Our Outcomes
Where Mountain School Students Go Next
The Mountain School's semester experience prepares students for success at the nation's most selective colleges and universities. From 2019 to 2024, our alumni matriculated to over 90 institutions, including Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, Brown, and Williams, with many colleges welcoming 10 or more Mountain School graduates.
What sets our students apart isn't just where they go—it's who they become during their semester with us. Through challenging academics, hands-on farm work, and immersive community living, students develop the intellectual curiosity, resilience, and authentic self-awareness that top colleges actively seek, entering the application process with clarity about their strengths and educational goals.
College Matriculations 2020-2024
10+ TMS Alumni
| Brown University | Colgate University | Dartmouth College |
| Middlebury College | Williams College |
5+ TMS Alumni
| Bates College | Bowdoin College | Colorado College |
| Cornell University | Harvard University | Northeastern University |
| Pitzer College | Princeton University | Stanford University |
| University of Vermont | Wesleyan University | Yale University |
3+ TMS Alumni
| Barnard College | Carleton College | Colby College |
| Haverford College | Kenyon College | Northwestern University |
| Oberlin College | Pomona College | Scripps College |
| Smith College | University of California - Berkeley | University of California - Davis |
| University of Colorado - Boulder | University of Michigan | University of St. Andrews |
| University of Washington - Seattle | University of Wisconsin | Vassar College |
| Wellesley College |
1-2 TMS Alumni
| American University | Amherst College | Bard College |
| Boston College | Brandeis University | Bucknell University |
| Cal Poly | Clark University | College of the Atlantic |
| Colorado School of Mines | Columbia University | Davidson College |
| Depauw University | Dickinson College | Elon University |
| Emerson College | Endicott College | Fashion Institute of Technology |
| George Mason University | Georgetown University | Gettysburg College |
| Glasgow School of Art and Design | Lafayette College | Lehigh University |
| Macalester College | McGill University | Montana State University |
| Mount Holyoke College | New York University | Prescott College |
| Providence College | Rice University | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Skidmore College | Spelman College | St. Lawrence University |
| St. Mary's College | SUNY - New Paltz | Swarthmore College |
| Trinity College | Tufts University | Tulane University |
| University of California - Los Angeles | University of California - San Diego | University of California - Santa Barbara |
| University of Chicago | University of Kings College | University of Maryland - College Park |
| University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill | University of Pennsylvania | University of Rhode Island |
| University of Southern California | University of Texas | University of Virginia |
| Villanova University | Warren Wilson College | Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
Where do Mountain School students go to college?
Since 1984, Mountain School students have gone on to attend more than 300 different colleges and universities around the world! In the last 40 years…
200+ alumni have attended
Brown University
75+ alumni
Carleton College
Colorado College
Cornell University
Oberlin College
Williams College
20+ alumni
Bard College
Duke University
Hamilton College
Hampshire College
Macalester College
University of California - Berkeley
5+ alumni
American University
Bennington College
Boston College
Boston University
Brandeis University
Bucknell University
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly)
Carnegie Mellon University
College of Wooster
Deep Springs College
Denison University
Dickinson College
Earlham College
Emory University
George Washington University
Grinnell College
Johns Hopkins University
Lehigh University
Marlboro College
McGill University
Miami University
Notre Dame College
Ohio State University
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
Sarah Lawrence College
St. Andrews University
St. Johns College
University of California - Davis
University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA)
University of Colorado - Boulder
University of Georgia
University of Maryland
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill
University of Richmond
University of Southern California (USC)
University of St. Andrews
University of Texas
University of Washington
Wake Forest University
Wheaton College
150+ alumni
Middlebury College
Yale University
50+ alumni
Bates College
Columbia University
Princeton University
Stanford University
University of Vermont
15+ alumni
College of the Atlantic
Davidson College
Northeastern University
Pitzer College
University of Michigan
<5 alumni
Agnes Scott College
Alaska Pacific University
Alfred University
Allegheny College
Antioch University
Appalachian State
Arizona State University
Babson College
Beloit College
Bentley University
Berklee School of Music
Boston Architectural College
Brigham Young University (BYU)
Case Western College
Catholic University
Chapman University
City University of New York (CUNY)
Hunter College
John Jay College of Criminal Justice
Claremont McKenna College
Clark College
Clark University
Colby Sawyer College
College of Charleston
College of the Holy Cross
College of Wooster
Colorado Christian University
Colorado School of Mines
Colorado State University
Concordia University
Cooper Union
Coppin State University
Dalhousie University
Drury University
Eastern Illinois University
Elon University
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Emerson College
Endicott College
Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)
Franklin & Marshall College
Franklin University
George Mason University
Gettysburg College
Goddard College
Gonzaga University
Gordon College
Green Mountain College
Hampton University
Hartwick College
Harvey Mudd College
Hendrix College
Hiram College
Hobart William Smith College
Howard College
Indiana State University
Indiana University
Ithaca College
James Madison University
Juniata College
Keene State College
Lafayette College
Lawrence University
Lesley University
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts (LIPA)
Loyola University
Loyola University - Chicago
Maine Maritime Academy
Manhattanville College
Marietta College
Marist College
Marquette University
Marymount Manhattan College
Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MCAD)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Messiah College
Michigan State University
Mills College
Minerva Schools at KGI
Minesota State University
Mississippi State University
Montana State University
Morehouse College
Mount Allison University
Muhlenburg College
Nassau Community College
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)
New School, Eugene Lang College
New Jersey State University
Northern Arizona University
Northern Vermont University
Norwich University
Occidental College
Ohio Wesleyan University
Oregon State University
Oxford University
Paul Smiths College
Portland State University
Prescott College
Providence College
Quest University
Quinnipiac University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
Rice University
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT)
Rosemont College
Rutgers University
San Francisco State University
San Juan College
Santa Clara University
School of Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC)
Sciences Po / Columbia University Joint Program
Sewanee University
Siena College
Sierra Nevada College
Sorbonne University
Southern New Hampshire University (SHNU)
Southwestern University
Spelman College
St. Marys University
St. Olaf College
Sterling College
State University of New York (SUNY)
Binghamton
Brockport
Geneseo
New Paltz
Stony Brook
Syracuse University
Temple University
Texas A&M University
Tilburg University in Holland
Trinity College, Dublin
Union College
United States Marine Corps
Unity College
University of Massachusetts
Boston
Lowell
University British Columbia
University College London
University Houston
University Montana - Missoula
University North Carolina
University of Albany
University of British Columbia
University of California
San Diego
Santa Barbara
University of Colorado - Leeds
University of Connecticut (UConn)
University of Delaware
University of Denver
University of Edinburgh
University of Hawaii
University of Kent
University of King’s College
University of Maine - Orono
University of Mary Washington
University of Minnesota
University of Mississippi
University of Munich
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina
Greensboro
Pembroke
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon
University of Oxford
University of Pittsburg
University of Puget Sound
University of Rhode Island (URI)
University of Rochester
University of Southern Maine
University of Tampa
University of Toronto
US Coast Guard Academy
Vermont State University
Vermont Technical College
Villanova University
Virginia Tech
Wagner College
Warren Wilson College
Washington and Lee University
Western State College
Western Washington University
Willamette College
William and Mary College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
100+ alumni
Bowdoin College
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Wesleyan University
25+ alumni
Amherst College
Barnard College
Colby College
Colgate University
Connecticut College
Georgetown University
Haverford College
Kenyon College
New York University (NYU)
Pomona College
Reed College
Smith College
Swarthmore College
Tufts University
University of Chicago
University of Pennsylvania
Vassar College
Wellesley College
Whitman College
10+ alumni
Bryn Mawr College
Evergreen State College
Lewis and Clark College
Mount Holyoke College
Scripps College
Skidmore College
St. Lawrence University
Trinity College
Tulane University
University of California - Santa Cruz
University of New Hampshire
University of Virginia
University of Wisconsin
Vanderbilt University
Washington University in St. Louis