Dalton School

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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Dalton School publishes where its graduates enrolled (2019-2024): 100 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at Harvard University (37), Cornell University (36), Brown University (28). See the full list ↓

Top-10 feeder to 2 top colleges #6Harvard University6.2/yr #8Brown University4.7/yr

Feeder standing #20 of 298 schools for Ivy+ enrollment per class year · #6 to Harvard University, #8 to Brown University — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Dalton School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 100 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2019-2024

The ten largest counts, enrolled

Harvard University 37

Cornell University 36

Brown University 28

University of Chicago 26

Northwestern University 22

Yale University 22

Princeton University 16

Wesleyan University 16

Emory University 15

Columbia University 14

Is my kid's college on this list?

✓ Stanford University · 9 ✓ New York University · 10 ✓ University of Southern California · 3 ✓ University of California, Los Angeles · 2 ✓ University of California, Berkeley · 1 ✓ University of Michigan · 10 ✓ Cornell University · 36 ✓ Boston University · 6 ✓ Northeastern University · 5 ✓ University of Texas at Austin · 1 ✓ Georgetown University · 10 ✓ Duke University · 10

Any college:

#20of 298 schools for Ivy+ enrollment per class year · 36.7/yr #6of 165 feeder schools to Harvard University · 6.2/yrTop college #8of 207 feeder schools to Brown University · 4.7/yrTop college

The school down the road: Nightingale-Bamford School

College	Dalton School	Nightingale-Bamford School
Cornell University	36	13
Harvard University	37	3
Brown University	28	7
Yale University	22	9
Northwestern University	22	7
University of Chicago	26	2
University of Pennsylvania	13	9
Princeton University	16	5

Each school's own printed counts (matriculation, 2019-2024 vs matriculation, 2022–2025); spans may differ.

All 100 colleges, as the document prints them

College · Students

Harvard University 37

Cornell University 36

Brown University 28

University of Chicago 26

Northwestern University 22

Yale University 22

Princeton University 16

Wesleyan University 16

Emory University 15

Columbia University 14

University of Pennsylvania 13

Tufts University 12

Washington University in St. Louis 11

Duke University 10

Georgetown University 10

New York University 10

University of Michigan 10

Williams College 10

Bowdoin College 9

Stanford University 9

Dartmouth College 7

Syracuse University 7

Boston College 6

Boston University 6

Tulane University 6

Amherst College 5

Carnegie Mellon University 5

Hamilton College 5

Middlebury College 5

Northeastern University 5

and 70 more

University of Wisconsin, Madison 5

Colorado College 4

Haverford College 4

Johns Hopkins University 4

Kenyon College 4

Oberlin College 4

Skidmore College 4

Swarthmore College 4

University of Colorado Boulder 4

University of St Andrews 4

Wake Forest University 4

Carleton College 3

McGill University 3

Pomona College 3

University of Notre Dame 3

University of Southern California 3

Vanderbilt University 3

Barnard College 2

Binghamton University 2

Bucknell University 2

Case Western Reserve University 2

Loyola Marymount University 2

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2

Pratt Institute 2

Rhode Island School of Design 2

Rochester Institute of Technology 2

Scripps College 2

The New School 2

University of California, Los Angeles 2

University of Miami 2

Vassar College 2

American University 1

Babson College 1

Bennington College 1

Berklee College of Music 1

Chapman University 1

Clark University 1

Colby College 1

Colgate University 1

Davidson College 1

Dickinson College 1

Drexel University 1

Elon University 1

Emerson College 1

Georgia Institute of Technology 1

Grinnell College 1

Harvey Mudd College 1

Howard University 1

Miami University, Oxford 1

Muhlenberg College 1

Parsons School of Design 1

Pitzer College 1

Purdue University 1

Rice University 1

Savannah College of Art & Design 1

Smith College 1

Spelman College 1

St. John’s College 1

The American University of Paris 1

The University of Texas at Austin 1

Trinity College 1

Trinity College Dublin 1

University of California, Berkeley 1

University of California, Davis 1

University of Pittsburgh 1

University of Richmond 1

University of Toronto 1

University of Vermont 1

University of Virginia 1

Virginia Tech 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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

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SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Nightingale-Bamford School New York	Private	0.1	674	+6.3%
Spence School New York	Private	0.1	769	—
La Scuola D'Italia New York	Private	0.2	110	-34.5%
Lascuola Ditalia New York	Private	0.2	111	-33.9%
Rudolf Steiner School New York	Private	0.6	244	-12.2%
Dwight School New York	Private	0.7	742	+18.5%
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The Birch Wathen Lenox School New York	Private	0.8	404	-28.5%

At a glance

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Dalton School is a private high school in New York, NY, enrolling 1,221 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Dalton School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2019-2024: 100 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Harvard University (37), Cornell University (36), Brown University (28), University of Chicago (26), Northwestern University (22). Source: College Counseling page (the handed 'school-profile' URL now 404s; this is the school's own current college-counseling p.

Dalton School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #6 Harvard, #8 Brown. Ivy+ enrollment: #20 of 298 schools per class year.

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 Dalton School graduates go to college? Dalton School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2019-2024: 100 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are Harvard University (37), Cornell University (36), Brown University (28), University of Chicago (26), Northwestern University (22). Source: College Counseling page (the handed 'school-profile' URL now 404s; this is the school's own current college-counseling p.

Which colleges is Dalton School a top feeder school to? Dalton School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #6 Harvard, #8 Brown. Ivy+ enrollment: #20 of 298 schools per class year.

How many students attend Dalton School? Dalton School is a private high school in New York, NY, enrolling 1,221 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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