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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

College Matriculation Tables

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