William Penn Charter School

Philadelphia · PA · Private independent · K-12 combined

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Where graduates go: #2 feeder school to Penn. William Penn Charter School's own list (2022-2026), enrolled: Penn (44), Penn State (23), Drexel (14), Wake Forest University (13), Tulane (12). Feeder standing: #2 Penn.
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Where graduates go — as published by the school

William Penn Charter School publishes where its graduates enrolled (2022-2026): 186 colleges with per-college counts — the largest counts enrolled at University of Pennsylvania (44), Penn State University Park (23), Drexel University (14). See the full list ↓

Top-10 feeder to 1 top college #2University of Pennsylvania8.8/yr

Feeder standing #2 to University of Pennsylvania — from its own published counts, ranked per class year

Their published matriculation list

Where their graduates enrolled

William Penn Charter School publishes where its graduates enrolled. What follows is copied from that document — 186 colleges, ordered by the number of students enrolled.

Years, as the document states them
2022-2026

The ten largest counts, enrolled

University of Pennsylvania 44

Penn State University Park 23

Drexel University 14

Wake Forest University 13

Tulane University 12

Villanova University 11

Duke University 10

West Chester University of Pennsylvania 10

Syracuse University 9

Bucknell University 8

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#2of 210 feeder schools to University of Pennsylvania · 8.8/yrTop college

All 186 colleges, as the document prints them

College · Students

University of Pennsylvania 44

Penn State University Park 23

Drexel University 14

Wake Forest University 13

Tulane University 12

Villanova University 11

Duke University 10

West Chester University of Pennsylvania 10

Syracuse University 9

Bucknell University 8

Franklin & Marshall College 8

George Washington University 8

Lehigh University 8

University of Pittsburgh 8

University of Vermont 8

Ursinus College 8

Cornell University 7

Lafayette College 7

University of Richmond 7

American University 6

Saint Joseph's University 6

Temple University 6

Tufts University 6

University of Michigan 6

Widener University 6

Boston University 5

Dartmouth College 5

Harvard University 5

Howard University 5

Loyola University Maryland 5

and 156 more

Northwestern University 5

Amherst College 4

Boston College 4

Fairfield University 4

New York University 4

Northeastern University 4

University of Colorado Boulder 4

University of Notre Dame 4

Virginia Tech 4

Wesleyan University 4

Arizona State University 3

Catholic University of America 3

Clemson University 3

Colgate University 3

Columbia University 3

Duquesne University 3

Georgetown University 3

Ithaca College 3

Johns Hopkins University 3

Ohio State University at Columbus 3

Princeton University 3

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 3

Southern Methodist University 3

Swarthmore College 3

University of Connecticut 3

University of Delaware 3

University of Miami 3

University of South Carolina-Columbia 3

University of Tampa 3

University of Wisconsin-Madison 3

William & Mary 3

Williams College 3

Brandeis University 2

Brown University 2

Chapman University 2

Coastal Carolina University 2

Commonwealth University 2

Connecticut College 2

Davidson College 2

Fairleigh Dickinson University 2

Hamilton College 2

Haverford College 2

Indiana University Bloomington 2

Loyola Marymount University 2

McGill University 2

Millersville University of Pennsylvania 2

Muhlenberg College 2

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University 2

Rollins College 2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick 2

Skidmore College 2

Smith College 2

Stanford University 2

Trinity College 2

United States Air Force Academy 2

United States Naval Academy 2

University of Arizona 2

University of California, Santa Cruz 2

University of California-Los Angeles 2

University of Florida 2

University of Maryland, College Park 2

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus 2

University of Mississippi 2

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2

Washington University in St. Louis 2

York College of Pennsylvania 2

Albright College 1

Arcadia University 1

Bard College 1

Bentley University 1

Berklee College of Music 1

Bowdoin College 1

Bryn Mawr College 1

Carleton College 1

Catawba College 1

Chestnut Hill College 1

Colby College 1

College of New Jersey 1

College of the Holy Cross 1

College of Wooster 1

Denison University 1

DePaul University 1

Dickinson College 1

Drew University 1

Edinburgh Napier University 1

Elon University 1

Emerson College 1

Emory University 1

Florida Institute of Technology 1

Fordham University 1

Georgia Institute of Technology 1

Goucher College 1

Harcum College 1

High Point University 1

Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1

Holy Family University 1

James Madison University 1

Kenyon College 1

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania 1

Liberty University 1

Long Island University-Post 1

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 1

Lycoming College 1

Lynn University 1

Maryland Institute College of Art 1

Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1

Merrimack College 1

Michigan State University 1

Middlebury College 1

Monmouth University 1

Moravian University 1

Morehouse College 1

New York Institute of Technology 1

Niagara University 1

Oberlin College 1

Occidental College 1

Olin College of Engineering 1

Penn State Harrisburg 1

Pratt Institute 1

Rochester Institute of Technology 1

Rutgers University - Camden 1

Sacred Heart University 1

Savannah College of Art and Design 1

Siena University 1

Springfield College 1

St. John Fisher University 1

St. John's University 1

St. Olaf College 1

St. Thomas Aquinas College 1

Stetson University 1

Texas Tech University 1

Towson University 1

Trinity College Dublin 1

Union College 1

United States Military Academy 1

University of Alabama 1

University of California, Davis 1

University of California, Irvine 1

University of California, Riverside 1

University of Chicago 1

University of Georgia 1

University of Glasgow 1

University of Louisville 1

University of North Carolina Wilmington 1

University of Oregon 1

University of San Francisco 1

University of Texas at Austin 1

University of Toronto 1

University of Virginia 1

Vassar College 1

Wagner College 1

Walnut Hill College 1

Washington and Lee University 1

Wellesley College 1

West Virginia University 1

Winthrop University 1

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Your state's public flagship

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus

54%

admit rate

$20,644

in-state tuition/yr · $41,790 out-of-state

1220–1400

SAT 25–75 · ACT 27–32

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 $32,875/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.

About this listing

William Penn Charter 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: www.penncharter.com ↗

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William Penn Charter School is a private high school in Philadelphia, PA.

William Penn Charter School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2022-2026: 186 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are University of Pennsylvania (44), Penn State University Park (23), Drexel University (14), Wake Forest University (13), Tulane University (12). Source: College Matriculation List.

William Penn Charter School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #2 Penn.

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 William Penn Charter School graduates go to college? William Penn Charter School publishes a matriculation list (where its graduates enrolled) for the 2022-2026: 186 colleges, with per-college counts; the largest counts are University of Pennsylvania (44), Penn State University Park (23), Drexel University (14), Wake Forest University (13), Tulane University (12). Source: College Matriculation List.

Which colleges is William Penn Charter School a top feeder school to? William Penn Charter School's feeder standing, from the schools' own published counts: #2 Penn.

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