Where the Smart Kids Are Going to College

Wednesday, June 15, 2011

GoLocalProv Features Team, with research by Erica James

As Rhode Island's senior class graduates in ceremonies from Woonsocket to Westerly, from public, parochial, charter, and independent schools, here is a look at where the top 3 students at RI's high schools are going to college in the fall.

Trend: Engineering in Worcester and elsewhere
A remarkable number of top achievers in Rhode Island are heading to Worcester Polytechnic Institute (from eight schools) as well as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and Olin, all top-shelf engineering programs.

Trend: URI... close to home, lower rates
In an ever-intimidating economy, top students from 18 high schools chose URI for their fall destination.

Trend: Low-income schools placing in the Ivies
The Ivy League has been pushing on two fronts: to make tuition based on income, and to get out the word to bright, low-income students. The results are here in RI this year.

Where the top grads of 2011 are going

Bay View Academy: Georgetown University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, University of Pennsylvania

Beacon Charter School for the Arts: Rhode Island College, Sacred Heart

Bishop Hendricken High School: Brown University, Harvard University, University of Pennsylvania

Bishop Keough Regional High School: Community College of Rhode Island, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island

Blackstone Academy Charter School: Clark University, Mount Holyoke College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Block Island High School: Rhode Island School of Design, University of Rhode Island, Wheelock College

Burrillville High School: University of South Carolina, Wesleyan University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Central High School: Brown University, Rhode Island College, Saint Anselm College

Central Falls Senior High School: Boston College, Providence College, University of Rhode Island

Classical High School: Brandeis University, Harvard University, Yale University

Chariho Regional High School: Coast Guard Academy, University of Illinois, University of Rhode Island

William B. Cooley, Sr. Health & Science Technology High School: McDaniel College, Lincoln Technical Institute, University of Rhode Island

Coventry High School: Boston College, University of Rhode Island

Cranston High School East: Brown University, Lehigh University, University of Chicago

Cumberland High School: Brown University, University of Notre Dame, University of Rhode Island

East Greenwich High School: Boston University, Brown University, Northeastern University

East Providence High School: Brown University, Syracuse University, University of Rhode Island

E-Cubed Academy: College of the Holy Cross, University of Rhode Island

Exeter-West Greenwich Senior High School: American University, The College of William & Mary, University of Delaware

Hope Arts High School: Boston College, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island

Hope Information High School: Bryant University, Loyola University, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Jacqueline M. Walsh School for Performing and Visual Arts: Dalhousie University, University of Rhode Island, University of Vermont

Johnston Senior High School: Brown University, Roger Williams University, Virginia Tech

Jorge Alvarez High School: Bryant University, College of the Holy Cross, Providence College

La Salle Academy: Brown University, Georgetown University, Wake Forest University

The Lincoln School: Georgetown University, Harvard University, Haverford College, Johns Hopkins University

Lincoln Senior High School: Brown University, Georgetown University

Master's Regional Academy: Gordon College

The MET: DePauw University, Pace University, Rhode Island School of Design

Middletown High School: Harvard University, Stanford University, University of Rhode Island, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Mount Pleasant High School: Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island

Mount Saint Charles Academy: George Washington University, Lafayette College, Villanova University

Moses Brown School: Brown University, Harvard University, Swarthmore College

Narragansett High School: Brown University, University of Miami

North Kingstown Senior High School: Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, George Washington University

North Providence High School: Roger Williams University, Syracuse University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

North Smithfield High School: Boston University, Rhode Island College, Salve Regina University

Pilgrim High School: Northeastern University, Providence College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Ponaganset High School: Auburn University, Bryant University, Simmons College

Portsmouth High School: Brown University, Harvard University, Wesleyan University

The Prout School: Coast Guard Academy, Middlebury College, Providence College

Providence Academy of International Studies: Brandeis University, University of Rhode Island

Providence Career and Technical Academy: Rhode Island College, Salve Regina University, University of Rhode Island

Rogers High School: University of Rhode Island

Scituate High School: Gordon College, Northwestern University, Sacred Heart University

Shea Senior High School: Boston University, Brown University, Rhode Island College

Smithfield Senior High School: Northeastern University, University of Connecticut, University of Rochester

South Kingstown High School: Hamilton College, Harvard University, University of Connecticut

Saint Raphael Academy: American University, Providence College, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Textron Chamber of Commerce Academy: Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island

Times Squared Academy: Connecticut College, Cornell University, Duke University

Tiverton High School: Babson College, Pratt Institute, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Toll Gate High School: Columbia University

William E. Tolman High School: Brown University, Tufts University, University of Rhode Island

Warwick Veterans High School: Boston University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

West Warwick Senior High School: Brown University, University of Rhode Island, Yale University

The Wheeler School: Brown University, Harvard University, Yale University

Woonsocket High School: Assumption College, Providence College, Rhode Island College

Note: Some high schools released only the information about their top one or two seniors; some schools do not officially rank their students and therefore would not participate.