Friends' Central School provides highly personalized, expert college admission counseling to students and their families. Our three full-time counselors have extensive experience working in independent school college counseling and selective college admissions.

Our emphasis is on counseling rather than placement–educating and advocating throughout the process, with a focus on each student and his or her talents, interests, and needs. The goal of this student-centered approach is for each member of the class to have the best possible college search experience and for students to find schools where they will continue to flourish beyond their years at Friends' Central.

Members of the Class of 2025 were admitted to an incredible range of schools across the country, with 35% of the Class attending a US News and World Report top college or university. Click below to see the list.

Click here for the list of Class of 2025 college matriculations

Click here for the list of Class of 2025 college matriculations

Amherst College

Bates College

Boston University

Bowdoin College (2)

Brown University (2)

Brandeis University

Bryant University

Bryn Mawr College (3)

Bucknell University (2)

Camden County College

Case Western Reserve

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Clemson University

College of the Holy Cross

Connecticut College

Coppin State University

Dartmouth College

Elon University

George Mason University

Hampton University

Haverford College (2)

Hobart and William Smith College

Hofstra University

Howard University

Indiana University at Bloomington

John Carroll University

Juniata College

Lafayette College (2)

LaSalle University (2)

Moravian College

Morehouse College

Muhlenberg College (2)

New York University (2)

Nichols College

Parsons Paris at The New School

Pennsylvania State University (6)

Randolph Macon College

Reed College

Rochester Inst. of Technology (2)

Rutgers University (2)

Saint Joseph’s University (2)

School of Drama at The New School

Siena College

Skidmore College (2)

St. Thomas University

Stony Brook University (2)

Syracuse University

Temple University (4)

The Ohio State University

Thomas Jefferson University

Towson University

Tufts University

Tulane University

University of California, Los Angeles

University of California San Diego

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Delaware

University of Pennsylvania (2)

University of Pittsburgh (6)

University of Richmond

University of Scranton

University of South Carolina

University of Southern California

University of Tampa

University of Vermont (2)

University of Virginia

Villanova University

Washington College

Washington University in St. Louis

William & Mary College (2)

Yale University

York College of Pennsylvania

Click here for the list of college acceptances 2021-2025

Click here for the list of college acceptances 2021-2025

Albright College

Alfred University

Allegheny College

Alvernia University

American University (3)

Amherst College

Arcadia University

Arizona State University (Tempe)

Auburn University

Babson College

Bard College

Barnard College

Bates College (2)

Baylor University

Bentley University

Berklee College of Music

Boston College (2)

Boston University (5)

Bowdoin College (5)

Bowie State University

Brandeis University (2)

Brown University (3)

Bryant University

Bryn Athyn College

Bryn Mawr College (3)

Bucknell University (3)

Butler University

California College of the Arts

California Institute of Technology

California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo)

Camden County College

Carleton College

Carnegie Mellon University

Case Western Reserve University (3)

Catholic University of America

Cecil College

Champlain College (4)

Chapman University

Cheyney University of Pennsylvania (2)

Claremont McKenna College

Clark Atlanta University

Clark University

Clemson University

Coastal Carolina University

Colby College

Colgate University

College of Charleston

College of the Holy Cross

Colorado College

Colorado State University (Fort Collins)

Columbia College (Chicago)

Columbia University

Commonwealth University (Bloomsburg)

Connecticut College (2)

Coppin State University

Cornell College

Cornell University (5)

Dartmouth College (2)

Davidson College

Delaware State University

Delaware Valley University

DePaul University

Dickinson College (6)

Drew University

Drexel University (11)

Duke University

Duquesne University

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

Eastern University

Eckerd College

Elizabethtown College

Elon University (2)

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach)

Emerson College

Emory University

Fairfield University

Fairleigh Dickinson University (Metropolitan Campus)

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Florida Atlantic University

Florida State University

Fordham University

Franklin & Marshall College (6)

Furman University

George Mason University

George Washington University (4)

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology

Gettysburg College

Goucher College

Grinnell College

Guilford College

Gwynedd Mercy University

Hamilton College

Hampton University (6)

Harvey Mudd College

Haverford College (4)

High Point University

Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2)

Hofstra University (2)

Howard University (5)

Illinois Wesleyan University

Immaculata University

Indiana University (Bloomington) (5)

Indiana University of Pennsylvania (Main Campus)

Ithaca College (2)

Jacksonville University

James Madison University

Johns Hopkins University

Johnson C Smith University

Juniata College (5)

Kenyon College (2)

King's College London

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

La Salle University (2)

Lafayette College (3)

Lehigh University (2)

Lewis & Clark College

Lincoln University (2)

Long Island University (Brooklyn)

Louisiana State University

Loyola Marymount University (2)

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Maryland

Loyola University New Orleans

Macalester College

Manhattan School of Music

Manhattanville University

Marist University (3)

Marquette University

Maryland Institute College of Art

Marymount Manhattan College

Marymount University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

McDaniel College

McGill University

Miami University (Oxford)

Michigan State University

Middlebury College

Millersville University of Pennsylvania

Misericordia University

Monmouth University

Montclair State University

Moore College of Art and Design

Moravian University

Morehouse College

Morgan State University (4)

Mount St Mary's University

Muhlenberg College (3)

Neumann University

New York University (5)

Norfolk State University

North Carolina A & T State University

North Carolina Central University

North Carolina State University

Northeastern University (6)

Northwestern University (2)

Oberlin College

Occidental College (2)

Ohio University (Main Campus)

Ohio Wesleyan University

Pace University (New York City)

Parsons Paris at The New School

Parsons School of Design at The New School (2)

Penn State University (Abington)

Penn State University (Altoona) (3)

Penn State University (Behrend)

Penn State University (Brandywine)

Penn State University (Harrisburg) (2)

Penn State University (Lehigh Valley)

Penn State University (University Park) (20)

PennWest California

Pepperdine University

Philadelphia University

Pitzer College

Point Park University

Pomona College

Pratt Institute

Princeton University

Providence College

Purdue University (Main Campus)

Queen Mary University of London

Quinnipiac University

Radford University

Randolph-Macon College

Reed College (3)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Rice University

Rider University

Robert Morris University

Rochester Institute of Technology (3)

Rollins College

Rutgers University (Camden)

Rutgers University (New Brunswick) (3)

Saint Joseph's University (5)

San Diego State University

Santa Clara University

Sarah Lawrence College

Savannah College of Art and Design

School of Drama at The New School

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Scripps College

Seattle University

Seton Hall University

Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Siena University

Simmons University

Skidmore College (6)

Smith College

Southern Methodist University

Southwest Mississippi Community College

Spelman College

St. John's College (Annapolis)

St. John's University (2)

St. Lawrence University (2)

Stanford University

Stevens Institute of Technology

Stevenson University (2)

Stockton University

Stony Brook University (2)

Suffolk University

SUNY at New Paltz

SUNY at Purchase College

SUNY University at Buffalo

Susquehanna University

Swarthmore College

Syracuse University (4)

Temple University (14)

Temple University, Japan Campus

Texas Christian University

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee (2)

The College of New Jersey

The New School

The Ohio State University (2)

The University of Edinburgh

The University of Manchester

The University of Tampa (2)

The University of Tennessee (Knoxville)

Thomas Jefferson University

Towson University

Trinity College

Trinity College Dublin

Tufts University (10)

Tulane University of Louisiana (3)

Tuskegee University

Union College

United States Naval Academy

University at Albany

University College Dublin

University of Alabama

University of Alabama in Huntsville

University of Arizona

University of Birmingham

University of British Columbia

University of California (Berkeley) (3)

University of California (Davis)

University of California (Irvine)

University of California (Los Angeles) (2)

University of California (Merced)

University of California (Riverside)

University of California (San Diego) (3)

University of California (Santa Barbara)

University of California (Santa Cruz)

University of Chicago

University of Cincinnati (Main Campus)

University of Colorado Boulder (2)

University of Connecticut

University of Delaware (3)

University of Denver

University of Detroit Mercy

University of Florida

University of Georgia

University of Glasgow

University of Hartford

University of Hawaii at Hilo

University of Hawaii at Manoa

University of Houston

University of Illinois at Chicago

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2)

University of Iowa

University of Kentucky

University of Maine

University of Mary Washington

University of Maryland (Baltimore County)

University of Maryland (College Park) (3)

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

University of Massachusetts (Amherst)

University of Massachusetts (Boston)

University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth)

University of Memphis

University of Miami

University of Michigan

University of Minnesota (Twin Cities)

University of Mississippi

University of Mount Union

University of New Hampshire (Main Campus)

University of New Haven

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

University of North Carolina Wilmington

University of North Dakota

University of North Florida

University of Notre Dame

University of Oklahoma

University of Oregon

University of Pennsylvania (17)

University of Pittsburgh (Bradford)

University of Pittsburgh (Greensburg)

University of Pittsburgh (Johnstown)

University of Pittsburgh (18)

University of Portland

University of Puget Sound

University of Redlands

University of Rhode Island

University of Richmond (2)

University of Rochester (2)

University of San Diego

University of San Francisco

University of Scranton

University of South Carolina

University of South Florida (Main Campus)

University of Southern California (4)

University of St Andrews (5)

University of the District of Columbia

University of Toronto (2)

University of Utah

University of Vermont (3)

University of Virginia (Main Campus) (3)

University of Washington (Seattle Campus)

University of Winchester

University of Wisconsin (Madison) (5)

University of York

Ursinus College (3)

Utica University

Vanderbilt University (2)

Vassar College (2)

Villanova University (5)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Virginia State University

Virginia Wesleyan University

Wagner College

Wake Forest University (4)

Washington & Jefferson College

Washington College

Washington University in St. Louis (5)

Wellesley College

Wesleyan University (5)

West Chester University of Pennsylvania (4)

West Virginia University

Wheaton College - MA

Widener University (2)

William & Mary (4)

Williams College

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (3)

Xavier University

Xavier University of Louisiana

Yale University (2)

York College of Pennsylvania (2)

Andrew Yu '25

Brown University

"FCS teachers have, without fail, supported me through my entire time in the Upper School, both in and out of the classroom. The teachers and the atmosphere of learning that they cultivate are what I cherish most at FCS and will be what I miss most."

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Friends' Central School provides highly personalized, expert college admission counseling to students and their families. Our three full-time counselors have extensive experience working in independent school college counseling and selective college admissions.

Click here for the list of Class of 2025 college matriculations

Click here for the list of college acceptances 2021-2025