2020 grads headed to top schools

Senior girl wears Xavier College sweatshirt

June 1 is College Decision Day, when high school seniors officially seal the deal on the college or university they will attend in September.

The list of public and private colleges and universities that accepted Albany High School students is impressive. Columbia and Princeton. Buffalo and Geneseo. Howard and Xavier. And so many more.
Check out these institutions, and congratulations to all of this year’s graduates! 

  • Adirondack Community College
  • Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
  • American International College
  • The American Musical and Dramatic Academy
  • American University
  • Arcadia University
  • Assumption College
  • Baruch College, CUNY
  • Belmont University
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Castleton University
  • Catholic University of America
  • Cazenovia College
  • Clark Atlanta University
  • Clarkson University
  • Clemson University
  • Coastal Carolina University
  • The College of New Jersey
  • The College of Saint Rose
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia-Greene Community College
  • Connecticut College
  • D'Youville College
  • DePaul University
  • Elmira College
  • Emerson College
  • Emmanuel College, Boston
  • Florida State University
  • Fordham University
  • Franklin Pierce University
  • George Washington University
  • Hartwick College
  • Highland College
  • Hofstra University
  • Howard University
  • Hudson Valley Community College
  • Hunter College, CUNY
  • Ithaca College
  • Johnson & Wales University, Providence
  • Keuka College
  • Le Moyne College
  • Lehigh University
  • Loyola University Chicago
  • Lynn University
  • Maria College of Albany
  • Marist College
  • Marymount Manhattan College
  • Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
  • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 
  • McGill University
  • Michigan State University
  • Middlebury College
  • Mohawk Valley Community College
  • Monroe College
  • Morgan State University
  • Muhlenberg College
  • Nazareth College
  • The New School
  • New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
  • New York University
  • Norfolk State University
  • Northeastern University
  • Pace University, New York City
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • Pratt Institute
  • Princeton University
  • Quinnipiac University
  • Regis University
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Roger Williams University
  • Russell Sage College
  • Sacred Heart University
  • Saint Michael's College
  • Schenectady County Community College
  • Siena College
  • Simmons University
  • Smith College
  • Southeastern University
  • Springfield College
  • St. Francis College
  • St. John Fisher College
  • St. John's University
  • St. Lawrence University
  • Stevens Institute of Technology
  • Suffolk University
  • SUNY Albany
  • SUNY Alfred
  • SUNY Binghamton
  • SUNY Brockport
  • SUNY Buffalo
  • SUNY Buffalo State
  • SUNY Cobleskill
  • SUNY Cortland
  • SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
  • SUNY Delhi
  • SUNY Geneseo
  • SUNY Farmingdale
  • SUNY Fredonia
  • SUNY Maritime
  • SUNY Morrisville
  • SUNY New Paltz
  • SUNY Old Westbury
  • SUNY Oneonta
  • SUNY Oswego
  • SUNY Plattsburgh
  • SUNY Polytechnic Institute
  • SUNY Potsdam
  • SUNY Purchase
  • SUNY Stony Brook
  • Syracuse University
  • Temple University
  • Unity College
  • University of Alaska Anchorage
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of Connecticut
  • University of Dayton
  • University of Delaware
  • University of Florida
  • University of Georgia
  • University of Hartford
  • University of Massachusetts, Boston
  • University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • University of Minnesota, Duluth
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • University of New Hampshire, Main Campus
  • University of New Haven
  • University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Campus
  • University of Rhode Island
  • University of Rochester
  • University of San Diego
  • University of San Francisco
  • The University of Scranton
  • University of South Carolina, Columbia
  • University of Southern California 
  • University of Southern Maine
  • University of Vermont
  • Utica College
  • Virginia Tech
  • Wells College
  • Western New England University
  • Wheaton College, Massachusetts
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Xavier University of Louisiana

Visit the district's Facebook page to view a sampling of seniors wearing or displaying their college swag.

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