The Downtown School: A Lakeside School

Seattle · WA · Private independent

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Where graduates go, as the school itself publishes it. The Downtown School: A Lakeside School publishes where its graduates go (over the previous four years): 178 colleges, including Amherst College, Boston College, Boston University, Bowdoin College.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

The Downtown School: A Lakeside School publishes the colleges its graduates attend (over the previous four years): 178 colleges. See the full list ↓

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Colleges the school lists for its graduates

The Downtown School: A Lakeside School publishes a list of colleges for its graduates. What follows is copied from that document — 178 colleges, in the document's own order.

Years, as the document states them
over the previous four years

Ivy+ and most selective · 9

Brown University · Columbia University · Cornell University · Dartmouth College · Harvard University · Princeton University · Stanford University · University of Chicago · University of Pennsylvania

University of California · 1

Dominican University of California

Cal State · 4

Cal Poly Humboldt · Cal Poly San Luis Obispo · Cal State Maritime Academy · San Diego State University

Other California · 21

California Lutheran University · Chapman University · Claremont McKenna College · Harvey Mudd College · Loyola Marymount University · Occidental College · Otis College of Art & Design · Pomona College · Santa Clara University · Scripps College · Univ. of California (Berkeley) · Univ. of California (Davis) · Univ. of California (Irvine) · Univ. of California (Riverside) · and 7 more below

Out of state · 119

American University · Amherst College · Arizona State University · Bard College · Bates College · Bellevue College · Bentley University · Bennington College · Boston College · Boston University · Bowdoin College · Brandeis University · Bryn Mawr College · Bucknell University · and 105 more below

Not matched to a college page · 24

California College of the Arts · California Inst. of Technology · Duke Kunshan University · Emily Carr University of Art & Design · Florida Inst. of Technology · King's College London · Mass. College of Art & Design · McGill University · Olin College of Engineering · Ontario College of Art & Design · Oxford College of Emory Univ. · Queen's University Belfast · Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology · Shoreline Community College · and 10 more below

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✓ Stanford University ✓ New York University ✓ University of Southern California — University of California, Los Angeles ✓ University of California, Berkeley ✓ University of Michigan ✓ Cornell University ✓ Boston University ✓ Northeastern University — University of Texas at Austin ✓ Georgetown University — Duke University

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All 178 colleges, as the document prints them

American University Amherst College Arizona State University Bard College Bates College Bellevue College Bentley University Bennington College Boston College Boston University Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University Bryn Mawr College Bucknell University Cal Poly Humboldt California College of the Arts California Inst. of Technology California Lutheran University Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Cal State Maritime Academy Carleton College Case Western Reserve University Champlain College Chapman University Claremont McKenna College Clark University Colby College Colorado College Colorado School of Mines

and 148 more

Colorado State University Columbia College (Chicago) Columbia University Cooper Union Cornell University Creighton University Dartmouth College DePaul University Dominican University of California Drexel University Duke Kunshan University Emerson College Emily Carr University of Art & Design Emory University Florida Inst. of Technology Fordham University George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Gonzaga University Goucher College Harvard University Harvey Mudd College Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges Hofstra University Illinois Institute of Technology Johns Hopkins University Kalamazoo College Kenyon College King's College London Knox College Lafayette College Lake Forest College Lawrence University Lewis & Clark College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University New Orleans Macalester College Marquette University Mass. College of Art & Design McGill University Middlebury College Montana State University New Mexico State University New York University Northeastern University Northwestern University Norwich University Oberlin College Occidental College Olin College of Engineering Ontario College of Art & Design Oregon State University Otis College of Art & Design Oxford College of Emory Univ. Pacific Lutheran University Pomona College Portland State University Pratt Institute Princeton University Purdue University Queen's University Belfast Reed College Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rochester Institute of Technology Rose-Hulman Inst. of Technology Rutgers University Saint Louis University San Diego State University Santa Clara University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art & Design Scripps College Seattle Central College Seattle University Seton Hall University Shoreline Community College Skidmore College Smith College SOAS University of London South Seattle College Southwestern University St Mary's College of Calif. Stanford University Stevens Institute of Technology Suffolk University SUNY College of Env. Sc. & Forestry Syracuse University Temple University Texas A&M University University of Montana, Western Trinity University Tulane University Union College United States Military Academy United States Naval Academy University College Dublin University of Arizona University of British Columbia Univ. of California (Berkeley) Univ. of California (Davis) Univ. of California (Irvine) Univ. of California (Riverside) Univ. of California (San Diego) Univ. of California (Santa Barbara) Univ. of California (Santa Cruz) University of Chicago University of Colorado Boulder University of Colorado Denver University of Connecticut University of Denver University of Illinois University of La Verne University of Mass. (Amherst) University of Michigan University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) University of New Mexico University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania University of Portland University of Puget Sound University of Redlands University of Rochester University of Roehampton University of San Francisco University of South Florida University of Southern California University of St Andrews University of Utah University of Vermont University of Washington, Bothell University of Washington, Seattle University of Washington, Tacoma Vassar College Virginia Military Institute Washington State University Washington University in St. Louis Wellesley College Wesleyan University Western Washington University Wheaton College - MA Whitman College Willamette University William & Mary Williams College Worcester Polytechnic Institute

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Independently verified As published by The Downtown School: A Lakeside School — DTS Profile 25-26 (School Profile 2025-2026) ↗. Found at: page 4, "Select College Acceptances & Enrollments* (over the previous four years) *in bold" list, above the "Matriculation Details" stats block.

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Your state's public flagship

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

42%

admit rate

$12,973

in-state tuition/yr · $43,209 out-of-state

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 $14,091/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

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About this listing

The Downtown School: A Lakeside School is listed by NAIS. 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: downtownschoolseattle.org ↗

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The Downtown School: A Lakeside School is a private high school in Seattle, WA.

The Downtown School: A Lakeside School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the over the previous four years: 178 colleges. Source: DTS Profile 25-26 (School Profile 2025-2026).

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 The Downtown School: A Lakeside School graduates go to college? The Downtown School: A Lakeside School publishes a list of colleges its graduates attend for the over the previous four years: 178 colleges. Source: DTS Profile 25-26 (School Profile 2025-2026).

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