The Chapin School

New York · NY · Private independent · K-12 combined

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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

The Chapin School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 91 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022-2026

College  ·  Matriculation  · Admitted

Cornell University 20 41
University of Pennsylvania 13 19
Yale University 12 15
Harvard University 11 11
Brown University 10 13
Georgetown University 10 20
Northwestern University 10 11
University of Chicago 10 15
University of St Andrews 10 59
Duke University 9 11
Amherst College 8 16
Princeton University 8 9
Washington University in St Louis 7 11
Barnard College 6 11
Boston University 6 24
Emory University 6 11
Rice University 6 6
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 6 16
Columbia University 5 9
Syracuse University 5 35
Wake Forest University 5 11
Bowdoin College 4 4
Colgate University 4 24
University of California, Los Angeles 4 8
University of Wisconsin-Madison 4 28
Wesleyan University 4 13
Williams College 4 6
Colorado College 3 6
Dartmouth College 3 4
George Washington University 3 21
and 61 more

College  ·  Matriculation · Admitted

McGill University 3 14
University of Toronto 2 9
Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester 1 1
Olin College of Engineering 1 1
Oxford College of Emory University 1 2
Universita Bocconi 1 2
University of the Arts London: Central Saint Martins 1 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by The Chapin School — "College Matriculation & Admitted List (2022-2026)" ↗. Found at: College Guidance page, table (columns: School / Matriculation / Admitted).

About this listing

The Chapin 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.chapin.edu ↗

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

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