Packer Collegiate Institute

Brooklyn · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

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What families should know about Packer Collegiate Institute.

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Your state's public flagship

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

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 $18,784/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.

Pay for college in New York

New York's public scholarships

New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.

Promise Excelsior Scholarship

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.)

Official program details ↗

Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

Packer Collegiate Institute publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 130 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2021 - 2025

College · Students

Cornell University 23

Tulane University 20

University of Michigan 18

Tufts University 16

Washington University in St. Louis 16

Vanderbilt University 14

Wesleyan University 13

New York University 12

Northwestern University 11

Princeton University 10

Emory University 9

Northeastern University 9

University of Wisconsin – Madison 9

Skidmore College 8

Boston University 7

Colgate University 7

Hamilton College 7

University of Miami 7

Boston College 6

Brown University 6

Duke University 6

Middlebury College 6

University of Chicago 6

Yale University 6

Amherst College 5

Bowdoin College 5

Case Western Reserve University 5

McGill University 5

Oberlin College 5

Syracuse University 5

and 100 more

University of Virginia 5

Williams College 5

Colorado College 4

Dartmouth College 4

Georgetown University 4

Harvard University 4

Pitzer College 4

Pomona College 4

University of Pennsylvania 4

University of Richmond 4

University of Southern California 4

University of Texas – Austin 4

University of Vermont 4

Vassar College 4

Villanova University 4

Wake Forest University 4

Bard College 3

Barnard College 3

Bates College 3

Brandeis University 3

Bucknell University 3

Colby College 3

Howard University 3

Occidental College 3

Rice University 3

University of Colorado – Boulder 3

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 3

Carleton College 2

Claremont McKenna College 2

Columbia University 2

Davidson College 2

George Washington University 2

Johns Hopkins University 2

Lafayette College 2

Morehouse College 2

Morgan State University 2

Oxford College of Emory University 2

Pace University – New York City 2

Pennsylvania State University – University Park 2

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2

Rochester Institute of Technology 2

School of the Art Institute of Chicago 2

Scripps College 2

Smith College 2

Stanford University 2

Swarthmore College 2

The University of Edinburgh 2

Union College 2

University of California – Los Angeles 2

University of Hartford 2

University of Rochester 2

University of St Andrews 2

American University 1

Arizona State University – Tempe 1

Babson College 1

Binghamton University 1

Bryn Mawr College 1

California Polytechnic State University – San Luis Obispo 1

Carnegie Mellon University 1

Chapman University 1

Connecticut College 1

CUNY Brooklyn College 1

Dalhousie University 1

Elon University 1

ESSEC Business School 1

Falmouth University 1

Florida State University 1

Fordham University 1

Franklin & Marshall College 1

Grinnell College 1

Hampton University 1

Haverford College 1

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1

IE University 1

Ithaca College 1

Kenyon College 1

Lehigh University 1

Loyola Marymount University 1

Macalester College 1

Notre Dame College 1

Olin College of Engineering 1

Otis College of Art and Design 1

Oxford Brookes University 1

Queen’s University 1

Rhode Island School of Design 1

Seattle University 1

Spelman College 1

SUNY Buffalo 1

Temple University 1

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee 1

The New School 1

University of California – Berkeley 1

University of California – Santa Cruz 1

University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign 1

University of Massachusetts – Amherst 1

University of Notre Dame 1

University of Oregon 1

University of Washington – Seattle 1

Wellesley College 1

Western University 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by Packer Collegiate Institute — College Matriculations 2021 - 2025 (website tab) ↗. Found at: College Counseling page, 'College Matriculations 2021 - 2025' tab panel.

About this listing

Packer Collegiate Institute is listed by PSS 2018 · 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.packer.edu ↗

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

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
St Ann'S School Brooklyn	Private	0.2	1,042	+1.1%
Fusion Academy Brk: Brooklyn Brooklyn	Private	0.3	77	+18.5%
Brooklyn Free School Brooklyn	Private	1.3	51	-22.7%
Leman Manhattan Preparatory School New York	Private	1.3	1,902	+159.1%
Quad Preparatory School (The) Manhattan	Private	1.4	218	+183.1%
The Lang School New York	Private	1.4	49	—
The Berkeley Carroll School Brooklyn	Private	1.5	910	+5.1%
BASIS Independent Brooklyn Brooklyn	Private	1.6	845	+5.5%

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