The Class of 2026 College Choices

5/2/2026

We celebrate the college choices of the 96 members of The Class of 2026. Congratulations to our seniors as they take this next step toward their bright futures!

Highlights of the Class of 2026

The 96 members of the Class of 2026 will attend 60 different colleges and universities across the United States, from California to Maine, Florida to Wisconsin.
40% of the class will attend one of the “most selective” schools in the country, and 65% will attend a “top 75” college or university (U.S. News and World Report).
10% of the Class of 2026 has committed to becoming collegiate athletes at Division I and Division III schools in basketball, baseball, cross country, football, soccer, squash, swimming, and track and field.
The Class of 2026 will pursue a wide range of majors, from aviation to petroleum engineering and architecture to music performance. The most popular fields of intended study are currently business, computer science, economics, engineering, finance, and pre-med (including biology, kinesiology, neuroscience, and public health sciences).
The class includes: 2 Presidential Scholars Candidates; 4 Melvin Scholars; 4 International Science & Engineering Fair Qualifiers; 1 Regeneron Science Talent Search Scholar; 10 National Merit Finalists and 13 National Merit Commended Students.

The 2026 College Matriculation List

Auburn University (3)
Boston College
Bowdoin College
Brown University
Butler University
Case Western Reserve University (2)
Coastal Carolina University
College of Charleston
The College of Wooster
Columbia University (2)
Cornell University
Denison University (3)
Drexel University
Duke University (3)
Elon University (2)
Emory University
Fordham University
Furman University
Georgetown University
Hamilton College
Heidelberg University
Johns Hopkins University
Kent State University
Kenyon College (2)
Lehigh University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Miami University - Oxford (6)
Middlebury College
Morehouse College
New York University
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University
Northwestern University
The Ohio State University (9)
Ohio University
Ohio Wesleyan University
Pennsylvania State University
Purdue University (2)
Rice University
Southern Methodist University
Stanford University
Swarthmore College
Texas Tech University
United States Military Academy
University of Akron
University of Alabama (3)
University of Florida
University of Iowa
University of Michigan (4)
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Notre Dame (2)
University of Tampa
University of Tennessee
University of Vermont
University of Wisconsin - Madison (3)
Vanderbilt University
Virginia Tech
Wake Forest University (2)
Xavier University
Yale University (3)

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