University Prep

Seattle · WA · Private independent · K-12 combined

Private

Similar nearby schools

Most similar nearby schools

Seattle Waldorf School → Dartmoor School → Seattle Waldorf High School → Academy For Precision Learning → Spring Academy → Lakeside School → Fusion Academy Seattle → The Bush School →

At a glance

Programs & features

Teaches no AP-designated courses — common among independent schools that run their own advanced curriculum

Academic signals

SAT avg 1330 (25-75: 1210–1460)
AP exam pass rate 92% — the school teaches no AP courses; students sit the exams anyway

Worth knowing: Published partway through the year for the Class of 2026, covering the 72 students who had tested by then rather than the whole class.

Composed from the school's own published profile (2026), and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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What families should know about University Prep.

▸ LocallyWA sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Seattle Waldorf School, Dartmoor School, Seattle Waldorf High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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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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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

University Prep publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 136 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022–2026

College · Students

University of Washington, Seattle 51

University of Colorado Boulder 13

Santa Clara University 12

California Polytechnic Institute 11

University of Southern California 11

Cornell University 10

Northeastern University 9

Tufts University 9

Boston University 8

Occidental College 8

University of San Diego 8

George Washington University 7

Pitzer College 7

Seattle University 7

Washington University in St. Louis 7

Boston College 6

Colorado College 6

Tulane University 6

Carleton College 5

Loyola Marymount University 5

Scripps College 5

University of Oregon 5

Vanderbilt University 5

Columbia University 4

Dartmouth College 4

Hamilton College 4

Harvey Mudd College 4

University of Denver 4

Villanova University 4

Wake Forest University 4

and 106 more

Whitman College 4

American University 3

Barnard College 3

Bowdoin College 3

Brown University 3

Chapman University 3

Davidson College 3

Gonzaga University 3

Haverford College 3

Middlebury College 3

Northwestern University 3

Pomona College 3

Smith College 3

University College Dublin, Ireland 3

University of British Columbia, Canada 3

University of California, Santa Barbara 3

University of Michigan 3

University of St. Andrews, Scotland 3

University of Vermont 3

University of Virginia 3

Wellesley College 3

Brandeis University 2

Carnegie Mellon University 2

Colgate University 2

Colorado State University 2

Duke University 2

Emory University 2

Georgetown University 2

Harvard University 2

Johns Hopkins University 2

Kenyon College 2

Lehigh University 2

New York University 2

Rochester Institute of Technology 2

Union College 2

United States Naval Academy 2

University of California, Los Angeles 2

University of Edinburgh, Scotland 2

University of Miami 2

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 2

University of Pennsylvania 2

University of Washington, Bothell 2

University of Wisconsin 2

Vassar College 2

Western Washington University 2

Bates College 1

Bellevue College 1

Bryn Mawr College 1

Case Western Reserve University 1

Clark Atlanta University 1

Connecticut College 1

Duke Kunshan University, China 1

Elon University 1

Emerson College 1

Endicott College 1

ETH Zurich, Switzerland 1

Evergreen State University 1

Florida State University 1

Franklin & Marshall College 1

Grinnell College 1

Howard University 1

Indiana University, Bloomington 1

Johnson & Wales University 1

Lawrence University 1

Lewis & Clark College 1

Linfield University 1

Loyola University, New Orleans 1

McGill University, Canada 1

Montana State University 1

Morehouse College 1

Mount Holyoke College 1

North Seattle College 1

Oberlin College 1

Oregon State University 1

Princeton University 1

Purdue University 1

San Diego State University 1

Seattle Central College 1

Skidmore College 1

Southern Oregon University 1

Stanford University 1

Syracuse University 1

Texas Christian University 1

University of Alabama 1

University of Arizona 1

University of Bath, England 1

University of California, Berkeley 1

University of California, Davis 1

University of California, San Diego 1

University of Chicago 1

University of Glasgow, Scotland 1

University of Groningen, Netherlands 1

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 1

University of Maryland 1

University of New South Wales, Australia 1

University of Puget Sound 1

University of Redlands 1

University of Richmond 1

University of Rochester 1

University of Toronto, Canada 1

Wesleyan University 1

Willamette University 1

Williams College 1

Worcester Polytechnic Institute 1

Yale University 1

École Hôtelière de Lausanne, Switzerland 1

These graduates went on to the colleges above.

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Independently verified As published by University Prep — University Prep - College Placement page, "2022–2026 College Matriculation List" ↗. Found at: "2022–2026 College Matriculation List" section.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment went from 568 in 2018 to 613 in 2022 — over 4 years.

+7.9%

Why only 2 data points?

Private school enrollment comes from the NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), which is collected every other year — not annually like public-school data. The most recent published collection is 2021–22; NCES targeted spring 2026 for the 2023–24 release — we'll load it as soon as it's published.

For a more current snapshot, see University Prep's own published school profile (as of 2026-27): issuu.com/uprep/docs/uprep_college_profile_2025-2026 ↗

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
Seattle Waldorf School Seattle	Private	1.0	278	-21.7%
Dartmoor School Seattle	Private	1.2	9	—
Seattle Waldorf High School Seattle	Private	1.6	75	-15.7%
Academy For Precision Learning Seattle	Private	1.6	115	-9.4%
Spring Academy Seattle	Private	1.9	30	—
Lakeside School Seattle	Private	3.4	875	+220.5%
Fusion Academy Seattle Seattle	Private	4.0	54	—
The Bush School Seattle	Private	4.5	703	+7.0%

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