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College Choices

McDonogh's college counselors work closely with students to identify which colleges and universities best align with their interests, personalities, and aspirations. Below is the list of matriculations for the most recent four graduating classes. 

College Matriculations

Over the past four years, 655 McDonogh graduates have matriculated to 193 unique institutions. Highlights from this window include:

  • Top Five destinations: University of Maryland, College Park (46), Boston College (16), Penn State (16), Wake Forest University (15), and The Ohio State University (12).
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs): 24 students enrolled at seven HBCUs, with Howard University (10) and Spelman College (5) leading in enrollments.
  • Ivy League: 34 students enrolled at seven of the eight Ivy League institutions.
  • Service Academies: Nine students enrolled at three service academies, led by the United States Naval Academy (7).
  • International: Four students enrolled at universities in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom.

Note: Data is updated annually each summer.

Matriculations: 2023–2026

American University (4) Rollins College (1)
Amherst College (5) Rutgers University–Camden (1)
Arizona State University (1) Rutgers University–New Brunswick (1)
Auburn University (11) Rutgers University–Newark (1)
Bates College (2) Saint Joseph's University (3)
Baylor University (1) Salisbury University (1)
Bellarmine University (1) San Diego State University (6)
Bentley University (1) Santa Monica College (1)
Boston College (16) Savannah College of Art and Design (2)
Boston University (4) School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1)
Bowdoin College (2) Siena University (1)
Brown University (10) Skidmore College (1)
Bryn Mawr College (2) Southern Methodist University (3)
Bucknell University (6) Spelman College (5)
Carnegie Mellon University (2) St. Lawrence University (1)
Case Western Reserve University (2) St. Mary's College of Maryland (3)
Catawba College (1) Stanford University (7)
The Catholic University of America (1) Stevens Institute of Technology (1)
Christopher Newport University (1) Stevenson University (2)
Clark University (1) Stonehill College (2)
Clemson University (10) Stony Brook University (1)
Colgate University (3) Susquehanna University (1)
College of Charleston (2) Swarthmore College (1)
College of the Holy Cross (2) Syracuse University (11)
Colorado College (1) Temple University (1)
Colorado School of Mines (2) Texas A&M University (1)
Columbia University (5) Texas Christian University (2)
Cornell University (2) Texas State University (1)
Creighton University (1) Thomas Jefferson University (1)
Davidson College (3) Towson University (6)
Denison University (2) Trinity College Dublin (1)
Dickinson College (10) Tufts University (2)
Drexel University (2) Tulane University (7)
Duke University (8) Union College (2)
Duquesne University (1) United States Air Force Academy (1)
East Tennessee State University (1) United States Coast Guard Academy (1)
Elon University (8) United States Naval Academy (7)
Emory University (9) University at Buffalo (1)
Fairfield University (3) The University of Alabama (2)
Fairleigh Dickinson University, Florham Campus (1) University of Arizona (3)
Florida A&M University (1) University of Arkansas (1)
Florida State University (1) University of California, Irvine (1)
Fordham University (3) University of California, Los Angeles (2)
Franklin & Marshall College (4) University of California, Santa Barbara (2)
Frostburg State University (1) University of California, Santa Cruz (1)
The George Washington University (5) University of Chicago (1)
Georgetown University (8) University of Colorado Boulder (8)
Gettysburg College (1) University of Delaware (5)
Gonzaga University (1) University of Denver (2)
Goucher College (1) University of Florida (4)
Grove City College (1) University of Georgia (2)
Hampton University (1) University of Illinois Chicago (1)
Harvard University (3) University of Kentucky (1)
High Point University (8) University of Lynchburg (2)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1) University of Maryland, Baltimore County (5)
Hofstra University (3) University of Maryland, College Park (46)
Howard University (10) University of Maryland Eastern Shore (2)
Indiana University Bloomington (4) University of Massachusetts Amherst (3)
Ithaca College (2) University of Miami (6)
Jacksonville University (1) University of Michigan (9)
James Madison University (1) University of Mississippi (1)
Johns Hopkins University (4) University of Mount Union (1)
Kenyon College (2) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (5)
Lafayette College (1) University of Notre Dame (5)
Lehigh University (3) University of Oregon (1)
Louisiana State University (2) University of Pennsylvania (7)
Loyola Marymount University (2) University of Pittsburgh (4)
Loyola University Maryland (5) University of Rhode Island (1)
Marquette University (2) University of Richmond (2)
Maryland Institute College of Art (1) University of Rochester (1)
McDaniel College (4) University of San Diego (1)
McGill University (1) University of South Carolina (8)
Merrimack College (1) University of Southern California (4)
Methodist University (1) University of St Andrews (1)
Miami University (2) The University of Tampa (3)
Middlebury College (1) The University of Texas at Austin (4)
Monmouth University (1) University of Vermont (5)
Morgan State University (4) University of Virginia (7)
Muhlenberg College (1) University of Washington (1)
The New School (1) University of Westminster (1)
New York University (7) University of Wisconsin–Madison (10)
North Carolina A&T State University (2) Vassar College (3)
North Carolina State University (1) Villanova University (6)
Northeastern University (11) Virginia Tech (8)
Northwestern University (7) Wake Forest University (15)
The Ohio State University (12) Washington & Jefferson College (1)
Parsons School of Design at The New School (1) Washington and Lee University (1)
Penn State (16) Washington College (2)
Point Loma Nazarene University (1) Washington University in St. Louis (3)
Princeton University (6) Wellesley College (2)
Purdue University (2) William & Mary (3)
Queens University of Charlotte (1) Williams College (3)
Randolph-Macon College (2) Worcester Polytechnic Institute (1)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2) Xavier University of Louisiana (1)
Rhodes College (2) Yale University (1)
Rice University (2) York College of Pennsylvania (2)
Rochester Institute of Technology (4)