Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School

Brooklyn · NY · Religious-affiliated

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School publishes where its graduates go (Class of 2026): 124 colleges, including New York University, Northeastern University, Adelphi University, Agnes Scott College.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School publishes its college acceptances (Class of 2026): 124 colleges. See the full list ↓

Their published college acceptances

College acceptances, Class of 2026

Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 124 colleges, in the document's own order.

Other California · 5

Loyola Marymount University · Occidental College · Pitzer College · Santa Clara University · University of Redlands

Out of state · 98

Adelphi University · Agnes Scott College · American University · Bard College · Barry University · Bates College · Bennington College · Berklee College of Music · Centenary University · Clark University · College of Charleston · Culinary Institute of America · CUNY Brooklyn College · CUNY Hunter College · and 84 more below

Not matched to a college page · 21

CUNY Baruch College · CUNY Borough of Manhattan CC · CUNY City College of New York · CUNY College of Staten Island · CUNY Guttman Community College · CUNY John Jay College · CUNY Kingsborough Community College · CUNY LaGuardia Community College · CUNY Medgar Evars College · CUNY Queensborough Community College · Fairleigh Dickinson University · Hult Business School · IE Business School · John Cabot University · and 7 more below

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Any college:

The school down the road: Brooklyn Friends School

College	Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School	Brooklyn Friends School
Boston College	—	✓ named
Boston University	—	✓ named
Brown University	—	✓ named
Columbia University	—	✓ named
Cornell University	—	✓ named
Dartmouth College	—	✓ named
Duke University	—	✓ named
Emory University	—	✓ named
Harvard University	—	✓ named
Johns Hopkins University	—	✓ named
New York University	✓ named	✓ named
Northeastern University	✓ named	✓ named

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

All 124 colleges, as the document prints them

Adelphi University Agnes Scott College American University Bard College Barry University Bates College Bennington College Berklee College of Music Centenary University Clark University College of Charleston Culinary Institute of America CUNY Baruch College CUNY Borough of Manhattan CC CUNY Brooklyn College CUNY City College of New York CUNY College of Staten Island CUNY Guttman Community College CUNY Hunter College CUNY John Jay College CUNY Kingsborough Community College CUNY LaGuardia Community College CUNY Lehman College CUNY Medgar Evars College CUNY New York City College of Technology CUNY Queens College CUNY Queensborough Community College CUNY York College Curry College Delaware State University

and 94 more

Dickinson College Drexel University Eckerd College Fairleigh Dickinson University Farmingdale State College Fordham University Franklin & Marshall College Gettysburg College Goucher College High Point University Hobart & William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Hollins University Howard University Hult Business School IE Business School Iona University Ithaca College James Madison University John Cabot University Johnson & Wales University Lafayette College Lewis and Clark College Long Island University, Post Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Lynn University Manhattanville College Maryland Institute College of Art Massachusetts College of Art and Design McDaniel College Merrimack College Mount Holyoke College Muhlenberg College New York University Northeastern University Occidental College Ohio Wesleyan University Pace University Pitzer College Pratt Institute Quinnipiac University Reed College Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Rutgers University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design Seton Hall University Simmons University Skidmore College Smith College Stetson University St. John's University St. Joseph's University SUNY Alfred State College SUNY Binghamton University SUNY Buffalo State University SUNY Cobleskill SUNY Cortland SUNY Delhi SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology SUNY Fredonia SUNY Geneseo SUNY Maritime College SUNY Morrisville SUNY New Paltz SUNY Oneonta SUNY Oswego SUNY Polytechnic Institute SUNY at Purchase College SUNY Stony Brook University SUNY University at Albany SUNY University at Buffalo Syracuse University Temple University University of Colorado, Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Denver University of Hartford University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Maine University of Massachusetts Lowell University of New England University of Redlands University of Rhode Island University of Tampa Ursinus College Wentworth Institute of Technology Wheaton College, MA Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Independently verified As published by Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School — College Acceptances — Class of 2026 ↗. Found at: Academics > College Counseling page.

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How Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School compares for families

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Stony Brook University

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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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Income: Household AGI ≤ $125,000

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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
Brooklyn Friends School Brooklyn	Private	0.3	578	-24.4%
Mary Mcdowell Friends School- Ls Brooklyn	Private	0.3	420	—
Al-Madinah School Brooklyn	Private	1.3	747	+10.5%
Mesivta Tifereth Jerusalem New York	Private	1.5	260	+58.5%
Beth Chana School Brooklyn	Private	2.0	351	—
Al-Noor School Brooklyn	Private	2.0	532	-12.6%
Mosdos Chasidei Square Brooklyn	Private	2.1	297	+10.0%
Bnos Yaakov Educational Center Brooklyn	Private	2.4	700	+0.0%

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Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School is a private high school in Brooklyn, NY, enrolling 167 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School publishes a college acceptances list for the Class of 2026: 124 colleges. Source: College Acceptances — Class of 2026.

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.

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Where do Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School graduates go to college? Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School publishes a college acceptances list for the Class of 2026: 124 colleges. Source: College Acceptances — Class of 2026.

How many students attend Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School? Mary Mcdowell Friends School - Upper School is a private high school in Brooklyn, NY, enrolling 167 students in grades 9-12 in 2022.

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