College Stats & Acceptances
Each year, Forest Ridge students are admitted to premier universities across the country—and globe. With many schools to choose from, our students select the “best fit” college that aligns with their individual interests and aspirations. From renowned art schools and conservatories to liberal arts and science colleges and from esteemed national research universities to top-ranked universities abroad, you can find Forest Ridge graduates leaving their mark in every corner of the world.
College Counseling By the Numbers
The Class of 2024
applied to 125 different colleges in 32 states and 4 countries.
40%
of the Class of 2024 will major in STEM-related subjects.
25%
of the Class of 2024 will study art-related subjects in college.
$1.3 million
in merit aid was awarded to the Class of 2024.
67%
of seniors will attend college out of state, 24% of seniors will stay in Washington, and 9% will study internationally.
40%
of the senior class will attend a college or university with a 25% or less admit rate.
College Acceptances
The members of Forest Ridge’s last three graduating classes were offered admission to the following colleges.
American University
American University of Paris (2)
Arcadia University
Arizona State University (6)
Babson College
Baylor University
Boston College
Boston University (7)
Brandeis University (2)
Brigham Young University
Bryn Mawr College
California Arts University
California College of the Arts (2)
California Institute of Technology
California Institute of The Arts
California Lutheran University
California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (2)
California State University, Fresno
California State University, Los Angeles
Carnegie Mellon University (5)
Case Western Reserve University (4)
Catholic University of America
Central Washington University (4)
Chapman University (10)
Clark Atlanta University (2)
Colby College
Cornell College
Cornish College of the Arts
Creighton University (2)
Culinary Institute of America
Dickinson College (2)
Dominican University
Drexel University (2)
Duke Kunshan University
Eastern Washington University (4)
Emerson College (2)
Evergreen State College (4)
Fairfield University (2)
Fordham University (2)
Franklin & Marshall College (2)
George Fox University
George Washington University (2)
Georgetown University (2)
Glasgow School of Art
Gonzaga University (15)
Grinnell College
Hampton University
Hawaii Pacific University (2)
Hobart William Smith Colleges
Howard University
Ibero-Mexican University
Iowa State University
John Cabot University
Johnson & Wales University
Kalamazoo College
Lewis & Clark College (3)
Linfield University
Louisiana State University (2)
Loyola Marymount University (10)
Loyola University Chicago (3)
Loyola University Maryland
Loyola University New Orleans
Maine College of Art
Manchester Metropolitan University
Marist College
Marquette University (3)
Maryland Institute College of Art
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (2)
Merrimack College
Mexico Autonomous Institute of Technology
Miami University
Michigan State University
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Morgan State University
Mount Holyoke College
Muhlenberg College
New York University (5)
New York University, Shanghai
North Carolina State University
Northeastern University (4)
Northwest University
Nova Southeastern University
Oberlin College (3)
Ohio State University (4)
Ohio University
Olin College of Engineering
Oregon State University (7)
Otis College of Art and Design (4)
Oxford College at Emory University (2)
Pace University
Pacific Lutheran University (3)
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Parsons School of Design (4)
Pennsylvania State University (6)
Pepperdine University (4)
Pitzer College
Portland State University
Pratt Institute
Purdue University (2)
Quinnipiac University
Reed College
Regis University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3)
Rice University (2)
Rochester Institute of Technology
Roger Williams University (2)
Rutgers University
Saint Edward'S University
Saint Joseph's University (2)
Saint Louis University (2)
Saint Martin's University (3)
Saint Olaf College
San Diego State University (3)
San Jose State University (3)
Santa Clara University (5)
Savannah College of Art and Design
School of the Art Institute of Chicago (5)
School of Visual Arts (3)
Seattle Pacific University (3)
Seattle University (23)
Skidmore College
Southern Methodist University
Spring Hill College
Stanford University
Suffolk University (3)
Syracuse University (3)
Temple University (2)
Texas Christian University
Trinity University
Tulane University
University of Alabama, Birmingham
University of Arizona (3)
University of British Columbia, Okanagan
University of British Columbia, Vancouver (2)
University of California, Berkeley (2)
University of California, Davis (7)
University of California, Irvine (8)
University of California, Los Angeles (2)
University of California, San Diego (7)
University of California, Santa Barbara (3)
University of California, Santa Cruz (3)
University of California-Riverside (3)
University of Colorado Boulder (2)
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (2)
University of Connecticut (2)
University of Delaware
University of Dundee
University of Illinois (2)
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (3)
University of Manchester
University of Maryland (2)
University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2)
University of Miami
University of Michigan (4)
University of Nevada,Las Vegas (2)
University of New Mexico
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University of North Dakota
University of Notre Dame
University of Oregon (8)
University of Pennsylvania (2)
University of Pittsburgh (6)
University of Portland (5)
University of Puget Sound (3)
University of Redlands (2)
University of Rochester (8)
University of Saint Katherine
University of San Diego (7)
University of San Francisco (11)
University of Southern California (5)
University of St Andrews
University of Stirling
University of the Arts, London
University of the Pacific
University of Utah (3)
University of Vermont (2)
University of Washington, Bothell (8)
University of Washington, Seattle (25)
University of Washington, Tacoma (3)
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Villanova University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Washington State University (9)
Washington University In St Louis (3)
Western Washington University (16)
Westminster College
Whitman College (6)
Whittier College
Whitworth University
Willamette University (4)
Woodbury University
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (4)
Xavier University
Xavier University of Louisiana
York University