2026 FindingSchool Boarding School HYPSM Rankings

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, and MIT often referred to as the “Big Five” are among the world’s most prestigious universities. To help students and families better understand the college matriculation outcomes of U.S. private high schools, FindingSchool presents the Big Five Matriculation Ranking, based on verified historical matriculation data and updated annually with the latest results.
*Data as of August 2026.
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Total 147 schools 08/27/2026@ET
#1
Groton School
Massachusetts
Co-ed $62,740 / 385 8-12
#2
Milton Academy
Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,900 / 714 9-12
#3
Phillips Exeter Academy
New Hampshire
Co-ed $69,537 / 1096 9-12, PG
#4
Westminster School
Connecticut
Co-ed $80,080 / 425 9-12, PG
#5
Phillips Academy Andover
Massachusetts
Co-ed $76,731 / 1172 9-12, PG
#6
Elite Preparatory Academy
New Jersey
Co-ed $69,000 / 205 6-12
#7
St. Paul's School
New Hampshire
Co-ed $75,400 / 538 9-12
#8
The Hotchkiss School
Connecticut
Co-ed $80,800 / 627 9-12, PG
Partner
Co-ed
Marvelwood School
$75,400 Connecticut
Partner
Co-ed
The Thacher School
$84,000 California
Partner
All-boys
Woodberry Forest School
$72,300 Virginia
#9
The Lawrenceville School
New Jersey
Co-ed $82,710 / 815 9-12, PG
#10
Choate Rosemary Hall
Connecticut
Co-ed $73,530 / 860 9-12, PG
#11
Deerfield Academy
Massachusetts
Co-ed $77,420 / 650 9-12, PG
#12
St. Andrew's School, DE
Delaware
Co-ed $78,500 / 318 9-12
#13
The Webb Schools
4.7 (7 Reviews)
California
Co-ed $87,430 / 400 9-12
#14
Blair Academy
New Jersey
Co-ed $78,980 / 465 9-12, PG
#15
Concord Academy
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $81,560 / 417 9-12
#16
Indian Springs School
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Alabama
Co-ed $73,600 / 340 8-12
#17
St. Anne's-Belfield School
Virginia
Co-ed $75,150 / 996 9-12
#18
Cate School
5.0 (2 Reviews)
California
Co-ed $83,580 / 310 9-12
#19
Middlesex School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,200 / 425 9-12
#20
Stoneleigh-Burnham School
Massachusetts
All-girls $79,950 / 90 7-12, PG
#21
The Thacher School
California
Co-ed $84,000 / 254 9-12
#22
Peddie School
New Jersey
Co-ed $78,300 / 540 9-12, PG
#23
St. Mark's School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $82,300 / 374 9-12
#24
Avon Old Farms School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Connecticut
All-boys $81,185 / 405 9-12, PG
#25
Church Farm School
Pennsylvania
All-boys $55,440 / 150 9-12
#26
Olney Friends School
Ohio
Co-ed $41,300 / 50 9-12
#27
St. Stephen's Episcopal School TX
Texas
Co-ed $85,200 / 714 8-12
#28
The Taft School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Connecticut
Co-ed $81,400 / 592 9-12, PG
#29
EF Academy New York
New York
Co-ed $76,600 / 273 9-12
#30
Admiral Farragut Academy
Florida
Co-ed $70,900 / 310 8-12
#31
Episcopal High School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Virginia
Co-ed $77,700 / 440 9-12
#32
Miss Porter's School
5.0 (3 Reviews)
Connecticut
All-girls $79,900 / 350 9-12
#33
Emma Willard School
New York
All-girls $80,495 / 351 9-12
#34
Kimball Union Academy
New Hampshire
Co-ed $83,300 / 345 9-12, PG
#35
The Loomis Chaffee School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Connecticut
Co-ed $80,150 / 748 9-12, PG
#36
Steamboat Mountain School
Colorado
Co-ed $73,860 / 80 9-12
#37
Asheville School
North Carolina
Co-ed $76,950 / 271 9-12
#38
Georgetown Preparatory School
Maryland
All-boys $78,015 / 500 9-12
#39
Ross School
New York
Co-ed $94,350 / 320 6-12, PG
#40
Westtown School
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $79,500 / 693 9-12
#41
George School
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $79,900 / 500 9-12
#42
Shady Side Academy
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $71,300 / 485 9-12, PG
#43
Saint Andrew's School
Florida
Co-ed $76,040 / 641 9-12
#44
Hawai'i Preparatory Academy
5.0 (7 Reviews)
Hawaii
Co-ed $87,900 / 400 9-12, PG
#45
Mercersburg Academy
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $81,600 / 439 9-12, PG
#46
San Marcos Academy
Texas
Co-ed $65,000 / 350 6-12
#47
'Iolani School
Hawaii
Co-ed $70,100 / 2265 9-12
#48
The Madeira School
Virginia
All-girls $77,100 / 338 9-12
#49
The Pennington School
5.0 (6 Reviews)
New Jersey
Co-ed $83,433 / 535 8-12
#50
Santa Catalina School
California
All-girls $79,300 / 226 9-12
#51
The Hun School of Princeton
New Jersey
Co-ed $83,200 / 703 9-12, PG
#52
Wyoming Seminary
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $73,800 / 430 9-12, PG
#53
Western Reserve Academy
Ohio
Co-ed $80,000 / 427 9-12, PG
#54
Foxcroft School
Virginia
All-girls $83,200 / 161 9-12, PG
#55
Princeton International School of Mathematics and Science
New Jersey
Co-ed $69,000 / 120 9-12
#56
Miss Hall's School
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Massachusetts
All-girls $83,000 / 190 9-12
#57
St. George's School
Rhode Island
Co-ed $79,900 / 391 9-12
#58
Saint James School
Maryland
Co-ed $62,000 / 250 8-12
#59
Shattuck-St. Mary's School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Minnesota
Co-ed $73,000 / 402 6-12, PG
#60
The Frederick Gunn School
Connecticut
Co-ed $83,000 / 335 9-12, PG
#61
Ojai Valley School
California
Co-ed $76,500 / 323 3-12
#62
Williston Northampton School
4.7 (9 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $82,700 / 420 9-12, PG
#63
Wasatch Academy
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Utah
Co-ed $78,700 / 161 8-12
#64
Justin-Siena High School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
California
Co-ed $91,700 / 618 9-12
#65
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Georgia
Co-ed $77,300 / 685 7-12
#66
South Kent School
Connecticut
All-boys $75,000 / 170 9-12, PG
#67
Westover School
5.0 (7 Reviews)
Connecticut
All-girls $78,500 / 193 9-12
#68
The Ethel Walker School
Connecticut
All-girls $79,900 / 226 7-12, PG
#69
Maumee Valley Country Day School
5.0 (2 Reviews)
Ohio
Co-ed $65,000 / 435 9-12
#70
Dunn School
5.0 (5 Reviews)
California
Co-ed $86,700 / 239 9-12
#71
Lake Forest Academy
Illinois
Co-ed $79,775 / 452 9-12
#72
Linden Hall School for Girls
Pennsylvania
All-girls $69,998 / 95 6-12
#73
John Bapst School
Maine
Co-ed $54,700 / 500 9-12
#74
The Governor's Academy
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,600 / 408 9-12
#75
The MacDuffie School
Massachusetts
Co-ed $65,300 / 208 6-12, PG
#76
North Broward Preparatory School
5.0 (3 Reviews)
Florida
Co-ed $87,625 / 2046 6-12
#77
Suffield Academy
5.0 (10 Reviews)
Connecticut
Co-ed $79,400 / 420 9-12, PG
#78
Culver Academies
Indiana
Co-ed $67,000 / 830 9-12
#79
Fountain Valley School of Colorado
Colorado
Co-ed $75,900 / 220 9-12
#80
Gould Academy
Maine
Co-ed $77,584 / 210 9-12, PG
#81
Kent School
Connecticut
Co-ed $81,500 / 520 9-12, PG
#82
Virginia Episcopal School
Virginia
Co-ed $84,000 / 250 9-12
#83
Oregon Episcopal School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Oregon
Co-ed $82,200 / 880 9-12
#84
Chaminade College Prep School
Missouri
All-boys $59,000 / 840 6-12
#85
Martin Luther High School
Wisconsin
Co-ed $58,000 / 670 9-12
#86
The Brook Hill School
Texas
Co-ed $65,641 / 915 8-12
#87
The Webb School
Tennessee
Co-ed $72,800 / 346 7-12
#88
The Boys' Latin School Of Maryland
Maryland
All-boys $62,400 / 630 9-12
#89
Buffalo Seminary
New York
All-girls $69,870 / 150 9-12
#90
Dana Hall School
5.0 (2 Reviews)
Massachusetts
All-girls $79,925 / 453 9-12
#91
Saint Mary's School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
North Carolina
All-girls $66,500 / 315 9-12
#92
International Leadership of Texas (ILTexas)
Texas
Co-ed $45,000 / 650 9-12
#93
Baylor School
Tennessee
Co-ed $79,000 / 1,114 9-12
#94
Brooks School
Massachusetts
Co-ed $82,650 / 340 9-12
#95
Northwood School
New York
Co-ed $74,500 / 195 9-12, PG
#96
Portsmouth Abbey School
Rhode Island
Co-ed $81,330 / 350 9-12
#97
San Domenico School
California
Co-ed $83,450 / 680 9-12
#98
Wilbraham & Monson Academy
5.0 (2 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $80,800 / 381 9-12, PG
#99
CATS Academy Boston
5.0 (3 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $75,200 / 456 8-12,PG
#100
The Village School
Texas
Co-ed $86,230 / 1891 6-12
#101
Berkshire School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $78,800 / 425 9-12, PG
#102
Besant Hill School
5.0 (6 Reviews)
California
Co-ed $79,500 / 80 9-12, PG
#103
The Bolles School
Florida
Co-ed $70,770 / 1,806 9-12
#104
Canterbury School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
Connecticut
Co-ed $77,650 / 332 9-12, PG
#105
Cheshire Academy
Connecticut
Co-ed $69,400 / 376 9-12, PG
#106
The Knox School
New York
Co-ed $60,000 / 130 6-12
#107
The Linsly School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
West Virginia
Co-ed $57,000 / 430 7-12
#108
Millbrook School
New York
Co-ed $84,500 / 330 9-12
#109
New Hampton School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
New Hampshire
Co-ed $77,480 / 320 9-12, PG
#110
Tallulah Falls School
Georgia
Co-ed $47,000 / 500 7-12
#111
Woodberry Forest School
Virginia
All-boys $72,300 / 389 9-12
#112
Long Island Lutheran Middle & High School
New York
Co-ed $63,000 / 455 6-12
#113
Perkiomen School
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $78,200 / 369 6-12
#114
Pomfret School
Connecticut
Co-ed $79,500 / 350 9-12, PG
#115
St. Albans School
District of Columbia
All-boys $82,436 / 325 9-12
#116
The Stony Brook School
5.0 (1 Reviews)
New York
Co-ed $76,700 / 478 7-12
#117
Cushing Academy
5.0 (2 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,980 / 385 9-12, PG
#118
La Lumiere School
Indiana
Co-ed $64,188 / 156 9-12, PG
#119
Stevenson School
5.0 (2 Reviews)
California
Co-ed $85,900 / 507 9-12
#120
Thomas Jefferson School
5.0 (2 Reviews)
Missouri
Co-ed $74,500 / 72 7-12
#121
Gilmour Academy
5.0 (3 Reviews)
Ohio
Co-ed $69,560 / 835 9-12
#122
The Woodstock Academy
4.0 (1 Reviews)
Connecticut
Co-ed $61,500 / 1050 9-12, PG
#123
The Hill School
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $78,300 / 530 9-12, PG
#124
Tabor Academy
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,695 / 503 9-12
#125
Worcester Academy
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Massachusetts
Co-ed $78,000 / 535 9-12, PG
#126
Darrow School
New York
Co-ed $68,200 / 102 9-12
#127
Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy
4.8 (8 Reviews)
California
All-girls $75,900 / 390 9-12
#128
Windermere Preparatory School
Florida
Co-ed $87,750 / 1600 7-12
#129
Mastery School of Hawken
Ohio
Co-ed $73,940 / 610 8-12
#130
The Athenian School
California
Co-ed $94,550 / 349 9-12
#131
McCallie School
5.0 (6 Reviews)
Tennessee
All-boys $81,050 / 985 9-12
#132
Montverde Academy
Florida
Co-ed $60,285 / 1450 7-12
#133
St. Johnsbury Academy
5.0 (4 Reviews)
Vermont
Co-ed $72,700 / 900 9-12, PG
#135
Salisbury School
Connecticut
All-boys $79,200 / 308 9-12
#136
Woodside Priory School
California
Co-ed $98,400 / 425 9-12
#137
The Calverton School
Maryland
Co-ed $54,740 / 350 8-12
#138
Army and Navy Academy
California
All-boys $70,000 / 275 7-12
#139
Christ School
North Carolina
All-boys $75,735 / 308 8-12
#140
Fryeburg Academy
Maine
Co-ed $59,750 / 750 9-12, PG
#141
Kents Hill School
Maine
Co-ed $74,800 / 217 9-12
#142
The Kiski School
Pennsylvania
Co-ed $71,000 / 181 9-12, PG
#143
Lawrence Academy
Massachusetts
Co-ed $80,900 / 411 9-12
#144
Lincoln Academy
Maine
Co-ed $58,300 / 585 9-12
#145
Brewster Academy
New Hampshire
Co-ed $80,800 / 350 9-12, PG
#146
The Cambridge School of Weston
Massachusetts
Co-ed $81,700 / 315 9-12, PG
#147
The Winchendon School
Massachusetts
Co-ed $79,750 / 260 9-12, PG
#148
Miller School of Albemarle
Virginia
Co-ed $73,500 / 250 8-12, PG
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