College Counseling

Excellence across the board propels our students to attend some of the most highly-ranked universities in the world. 

We believe the college search and selection to be a private and individualized process where students engage in self-reflection, growth, and discovery and learn to make informed, educated decisions concerning their future. Parker’s college counseling team encourages a healthy, student-led, educationally based, and family-appropriate approach to the college search, ensuring a smooth transition to life after Parker.

Each year, Parker seniors make the important choice about where their next step will take them. Last year, the class of 2024 selected 75 different schools to attend after graduation. 

Over the last three years, a strong commitment to academic excellence, athletics, extracurriculars, and other worthy endeavors has helped our graduating students earn admittance to over 340 colleges and universities across the United States and the world. Schools that admitted multiple Parker students during the past three years indicate the number of admitted students parenthetically. These institutions include:

Alabama State University
American University (14)
Arizona State University (Downtown Phoenix) (2)
Arizona State University (Tempe) (32)
Bard College (2)
Barnard College (3)
Bates College (2)
Baylor University (5)
Bellarmine University
Belmont University (2)
Bennington College
Bentley University (2)
Boise State University (2)
Boston College (9)
Boston University (25)
Bowdoin College (3)
Bowling Green State University
Bradley University
Brandeis University (5)
Brown University (4)
Bryn Mawr College (2)
Bucknell University (3)
Butler University (3)
Cal Poly Humboldt (6)
California Baptist University (2)
California College of the Arts
California Lutheran University (6)
California Polytechnic State University (San Luis Obispo) (50)
California State Polytechnic University (Pomona) (16)
California State University (Bakersfield) (3)
California State University (Channel Islands)
California State University (Chico) (9)
California State University (Dominguez Hills) (3)
California State University (Fresno) (6)
California State University (Fullerton) (5)
California State University (Long Beach) (11)
California State University (Los Angeles) (5)
California State University (Maritime Academy) (2)
California State University (Monterey Bay) (5)
California State University (Northridge) (10)
California State University (Sacramento) (2)
California State University (San Bernardino)
California State University (San Marcos) (17)
California State University (Stanislaus)
Carleton College (2)
Carnegie Mellon University (8)
Carroll College
Case Western Reserve University (8)
Catholic University of America
Chapman University (30)
Charleston Southern University
Claremont McKenna College (6)
Clark Atlanta University
Clark University (5)
Clemson University (4)
Colgate University (3)
College of Charleston (4)
Colorado College (6)
Colorado School of Mines (7)
Colorado State University (Fort Collins) (9)
Columbia College (Chicago) (3)
Columbia University
Connecticut College
Cornell University (6)
Cornish College of the Arts
Creighton University (5)
Dartmouth College (2)
Davidson College
DePaul University (13)
Denison University (2)
Dickinson College (4)
Dominican University of California (2)
Drexel University (13)
Duke University (2)
Duquesne University
Durham University
Elon University (8)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Daytona Beach)
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (Prescott)
Emerson College (6)
Emory University (2)
Fairfield University (2)
Fisher College
Florida International University
Florida Southern College
Florida State University (3)
Fordham University (27)
Franklin & Marshall College 
Furman University
George Fox University (2)
George Mason University (3)
George Washington University (19)
Georgetown University (6)
Georgia Institute of Technology (5)
Gettysburg College (2)
Gonzaga University (6)
Grambling State University
Grossmont College
Hamilton College
Harvard University
Harvey Mudd College (3)
Haverford College (4)
Hawai'i Pacific University (4)
High Point University
Hillsdale College
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2)
Hofstra University (7)
Illinois Institute of Technology 
Indiana University (Bloomington) (24)
Ithaca College (4)
Jackson State University
James Madison University (2)
Johns Hopkins University (4)
Johnson & Wales University (Providence)
Juniata College
Kansas State University
Kenyon College
King's College London (2)
Lafayette College (6)
Lehigh University 
Lewis & Clark College (7)
Linfield University
Long Island University (Post)
Louisiana State University (2)
Loyola Marymount University (42)
Loyola University Chicago (16)
Loyola University Maryland (2)
Loyola University New Orleans
Macalester College (2)
Manhattanville University
Marist College (3)
Marquette University (2)
Marymount Manhattan College (2)
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (3)
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
McGill University (2)
Merrimack College
Miami University (Oxford) (6)
Michigan State University (14)
Monmouth University
Montana State University (3)
Montclair State University 
Mount Holyoke College (2)
Mount Saint Mary's University
New York University (20)
North Carolina Central University
North Carolina State University (2)
Northeastern University (28)
Northern Arizona University (5)
Northwestern University (3)
Nova Southeastern University
Oberlin College (2)
Occidental College (8)
Oklahoma State University (Main Campus) (2)
Olin College of Engineering
Oregon Institute of Technology (2)
Oregon State University (16)
Pace University (New York City) (6)
Pace University (Westchester) 
Pacific University (3)
Penn State University (University Park) (23)
Pepperdine University (6)
Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics
Pitzer College (2)
Point Loma Nazarene University (2)
Portland State University (2)
Pratt Institute (4)
Princeton University (3)
Purdue University (32)
Purdue University Fort Wayne 
Queen's University Belfast
Quinnipiac University (2)
Reed College (8)
Regis University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (3)
Rhode Island School of Design (2)
Rhodes College
Rice University (4)
Rider University
Rochester Institute of Technology (2)
Roger Williams University (4)
Rollins College (2)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (3)
Rutgers University (New Brunswick) (3)
Rutgers University (Newark) 
SOAS University of London
SUNY University at Buffalo
Saint Joseph's University
Saint Mary's College of California (4)
Salve Regina University (2)
San Diego City College (2)
San Diego Mesa College (2)
San Diego Miramar College 
San Diego State University (72)
San Francisco State University (7)
San Jose State University (17)
Santa Barbara City College
Santa Clara University (35)
Sarah Lawrence College (5)
School of Visual Arts 
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Scripps College (8)
Seattle University (5)
Seton Hall University (4)
Sewanee: The University of the South (2)
Shaw University
Skidmore College (3)
Smith College
Sonoma State University (4)
Southern Methodist University (11)
Spokane Falls Community College
St. John's University
St. Lawrence University
Stanford University (4)
Stevens Institute of Technology (3)
Stonehill College
Suffolk University (4)
Swarthmore College
Syracuse University (17)
Temple University (3)
Texas A&M University (2)
Texas Christian University (9)
The American University of Paris
The Courtauld Institute of Art
The New School (4)
The Ohio State University (8)
The University of Alabama (4)
The University of Manchester
The University of Montana
The University of Tennessee (Knoxville) (6)
The University of Texas at Austin (3)
Trinity College (2)
Trinity University (2)
Tufts University (4)
Tulane University (8)
Union College (2)
Union University
United States Air Force Academy
United States Coast Guard Academy
United States Merchant Marine Academy
United States Military Academy at West Point
United States Naval Academy
University College London
University of Alaska Anchorage
University of Arizona (27)
University of British Columbia (5)
University of California (Berkeley) (37)
University of California (Davis) (51)
University of California (Irvine) (17)
University of California (Los Angeles) (20)
University of California (Merced) (14)
University of California (Riverside) (26)
University of California (San Diego) (26)
University of California (Santa Barbara) (42)
University of California (Santa Cruz) (57)
University of Chicago (2)
University of Cincinnati (Main Campus) 
University of Colorado Boulder (63)
University of Colorado Denver
University of Connecticut (2)
University of Dayton
University of Delaware
University of Denver (18)
University of Exeter
University of Florida (2)
University of Georgia (3)
University of Hartford
University of Hawaii at Manoa (10)
University of Illinois at Chicago
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (12)
University of Iowa (2)
University of Kansas (5)
University of La Verne (5)
University of Louisville
University of Maine (2)
University of Mannheim
University of Maryland (College Park) (11)
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
University of Massachusetts (Amherst) (5)
University of Memphis
University of Miami (10)
University of Michigan (20)
University of Minnesota (Twin Cities) (7)
University of Missouri (Kansas City)
University of New Hampshire (3)
University of New Mexico (2)
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (2)
University of Notre Dame
University of Oklahoma
University of Oregon (80)
University of Pennsylvania (3)
University of Pittsburgh (9)
University of Portland (5)
University of Puget Sound (8)
University of Redlands (7)
University of Rhode Island (3)
University of Richmond
University of Rochester (4)
University of San Diego (20)
University of San Francisco (21)
University of Scranton
University of South Carolina (4)
University of South Florida (2)
University of Southern California (17)
University of St. Andrews (4)
University of Tokyo
University of Toronto (4)
University of Utah (9)
University of Vermont (6)
University of Virginia (5)
University of Washington (Bothell Campus)
University of Washington (Seattle Campus) (48)
University of Wisconsin (Madison) (32)
University of the Pacific
Ursinus College
Vanderbilt University
Vanguard University
Vassar College (4)
Villanova University (8)
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (5)
Wake Forest University (2)
Washington College
Washington State University (4)
Washington University in St. Louis (7)
Wellesley College (4)
Wesleyan University (4)
Westcliff University
Western Washington University (3)
Westmont College (4)
Wheaton College - IL
Wheaton College - MA
Whitman College (3)
Whittier College (3)
Willamette University (5)
William & Mary (2)
Wingate University
Wofford College
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (5)
Xavier University
Yale University (4)

Learn more about Parker's college counseling program here.