College Acceptances
SMCHS seniors are accepted into top colleges and universities across the globe. Below are statistics for the number of students in the Class of 2010 accepted at various colleges. (Number of students accepted in parenthesis.) 100 percent of Santa Margarita graduates reported they will attend college in the fall.
| University of California Colleges | |
| University of California at Berkeley (16) | University of California at Riverside (16) |
| University of California at Davis (21) | University of California at San Diego (17) |
| University of California at Irvine (31) | University of California at Santa Barbara (28) |
| University of California at Los Angeles (22) | University of California at Santa Cruz (14) |
| University of California at Merced (12) | |
| California State Universities | |
| California Maritime Academy (1) | California State University, Monterey Bay (8) |
| California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (10) | California State University, Northridge (6) |
| California Polytechnic State University, SLO (14) | California State University, Sacramento (5) |
| California State University, Bakersfield (2) | California State University, San Bernardino (1) |
| California State University, Channel Islands (6) | California State University, San Marcos (36) |
| California State University, Chico (8) | California State University, Stanislaus (1) |
| California State University, Dominguez Hills (1) | Humboldt State University (8) |
| California State University, East Bay (2) | San Diego State University (29) |
| California State University, Fresno (3) | San Francisco State University (45) |
| California State University, Fullerton (76) | San Jose State University (7) |
| California State University, Long Beach (22) | Sonoma State University (22) |
| California State University, Los Angeles (4) | |
| California Catholic Colleges | |
| Dominican University of California (2) | University of San Diego (43) |
| Loyola Marymount University (54) | University of San Francisco (44) |
| Marymount College (2) | Santa Clara University (25) |
| Saint Mary’s College of California (10) | |
| Other California Private Colleges | |
| The Art Institute of California - San Francisco (1) | Occidental College (1) |
| The Art Institute of California - Hollywood (2) | University of the Pacific (10) |
| Azusa Pacific University (5) | Pepperdine University (6) |
| Biola University (2) | Point Loma Nazarene University (5) |
| California Baptist University (1) | University of Redlands (6) |
| California Institute of the Arts (1) | San Francisco Conservatory of Music (1) |
| California Lutheran University (7) | University of Southern California (18) |
| Chapman University (29) | Stanford (2) |
| Concordia University (8) | Westmont College (4) |
| Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Irvine (3) | Whittier College (3) |
| Menlo College (2) | |
| Out of State Catholic Colleges | |
| Ave Maria University (1) | Marquette University (6) |
| Boston College (9) | University of Notre Dame (9) |
| Carroll College (Montana) (1) | University of Portland (8) |
| Creighton University (6) | Providence College (1) |
| University of Dallas (1) | Regis University (4) |
| University of Dayton (5) | Sacred Heart University (1) |
| DePaul University (7) | College of Saint Benedict (1) |
| Duquesne University (1) | Saint Louis University (3) |
| Emmanuel College (1) | Saint Mary’s College (4) |
| Fairfield University (1) | Seattle University (11) |
| Fordham University (18) | Seton Hall University (2) |
| Georgetown University (1) | Siena College (1) |
| Gonzaga University (14) | St. Edwards University (3) |
| College of the Holy Cross (1) | St. John’s University – Queens Campus (6) |
| Iona College (1) | St. Mary’s University of San Antonio (1) |
| La Salle University (2) | University of St. Thomas (1) |
| Le Moyne College (1) | Stonehill College (2) |
| Loyola University Chicago (9) | Villanova University (9) |
| Loyola University New Orleans (2) | Xavier University (2) |
| Out of State Private Colleges | |
| Allegheny College (2) | University of Miami (3) |
| American University (2) | Nebraska Wesleyan University (1) |
| Baylor University (5) | New England Conservatory of Music (1) |
| Bentley University (1) | New York University (13) |
| Berry College (1) | Northeastern University (8) |
| Boston University (23) | Northwestern University (2) |
| Brandeis University (1) | Oberlin Conservatory of Music (1) |
| Brown University (2) | Pace University, Pleasantville - Briarcliff (1) |
| Bucknell University (2) | The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University (1) |
| Butler University (2) | Pratt Institute (1) |
| Carleton College (1) | University of Puget Sound (1) |
| Carnegie Mellon University (2) | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2) |
| Carthage College (1) | Rhodes College (1) |
| The Catholic University of America (2) | Rice University (1) |
| Chaminade University of Honolulu (1) | University of Richmond (1) |
| University of Chicago (1) | Rochester Institute of Technology (1) |
| University of Cincinnati (1) | University of Rochester (1) |
| Colby College (1) | Roosevelt University (1) |
| Colby-Sawyer College (1) | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1) |
| Columbia University (1) | Salve Regina University (1) |
| Concordia University - NE (1) | Savannah College of Art and Design (1) |
| Dartmouth College (1) | Seattle Pacific University (2) |
| Denison University (2) | Skidmore College (1) |
| University of Denver (12) | Southern Methodist University (18) |
| DePauw University (1) | St. Olaf College (2) |
| Drexel University (10) | Stetson University (1) |
| Duke University (1) | Suffolk University (2) |
| Eastman School of Music of the U of Rochester (1) | Susquehanna University (1) |
| Emerson College (1) | Syracuse University (5) |
| Endicott College (1) | Texas Christian University (26) |
| The George Washington University (3) | Towson University (1) |
| Gettysburg College (1) | Trinity University (1) |
| Grinnell College (1) | Tufts University (2) |
| Gustavus Adolphus College (1) | Tulane University (4) |
| Hamilton College – NY (1) | Vanderbilt University (1) |
| Hamline University (1) | Washington University in St. Louis (2) |
| Hawaii Pacific University (2) | Wellesley College (1) |
| Hellenic College (1) | Wesleyan University (1) |
| Hillsdale College (1) | Western New England College (1) |
| Hofstra University (3) | Westminster College (1) |
| Ithaca College (1) | Wheaton College (2) |
| Lafayette College (1) | Whitworth University (2) |
| Manhattan School of Music (1) | Willamette University (1) |
| Mannes College of Music (1) | Williams College (1) |
| University of Mary Washington (1) | The College of Wooster (3) |
| McDaniel College (1) | |
| Out of State Public Colleges | |
| University of Alabama (6) | University of Missouri, Columbia (3) |
| University of Alaska - Anchorage (1) | Montana State University, Bozeman (6) |
| University of Alaska - Fairbanks (1) | Montana Tech of the University of Montana (1) |
| Arizona State University (40) | The University of Montana, Missoula (6) |
| Arizona State University East (1) | Montclair State University (1) |
| The University of Arizona (75) | University of Nebraska at Lincoln (4) |
| University of Arkansas (1) | University of Nevada, Las Vegas (1) |
| Auburn University (7) | University of Nevada, Reno (5) |
| Ball State University (2) | University of New Mexico (2) |
| Boise State University (3) | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) |
| Bowling Green State University (1) | The University of North Carolina at Charlotte (1) |
| Clemson University (3) | University of North Dakota (1) |
| University of Colorado at Boulder (50) | Northern Arizona University (27) |
| University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (2) | The Ohio State University (7) |
| University of Colorado at Denver (5) | Ohio University (2) |
| Colorado School of Mines (2) | Oklahoma State University (1) |
| Colorado State University (14) | University of Oklahoma (5) |
| University of Connecticut (5) | Oregon State University (18) |
| University of Connecticut at Hartford (1) | University of Oregon (52) |
| Eastern Kentucky University (1) | Pennsylvania State University, University Park (12) |
| University of Florida (1) | University of Pittsburgh (2) |
| Fort Lewis College (1) | Portland State University (1) |
| University of Georgia (1) | Purdue University (25) |
| University of Hawaii at Hilo (2) | University of Rhode Island (1) |
| University of Hawaii at Manoa (6) | Robert D. Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon (1) |
| University of Idaho (2) | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Brunswick (2) |
| University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign (3) | Southern Oregon University (2) |
| Indiana University at Bloomington (7) | Stony Brook University (1) |
| James Madison University (2) | University of Tennessee, Knoxville (1) |
| Kansas State University (1) | Texas A&M University (3) |
| University of Kansas (6) | Texas Tech University (1) |
| University of Kentucky (2) | The University of Texas, Austin (10) |
| Lake Superior State University (1) | University of Utah (1) |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst (1) | University of Vermont (2) |
| Mesa State College (2) | Virginia Commonwealth University (1) |
| Miami University, Oxford (5) | Wake Forest University (1) |
| Michigan State University (6) | Washington State University (7) |
| University of Michigan (2) | University of Washington (18) |
| University of Minnesota, Duluth (1) | West Virginia University (4) |
| University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (2) | College of William and Mary (2) |
| Mississippi State University (1) | University of Wisconsin, Madison (2) |
| University of Mississippi (1) | University of Wyoming (2) |
| International | |
| The American International University in London (Richmond) (1) | |
| Franklin College Switzerland (1) | |
| Trinity College Dublin (1) | |
| College Enrollment Statistics for the Class of 2010 Total Students in Senior Class = 405 |
| Where did they go? California Public Colleges: 37% California Private Colleges: 19% Out-of-State Public Colleges: 25% Out-of-State Private Colleges: 19% International Colleges: <1% |
| Four-year Colleges: 84% Community Colleges: 16% |
| Catholic Colleges: 17% |
College Scholarships:
Santa Margarita Catholic High School’s class of 2010 earned $19.269 million in scholarship offers, an increase of $7 million from the previous year. Last year's class received $12 million in scholarship offers.
Santa Margarita Catholic High School’s class of 2010 earned $19.269 million in scholarship offers, an increase of $7 million from the previous year. Last year's class received $12 million in scholarship offers.
More than 75% of the senior class reported receiving a scholarship offer. Thirty-nine students received scholarship offers totaling $100,000 or more; sixteen students received scholarship opportunities totaling $200,000 or more; and eleven students received scholarship offers totaling $300,000 or more.
