National Cathedral School

Washington · DC · Private independent · K-12 combined

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College acceptances

National Cathedral School publishes the colleges that admitted its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 253 colleges, ordered by the number of students accepted.

Years, as the document states them
2023-2025

College · Students accepted

Syracuse University 30

University of St Andrews 27

University of Pittsburgh 23

College of William and Mary 22

University of Virginia 21

University of Toronto 20

University of Vermont 20

Georgetown University 18

Pennsylvania State University - University Park 18

University of Maryland - College Park 18

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor 18

Clemson University 17

Indiana University 16

McGill University 16

University of Wisconsin - Madison 16

Drexel University 15

Northeastern University 14

Tulane University 14

Boston College 13

University of Chicago 13

University of Colorado - Boulder 13

Bucknell University 12

College of Charleston 12

Southern Methodist University 12

Case Western Reserve University 11

Colby College 11

Fordham University 11

Temple University 11

Cornell University 10

University of South Carolina 10

and 223 more

Davidson College 9

Purdue University 9

University of Edinburgh 9

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill 9

Bates College 8

Colgate University 8

Denison University 8

Wesleyan University 8

Elon University 7

George Washington University 7

New York University 7

Occidental College 7

University of Denver 7

University of Georgia 7

University of Pennsylvania 7

American University 6

Hamilton College 6

Kenyon College 6

Ohio State University - Columbus 6

Rice University 6

Tufts University 6

University of California - Santa Barbara 6

University of California - Santa Cruz 6

University of Glasgow 6

University of Richmond 6

University of Rochester 6

Wake Forest University 6

Washington and Lee University 6

Yale University 6

Clark University 5

Dartmouth College 5

Dickinson College 5

Duke University 5

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 5

Ohio Wesleyan University 5

Princeton University 5

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 5

Spelman College 5

Trinity College of Dublin 5

University of Connecticut - Storrs 5

Virginia Commonwealth University 5

Virginia Polytechnic Institute 5

Wellesley College 5

Auburn University 4

Bowdoin College 4

Brandeis University 4

Brown University 4

College of Wooster 4

Harvard University 4

Lehigh University 4

Macalester College 4

Oberlin College 4

Queens University 4

Rochester Institute of Technology 4

Trinity College 4

University of California - Davis 4

University of California - Los Angeles 4

University of California - San Diego 4

University of Maryland - Baltimore County 4

University of Mississippi 4

Amherst College 3

Bard College 3

Columbia University 3

Connecticut College 3

Franklin & Marshall College 3

Grinnell College 3

Lafayette College 3

Marist College 3

Michigan State University 3

North Carolina State University 3

Northwestern University 3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick 3

Savannah College of Art and Design 3

Scripps College 3

Skidmore College 3

St. Lawrence University 3

University College Dublin 3

University of Aberdeen 3

University of Alabama 3

University of British Columbia - Vancouver 3

University of California - Berkeley 3

University of Notre Dame 3

University of Tennessee - Knoxville 3

Williams College 3

Albright College 2

American University of Paris 2

Barnard College 2

Belmont University 2

Carnegie Mellon University 2

Catholic University of America 2

Clark Atlanta University 2

Colorado College 2

Florida State University 2

Furman University 2

Georgia Institute of Technology 2

Goucher College 2

Haverford College 2

James Madison University 2

Johns Hopkins University 2

Loyola University Maryland 2

Miami University - Oxford 2

Middlebury College 2

Montana State University 2

Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg 2

Providence College 2

Queen Mary University of London 2

Rhodes College 2

Sarah Lawrence College 2

St. John's University - NY 2

Stanford University 2

State University of New York - Binghamton 2

Suffolk University 2

Texas Christian University 2

Towson University 2

Trinity Western University 2

United States Military Academy 2

University of Arizona 2

University of Arkansas 2

University of Leeds 2

University of San Francisco 2

University of Southern California 2

University of Stirling 2

University of Tampa 2

University of Washington 2

Washington University in St. Louis 2

Allegheny College 1

Arizona State University 1

Babson College 1

Baylor University 1

Bentley University 1

Bocconi University 1

Boston University 1

Bridgewater College 1

Brigham Young University - Idaho 1

Brigham Young University - Provo 1

Bryn Mawr College 1

California State Polytechnic University - San Luis Obispo 1

Cardiff University 1

Carleton College 1

Chapman University 1

DePaul University 1

DePauw University 1

Duquesne University 1

Durham University 1

East Carolina University 1

Eckerd College 1

Emerson College 1

Emory University (Emory) 1

Fairfield University 1

Florida Gulf Coast University 1

Franklin University 1

Gettysburg College 1

Hampton University 1

High Point University 1

Hofstra University 1

Hollins University 1

Howard University 1

Imperial College London 1

Ithaca College 1

Kings College London 1

Louisiana State University 1

Loyola Marymount University 1

Loyola University Chicago 1

Loyola University New Orleans 1

Maryland Institute College of Art 1

Mississippi State University 1

MIT 1

National University of Ireland Galway 1

Northeastern University London 1

Norwich University 1

Nova Southeastern University 1

Pomona College 1

Quinnipiac University 1

Reed College 1

Richmond American University London 1

Rollins College 1

Rutgers University - Newark 1

Santa Clara University 1

School of the Art Institute of Chicago 1

School of Visual Arts 1

Seton Hall University 1

Sewanee: The University of the South 1

Smith College 1

St. John's College - MD 1

State University of New York - Stony Brook 1

Swarthmore College 1

The Citadel 1

The New School 1

Toronto Metropolitan University 1

Union College 1

United States Coast Guard Academy 1

United States Merchant Marine Academy 1

University College London 1

University of Bath 1

University of California - Merced 1

University of California - Riverside 1

University of Colorado - Denver 1

University of Delaware 1

University of Florida 1

University of Hawaii - Manoa 1

University of Illinois - Chicago 1

University of Iowa 1

University of Kentucky 1

University of Mary Washington 1

University of Massachusetts - Amherst 1

University of Massachusetts - Boston 1

University of Miami 1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities 1

University of Nebraska 1

University of New Hampshire 1

University of North Carolina - Asheville 1

University of Oregon 1

University of South Florida 1

Vanderbilt University 1

Vassar College 1

Villanova University 1

Virginia Military Institute 1

West Chester University of Pennsylvania 1

West Virginia University 1

Western New England University 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1

Xavier University 1

York University 1

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National Cathedral School is listed by NAIS + founder list. It has not reported to the federal Private School Survey, which is voluntary, so enrollment figures are not available here — many of the country's oldest independent schools are in the same position. The school's own site: www.ncs.org ↗

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