indiana University Bloomington · Lehigh University · Macalester College · and 26 more below

Not matched to a college page · 1

Union College

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College	Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School	Dwight School
Boston College	—	✓ named
Boston University	✓ named	✓ named
Brown University	—	✓ named
Carnegie Mellon University	✓ named	✓ named
Columbia University	✓ named	✓ named
Cornell University	✓ named	✓ named
Dartmouth College	✓ named	✓ named
Duke University	✓ named	✓ named
Emory University	✓ named	✓ named
Georgetown University	✓ named	✓ named
Georgia Institute of Technology	—	✓ named
Harvard University	—	✓ named

Both schools print names, not counts, so this shows which selective colleges each list names.

All 52 colleges, as the document prints them

Amherst College Barnard College Binghamton University Boston University Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Colgate University Colorado College Columbia University Cornell University Dartmouth College Duke University Emory University George Washington University Georgetown University Indiana University Bloomington Lehigh University Macalester College Middlebury College New York University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern University Oberlin College Princeton University Rice University Rutgers University Santa Clara University Southern Methodist University Syracuse University

and 22 more

Tufts University Tulane University Union College University at Buffalo University of California, Berkeley University of California, Los Angeles University of Charleston University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Maryland, College Park University of Miami University of Michigan University of Pennsylvania University of Southern California University of Texas at Austin University of Virginia University of Wisconsin-Madison Vanderbilt University Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University Williams College

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Independently verified As published by Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School — College Counseling page ↗. Found at: "Class of 2026 College Destinations" list.

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Stony Brook University

49%

admit rate

$10,931

in-state tuition/yr · $32,741 out-of-state

1320–1490

SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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Free SUNY/CUNY tuition (last-dollar, up to $5,500/yr)

Income: Household AGI ≤ $125,000

Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)

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Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,238 in 2020 to 1,138 in 2022 — over 2 years.

-8.1%

Why only 2 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.

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Dwight School New York	Private	0.2	742	+18.5%
The Smith School New York	Private	0.4	33	—
The IDEAL School of Manhattan New York	Private	0.5	208	+13.0%
La Scuola D'Italia New York	Private	0.6	110	-34.5%
Lascuola Ditalia New York	Private	0.6	111	-33.9%
Nightingale-Bamford School New York	Private	0.7	674	+6.3%
Spence School New York	Private	0.7	769	—
Dalton School New York	Private	0.7	1,221	—

At a glance

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Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School is a private high school in New York, NY, enrolling 1,138 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Enrollment is down 8% from 2020 to 2022.

Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the Class of 2026: 52 colleges. Source: College Counseling page.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

Where do Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School graduates go to college? Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the Class of 2026: 52 colleges. Source: College Counseling page.

How many students attend Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School? Columbia Grammar & Preparatory School is a private high school in New York, NY, enrolling 1,138 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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