Hawken School

Gates Mills · OH · Private independent · K-12 combined

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Hawken School publishes where its graduates go (2021–2025): 175 colleges, including Amherst College, Boston College*, Boston University*, Bowdoin College.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Hawken School publishes where its graduates enrolled (2021–2025): 175 colleges. See the full list ↓

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Hawken School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 175 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
2021–2025

Ivy+ and most selective · 11

Brown University · Columbia University* · Cornell University* · Dartmouth College · Duke University · Harvard University* · Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Princeton University · Stanford University · University of Chicago* · University of Pennsylvania*

University of California · 2

University of California-Irvine · University of California-Los Angeles

Other California · 4

Chapman University · Harvey Mudd College · Occidental College · University of Southern California*

Out of state · 135

American University* · Amherst College · Babson College · Baldwin Wallace University · Barnard College* · Bates College · Belmont University · Berklee College of Music · Boston College* · Boston University* · Bowdoin College · Bowling Green State University* · Bucknell University* · Capital University · and 121 more below

Not matched to a college page · 23

Butler University* · Champlain College* · Cleveland State University* · Connecticut College* · Cuyahoga Community College* · Franklin W Olin College of Engineering* · Hobart William Smith Colleges* · McGill University · Monash University · Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute* · Otterbein University* · Sierra Nevada College · The American University of Paris · Union College · and 9 more below

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✓ Stanford University ✓ New York University ✓ University of Southern California ✓ University of California, Los Angeles — University of California, Berkeley ✓ University of Michigan ✓ Cornell University ✓ Boston University ✓ Northeastern University ✓ University of Texas at Austin ✓ Georgetown University ✓ Duke University

Any college:

The school down the road: Gilmour Academy

College	Hawken School	Gilmour Academy
Boston College*	✓ named	—
Boston University*	✓ named	—
Brown University	✓ named	—
Carnegie Mellon University	✓ named	—
Columbia University*	✓ named	—
Cornell University*	✓ named	—
Dartmouth College	✓ named	—
Duke University	✓ named	—
Emory University*	✓ named	—
Georgetown University*	✓ 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 175 colleges, as the document prints them

American University* Amherst College Babson College Baldwin Wallace University Barnard College* Bates College Belmont University Berklee College of Music Boston College* Boston University* Bowdoin College Bowling Green State University* Brown University Bucknell University* Butler University* Capital University Carleton College Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University* Central Michigan University Champlain College* Chapman University Clemson University* Cleveland State University* Coastal Carolina University Colby College* Colgate University College of Charleston College of the Holy Cross College of William and Mary

and 145 more

Colorado College Columbia College Chicago Columbia University* Connecticut College* Cornell University* Cuyahoga Community College* Dartmouth College Davidson College Denison University* DePaul University* Duke University Elon University* Emory University* Franklin and Marshall College Franklin W Olin College of Engineering* Furman University George Washington University* Georgetown University* Georgia Institute of Technology Grinnell College Hamilton College Hampton University Harvard University* Harvey Mudd College High Point University Hobart William Smith Colleges* Hofstra University Howard University Indiana University* Ithaca College John Carroll University Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Kent State University* Kenyon College Lehigh University Longwood University Loyola University Chicago Macalester College Madonna University Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts Institute of Technology McGill University Miami University* Michigan State University Middlebury College Monash University Montana State University Mount Holyoke College* New York University* North Carolina A & T State University North Carolina State University at Raleigh Northeastern University* Northwestern University* Nova Southeastern University* Oberlin College Occidental College Ohio State University* Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute* Ohio State University-Mansfield Campus Ohio University* Otterbein University* Princeton University Providence College Purdue University* Radford University Reed College Rochester Institute of Technology Rollins College* Saint John Fisher University* Saint Louis University Saint Vincent College Savannah College of Art and Design* School of the Art Institute of Chicago Sierra Nevada College Smith College Southern Methodist University* St Lawrence University St Olaf College Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Swarthmore College Syracuse University* Tennessee State University The American University of Paris The College of Wooster The New School* The Pennsylvania State University* The University of Tampa* Tufts University Tulane University* Tuskegee University Union College United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy University of California-Irvine University of California-Los Angeles University of Cambridge University of Chicago* University of Cincinnati* University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College University of Cincinnati - CCM University of Colorado University of Dayton* University of Denver* University of Florida University of Illinois University of Kentucky University of Leeds University of Maryland* University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth University of Miami* University of Michigan* University of Missouri University of Mount Union* University of Notre Dame* University of Oklahoma University of Pennsylvania* University of Pittsburgh* University of Richmond* University of Rochester* University of South Carolina* University of Southern California* University of St Andrews The University of Texas University of Toronto University of Utah* University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Wisconsin* Ursuline College* Vanderbilt University* Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Wake Forest University* Warren Wilson College* Washington and Lee University Washington University in St Louis* Wellesley College Western Washington University Williams College Wittenberg University Worcester Polytechnic Institute Xavier University

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Independently verified As published by Hawken School — Hawken Upper School Class of 2025 Profile ↗. Found at: last page (page 6), section headed 'Matriculation List 2021–2025'.

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How Hawken School compares for families

What families should know about Hawken School.

▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
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Your state's public flagship

Ohio State University-Main Campus

51%

admit rate

$13,244

in-state tuition/yr · $40,022 out-of-state

1330–1480

SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–32

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 $17,339/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.

About this listing

Hawken School is listed by PSS 2020 · NAIS. Its enrollment figures below come from the most recent federal Private School Survey it answered; the survey is voluntary, and the school did not respond to the latest wave. The school's own site: www.hawken.edu ↗

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 1,164 in 2018 to 1,047 in 2020 — over 2 years.

-10.1%

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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University School Chagrin Falls	Private	3.7	869	—
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At a glance

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Hawken School is a private high school in Gates Mills, OH, enrolling 1,047 students in grades 9-12 in 2020.

Enrollment is down 10% from 2018 to 2020.

Hawken School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2021–2025: 175 colleges. Source: Hawken Upper School Class of 2025 Profile.

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 Hawken School graduates go to college? Hawken School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2021–2025: 175 colleges. Source: Hawken Upper School Class of 2025 Profile.

How many students attend Hawken School? Hawken School is a private high school in Gates Mills, OH, enrolling 1,047 students in grades 9-12 in 2020.

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

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