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College Acceptances
SMCHS seniors are accepted into the top colleges and universities in the country. Below are statistics for the number of students in the Class of 2009 accepted at various colleges across the nation. (Number of students accepted in parenthesis.)

California Catholic Colleges
Loyola Marymount University (32) Santa Clara University (18)
Saint Mary’s College, Moraga (20) University of San Francisco (31)
University of San Diego (28)  

Out of State Catholic Colleges
Boston College (11) Georgetown University (3)
Catholic University of America (2) DePaul University (6)
Fordham University 
Gonzaga University  Loyola Chicago 
Seattle University  St. John’s University 
University of Notre Dame (4) University of Portland 
Villanova University (5) Xavier 

California Private Colleges
Azusa Pacific 
Chapman University 
Concordia University  Pepperdine University 
Point Loma Nazarene University  Stanford University (4)
University of the Pacific  University of Southern California (21)
University of Redlands  Westmont College 

Out of State Private Colleges
Boston University 
Bucknell University 
Duke University (2) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University 
Emory University (1) George Washington University 
Johns Hopkins University  New York University (7)
Southern Methodist University  Syracuse University 
Texas Christian University  Tulane University 
University of Chicago  Vanderbilt University 
Washington University, St. Louis (2)  Northwestern (3)

Ivy League
Brown University (3) Columbia (2)
Cornell University (1)

University of Pennsylvania (1)
Harvard (3)

University of California
UC Berkeley (17)
UC Davis (12)
UC Irvine (24) UC Los Angeles (24)
UC Merced  UC Riverside 
UC San Diego (21) UC Santa Barbara (20)
UC Santa Cruz 

California State
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo  California State Polytechnic Pomona 
California State University Channel Islands  California State University Chico 
California State University Fullerton  California State University Long Beach 
California State University Monterey Bay  California State University San Marcos 
California State University Northridge  Humboldt State 
San Francisco State University San Francisco State University 
Sonoma State University 

Out of State Public Colleges
Arizona State University  Boise State University 
Colorado State University  Indiana University 
Miami University – Ohio  Northern Arizona University 
Ohio State University  Oregon State University 
Penn State University  Purdue University 
San Jose State University University of Alabama
University of Alaska University of Arizona 
University of Colorado, Boulder University of Hawaii 
University of Maryland  University of Oregon 
University of Virginia  University of Washington 
Washington State University 





College Enrollment Statistics for the Class of 2009
Total Students in Senior Class = 376

Where did they go?

Four-year Colleges 78%

California Public Colleges 46%

Catholic Colleges 17%

Out of State Colleges 37%

Two-year Colleges 20%

CA Private Colleges 15%




College Scholarships:

In addition to being accepted to top colleges and universities in the nation, the Class of 2009 collectively earned $11,950,000 million in scholarships paid over four years. More than 40% of the Class of 2009 reported receiving some kind of scholarship to help pay for college costs.