St. Sebastian's School

Needham · MA · Catholic religious-affiliated · K-12 combined

Private

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. St. Sebastian's School's own list (past five years), enrolled: College of the Holy Cross (28), Boston College (24), Providence College (16), Villanova (16), Georgetown (15). Feeder standing: #3 College of the Holy Cross, #6 Providence College.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

St. Sebastian's School publishes where its graduates enrolled (past five years): 96 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at College of the Holy Cross (28), Boston College (24), Providence College (16). See the full list ↓

Feeder standing #3 to College of the Holy Cross, #6 to Providence College — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

St. Sebastian's School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 96 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
past five years

The ten largest counts, enrolled

College of the Holy Cross 28

Boston College 24

Providence College 16

Villanova University 16

Georgetown University 15

Harvard University 12

Colby College 11

Trinity College 9

Tufts University 7

Fordham University 6

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Any college:

#3of 89 feeder schools to College of the Holy Cross · 5.6/yr #6of 77 feeder schools to Providence College · 3.2/yr

The school down the road: Catholic Memorial

College	St. Sebastian's School	Catholic Memorial
Boston College	✓ named	✓ named
Boston University	✓ named	✓ named
Brown University	✓ named	—
Cornell University	✓ named	—
Dartmouth College	✓ named	—
Duke University	✓ named	✓ named
Emory University	✓ named	✓ named
Georgetown University	✓ named	—
Harvard University	✓ named	✓ named
Johns Hopkins University	✓ named	—
Northeastern University	✓ named	✓ named
Northwestern University	✓ named	—

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

All 96 colleges, as the document prints them

College · Students

College of the Holy Cross 28

Boston College 24

Providence College 16

Villanova University 16

Georgetown University 15

Harvard University 12

Colby College 11

Trinity College 9

Tufts University 7

Fordham University 6

Middlebury College 6

Northeastern University 6

University of Notre Dame 6

Wake Forest University 6

Brown University 5

Bucknell University 5

Clemson University 5

Fairfield University 5

University of Michigan 5

University of Virginia (Main Campus) 5

Dartmouth College 4

Duke University 4

Indiana University (Bloomington) 4

Syracuse University 4

University of Wisconsin (Madison) 4

Amherst College 3

Babson College 3

Princeton University 3

Skidmore College 3

Southern Methodist University 3

and 66 more

United States Military Academy at West Point 3

University of Richmond 3

University of Southern California 3

Vanderbilt University 3

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3

Bates College 2

Catholic University of America 2

Colgate University 2

Colorado College 2

Cornell University 2

Dickinson College 2

Emory University 2

Lafayette College 2

Northwestern University 2

St. Lawrence University 2

Tulane University of Louisiana 2

Union College 2

University of California (Los Angeles) 2

University of Denver 2

University of Miami 2

University of Pennsylvania 2

American International College 1

Anna Maria College 1

Assumption University 1

Baylor University 1

Bentley University 1

Birmingham City University 1

Boston University 1

Bowdoin College 1

Clark University 1

Clarkson University 1

College of Charleston 1

Culinary Institute of America 1

Emerson College 1

Furman University 1

George Washington University 1

Gordon State College 1

Howard University 1

James Madison University 1

Johns Hopkins University 1

Lake Forest College 1

Lehigh University 1

Merrimack College 1

Morehouse College 1

Pitzer College 1

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1

Santa Clara University 1

Seton Hall University 1

Siena University 1

Springfield College 1

Suffolk University 1

The Ohio State University 1

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) 1

University of California (Irvine) 1

University of Connecticut 1

University of Georgia 1

University of Hartford 1

University of Louisville 1

University of Maryland (College Park) 1

University of Massachusetts (Amherst) 1

University of Vermont 1

Vassar College 1

Washington University in St. Louis 1

Western Connecticut State University 1

Xavier University 1

Yale University 1

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▸ LocallyMA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+14 points).
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University of Massachusetts-Amherst

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admit rate

$17,772

in-state tuition/yr · $40,449 out-of-state

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SAT 25–75 · ACT 29–33

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About this listing

St. Sebastian's School is listed by PSS 2020 · 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.stsebs.org ↗

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School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
Ursuline Academy Dedham	Private	2.0	369	-14.6%
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At a glance

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St. Sebastian's School is a private high school in Needham, MA, enrolling 378 students in grades 9-12 in 2020.

St. Sebastian's School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the past five years: 96 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are College of the Holy Cross (28), Boston College (24), Providence College (16), Villanova University (16), Georgetown University (15). Source: Matriculation page.

St. Sebastian's School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #3 College of the Holy Cross, #6 Providence College.

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 St. Sebastian's School graduates go to college? St. Sebastian's School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the past five years: 96 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are College of the Holy Cross (28), Boston College (24), Providence College (16), Villanova University (16), Georgetown University (15). Source: Matriculation page.

Which colleges is St. Sebastian's School a top feeder school to? St. Sebastian's School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #3 College of the Holy Cross, #6 Providence College.

How many students attend St. Sebastian's School? St. Sebastian's School is a private high school in Needham, MA, enrolling 378 students in grades 9-12 in 2020.

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