Where do MoCo students attend college? 

A chart on the colleges and universities 2024 graduates of Montgomery County high schools attend and apply

September 17, 2024 2:05 p.m. | Updated: March 4, 2025 1:42 p.m.

The following is a chart of the colleges and universities where 2024 graduates from 10 Montgomery County high schools applied, were accepted and enrolled. The chart is based on data provided by the students, so school officials could not guarantee its accuracy For brevity’s sake, we have limited the list to colleges and universities with at least six applicants from the combined high schools.

The schools are: Albert Einstein in Kensington; Bethesda-Chevy Chase, Walt Whitman and Walter Johnson in Bethesda; Montgomery Blair in Silver Spring; Paint Branch in Burtonsville; Poolesville in Poolesville; Richard Montgomery and Thomas S. Wootton in Rockville; and Winston Churchill in Potomac.

InstitutionAlbert Einstein AppliedAlbert Einstein AcceptedAlbert Einstein EnrolledBethesda-Chevy Chase AppliedBethesda-Chevy Chase AcceptedBethesda-Chevy Chase EnrolledMontgomery Blair AppliedMontgomery Blair AcceptedMontgomery Blair EnrolledPaint Branch AppliedPaint Branch AcceptedPaint Branch EnrolledPoolesville AppliedPoolesville AcceptedPoolesville EnrolledRichard Montgomery AppliedRichard Montgomery AcceptedRichard Montgomery EnrolledThomas S. Wootton AppliedThomas S. Wootton AcceptedThomas S. Wootton EnrolledWalt Whitman Applied Walt Whitman Accepted Walt Whitman EnrolledWalter Johnson AppliedWalter Johnson AcceptedWalter Johnson EnrolledWinston Churchill AppliedWinston Churchill AcceptedWinston Churchill EnrolledTotal AppliedTotal AcceptedTotal Enrolled
Aberystwyth University1101101003000002100000001001001030
Adelphi University0001103102000002103201001100001360
Agnes Scott College000110331000110100000000000000651
Albright College1002200004100002000000001000001030
Allegany College of Maryland222000320110000000000000000000652
Allegheny College22021085000011000020022011022020140
American University4213247297663173730168159833618232222441332915740816034
The American University of Paris000410000000000000000111000110631
Amherst College10091014214006107105008116006326694
Appalachian State University10086021010033020011022076054032230
Arcadia University 4200002212001005110000000000001452
Arizona State University41015901220122022125301810112707311250119443
Auburn University1001713052000021011104401281169291077393
Babson College0004110000000000004223002003101643
Bard College44095165210000031000044000022129214
Barnard College3217111310300611154361092181190079138
Barry University3111001002100001001101000001111142
Bates College3006106211002008200001003113113373
Baylor University000310000410520710110000210118033150
Belmont University000210110000000000000551000000871
Beloit College100220210000000000000220000100850
Bentley University000110100000100100331100100000941
Berklee College of Music2005312110001000000000001100001152
Binghamton University521641000000321430872433520763422911
Boston College102134117231114101310211117203482329624402224018
Boston University1500441124510135001941674257935211247143581654397919
Bowdoin College4007005412006106104119112004104993
Bowie State University10301331257130712111041421000500200101276
Brandeis University21063033020042062132055163153042243
Bridgewater College1001002002000001000000001113101121
Brown University15003633695320003343725528004432321147773962824
Bryn Mawr College3111031167200011151111120030010042147
Bucknell University610191106002005303006301452103184079303
Butler University1102201000001000001101104202001370
Cal Poly21042232000000010000073022011020112
California Institute of the Arts300000100000000000100000100100700
California Institute of Technology3001102452500121016007007004009118883
California State University, Long Beach000000110000000100320000110110750
Capitol Technology University300220941152010040021010000022039111
Carleton College20062084000011040010022051110030101
Carnegie Mellon University160013206111624005296543145603162282250523744419
Case Western Reserve University4101182291756101913326105342121512012523520319110822
The Catholic University of America288617133281211110622831107166125147151221547824
Champlain College100220220100000000000000000000640
Chapman University0003101101000002001002102100001240
Chatham University000000100000000210110000411111942
Chicago State University000100110200000000000000200000610
Christopher Newport University0001001000000002000000003213301051
Claremont McKenna College0003112001001004001003002101001821
Clark Atlanta University2106101470102000050031021030021047140
Clark University43063088110076031000033121011035262
Clemson University85041153102160084025622014145192351514630824411018
Cleveland Institute of Art210111210000000110000000100000741
Coastal Carolina University7408703101006301042851550103073165354
Colby College2008304000001004002005205106203780
Colgate University41012427100003004102101252122084064194
College of Charleston72143352741000650193019102221511243221511579311
College of the Holy Cross0003212100000001003003201004111762
The College of New Jersey2103201101002102101100000000001270
The College of Wooster11064011020011011010043022010020130
Colorado College1107313201000002002001002101002071
Colorado School of Mines10000021000022031010043032011017100
Colorado State University74155165020022062121075044132044304
Columbia College Chicago1101004402000000000001103100001270
Columbia University1510340076115211291160213511433334005311431119
Concordia University000000222000000100000320100220962
Connecticut College30053053110021050000063153000032132
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art6102112111001001001002100002001842
Coppin State University5103201031355100042110011011121062164
Cornell University1310396573128240050428913955336686435569655215843
Curry College0000000000000001100001112107501181
Dartmouth College30019112110800111133212233233224002610190128
Davidson College40040060010020030020011102005004010
Delaware State University30000041031103008003201003001005740
Denison University43171122110000042121195130031035156
DePaul University410650118321011010044044074100040284
Dickinson College1272168112620004317412008611254840814312
Drew University1001103210000004000001101000001141
Drexel University301633625329170143015140271222817018171271232118324515115
Duke University6003511671032002900683352224876240068334291715
Duquesne University31042010020011032011000021154022121
East Carolina University41031022010011921061620420102041055263
Eastern University100100111000000100100000000100611
Eckerd College00011044010021020010032111011016101
Elizabethtown College1000001004102101000000000001101030
Elon University168226172127210020013208302417619829811307015
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach0000001101102202001102205210001491
Emerson College630410149110032061010031053042047221
Emmanuel College0001110000001002001101104111001142
Emory University610276028101700152126313363367516335819102624823
Fairfield University100105021000000000000043030041024100
Fashion Institute of Technology1001000002000001001000002113211132
Flagler College1111100000002001002101102200001061
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University310610105080011091183000010040050121
Florida Atlantic University310610300200520111063010086260051142
Florida Gulf Coast University0001001000001114001100001001101031
Florida Institute of Technology0001113111003104101101102102101882
Florida International University400164041050011060041154091040058121
Florida Memorial University000320100000000300000000000100820
Florida State University60013411100600431250014311351235318431332410
Fordham University16912923240203700441176013702116122125199318810616
Franklin & Marshall College60077164100021052000042165064042253
Frostburg State University26821480251414113093125436504201163141101757410
Furman University2100001000000000001004311002211162
George Mason University13814425137172469021171501153319426141271003121032815115
The George Washington University253041131501435251201518795472510301015416459301046514036
Georgetown University9002684226040095226117308647128413244732586032
Georgia Institute of Technology8101740621101600544357416164261035315070386419
Georgia Southern University000100000100110000100321000210941
Georgia State University 420420166150000061011000061121044142
Gettysburg College21021122111075053143022062033034233
Goucher College107031015801030430600630220139096078420
Grinnell College2003212100000002100000003111001352
Hamilton College 1005315000001004320002002005202583
Hampden-Sydney College000220100000000000210000000100630
Hampton University51010502210038300001211970100930640112341
Harvard University60022006511320028006422340034002200461135344
Harvey Mudd College0002007201002100000003000002001730
Haverford College200742111020010091021010043272046124
Hawaii Pacific University3304102000000000001001100001001250
High Point University40051020010042063152086141075046202
Hobart and William Smith Colleges00054011000010000010033154000016121
Hofstra University51033074070031183222053151065151235
Hood College12621071114413306421411330110410100753010
Hope College0001113105200000000000000001001041
Howard Community College1000001004410001000000004410001182
Howard University3482321018132610591641349930945412471169236710128
IE University, Madrid0004110000000002000003002111001222
Illinois Institute of Technology000100100100000110110110200110940
Indiana University Bloomington95050437751100119128624436759538603446550733424137
Indiana University Indianapolis100110110000000400000100000000820
Iona University100000210000000100100100000000610
Iowa State University1001101000000000001103201002211061
Ithaca College11901310316100300620721110211310105172416
Jackson State University0004202102000001001001101000001240
Jacksonville University100210000100000100110000111000731
James Madison University1650412952916210101710233313525330211542133220229715119
Johns Hopkins University3521332211274100005733946258223132495371766403725
Johnson & Wales University, Providence210221210000000110000110000000861
Juniata College1001105203000001001110003113311883
Keiser University000100000100000200000100100000600
Kent State University 0001000000003102101111103313001472
Kenyon College53176122100020031000021042021027163
Keystone College000000000200000431000000000000631
La Salle University000320210100000000110200000000940
Lafayette College41065040031044030020063073021141181
Lawrence University000331221000000100000000110100862
Le Moyne College2202212100001104000000001002001461
Lehigh University1811196015305006308107102711216301440135333
Lewis & Clark College31051065100011100000032000000018102
Liberty University1002003005200000001001100002101540
Lincoln University0004201004100000000000001100001040
Long Island University, Brooklyn000000000110110000000000321100641
Long Island University, Post100000110210110000000000000110640
Longwood University000100110110220100000100000000740
Louisiana State University421161211361810220145411809811210214721036112
Loyola Marymount University000108042020000060000065130030034151
Loyola University Chicago300151511080700110320530220104042060371
Loyola University Maryland3916430201542833411043021701192870201111614223712613
Loyola University New Orleans000221110100000110000000210000751
Lynn University0002201001000001000003202102001250
Macalester College530630118200011063320064121010040236
Manhattan College1003202002100001111100000000001051
Marist College33044032000010032121022054221025193
Marquette University00044022200000011110022021100012104
Marshall University000100210000220200000000100000830
Mary Baldwin University2101002000000005100000000003001320
Maryland Institute College of Art125220071081110053241131053133150188
Marymount Manhattan College0003000001000002001001102002201230
Marymount University710210520121011062011011031044042150
Massachusetts College of Art and Design110000000000000100220200100000730
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences0001006103000002001101001111101641
Massachusetts Institute of Technology300130060777002810292223002200140031222301211
McDaniel College1393331127020311170185210616311362101051165916
McGill University31122155126200021141030033176542862925119
McMaster University000000100000000000100220200000620
Mercyhurst University000110100100000100000100100210820
Merrimack College000220220100000100100100100000940
Messiah University000000331220110000000111000000772
Miami University5306504302003315009701090252242113290657
Michigan State University9412114013412106422220108024172238017110147736
Michigan Technological University1101002100000001001100002102101050
Middle Tennessee State University000000110000100000200000220200830
Middlebury College30018321132220211511100111150031061127
Millersville University of Pennsylvania000111220000000000000000210110651
Monmouth University000210331000110000100220000000971
Montclair State University000420000000100100100100000000820
Montgomery College21621613516216298787878280280323231824224214989896430301316516514931313113161316738
Morehouse College0001003002000001003210001113101442
Morgan State University245430161522341081500002520851420142110522757513
Mount Holyoke College51183196000033030000032043110036183
Mount St. Mary’s University1331171021781215011711241760622510730116498
Muhlenberg College73021063010022052021033164033037221
New Jersey Institute of Technology 21010074010033030063011000000024120
The New School 73165262040000061011011010043136164
New York Institute of Technology0001101102002203001100000000001050
New York University17304772671044600242170635561441364631721384886326
Norfolk State University10011041010200009101102103102103390
North Carolina A&T State University21071019904540430122115102100710630118343
North Carolina Central University00052043018100003001102101003103790
North Carolina State University40017501381200168218201270176124412550148455
Northeastern University183161254651323240341645910361154793816601667728554616845
Northwestern University7003731483313101611563141434362261155753422917
Notre Dame of Maryland University 1362330201002760110101022010032053085342
Nova Southeastern University0003302001003211005201000001001771
Oberlin College5221914116103000000310221971511771664410
Oberlin Conservatory of Music100210110000000000110100100000730
Occidental College11185143020000020011032133210025155
The Ohio State University1261382421981600161022810544367483895425577521734220949
Ohio University32011011030011100021022021011016101
Ohio Wesleyan University111331110100000000110100110000972
Old Dominion University00021042040022041111022021042025121
Oregon State University 1001001100001102100003103103001550
Pace University4209401411281022061042065082163067333
Palm Beach Atlantic University000110000310000100000100000000620
Pennsylvania State University492251258488341182151744941261731391081112290913663161489317108458275
Pennsylvania State University Abington000000000100000000210000331000641
Pepperdine University1001101002000002000001001003001210
Pitzer College0004007330000001000003002000001733
Pomona College1007009103003113114116112003104164
Pratt Institute73121074011010052110000020043030142
Princeton University7002111757426003000623335003533180038223471613
Providence College 54054110000000010031042021143125153
Purchase College, SUNY3201101101002201000000000001001060
Purdue University7101650261036003218640524123434203321245821829211530
Queen’s University0002105200000002000004302110001571
Quinnipiac University1102203002001103100001002100001560
Radford University1000000005101113100000000002101241
Reed College2105103200002201001114100000001881
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute400650940000952111087151084097369346
Rhode Island School of Design7114006000001005000002002006003311
Rhodes College 0001102100000001000004303200001170
Rice University4008201620111113001821142012008002111125103
Rider University1001103103100002001103201101101680
Ringling College of Art and Design4102102000000001000000001100001030
Roanoke College000110100000220000000110000110650
Rochester Institute of Technology125214903322750013811652137111911680201551538819
Rollins College100110210000000110000310000100940
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology000100110000000100110110000111641
Rowan University1001003211003100002102101001001551
Rutgers University–New Brunswick124114112301511020118121423726115121191122617219511013
Sacred Heart University000110110000000100000110111111652
Saint Joseph’s University21054021010010031111011191022127123
Saint Louis University000200320100100100111000000000931
Salisbury University372354739341254551303624445852722318121371852919437220334
San Diego State University95232011121011110022220000021023136
Santa Clara University2001471000200100100000118000021033161
Sarah Lawrence College 11054022000011000010022031011016120
Savannah College of Art and Design852753530200111320221331841761463110
School of the Art Institute of Chicago4100005202000002000000001003301760
School of Visual Arts5000002000000000001100003112201341
Scripps College0006411000000001000001001100001051
Seattle University000210200210110000000000100000830
Seton Hall University83022032020000083021055051041139181
Seton Hill University000111100200000000000000210000621
Shenandoah University22000022031000015110001100002212592
Shepherd University2200003105200004001100000002001760
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania0001103004000002100000001000001120
Skidmore College411108041000030042100022251031035164
Smith College300620137210084240051043241010049186
South Carolina State University2103101002100002200000000001001150
Southern Methodist University0004412000000000000002213101101282
Southern University at New Orleans110110100100000100000000000100620
Spelman College7414311551163022182093320052141072258
St. Bonaventure University000100000100310100110110000000830
St. John’s College 4006303205001002000004203100002880
St. John’s University30065174194000052021011010011035182
St. Lawrence University000220000210000000000200000000630
St. Mary’s College of Maryland43288432856738125401812530951714117120341641511330917232
St. Olaf College 100431200000000000110110000000951
Stanford University80011115920140027114621301126221600520028996
Stetson University100110000100000111110110000100741
Stevens Institute of Technology210100611000110321125054010031034152
Stevenson University1930136130121391004211643641220930331141498
Stony Brook University20052012704009704117521105201211161364
Suffolk University0003301100002100000001104000001160
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry0002201000003201000001104210001271
Susquehanna University00065143211010010010000021033019133
Swarthmore College700103211004001011121182130070010108285
Syracuse University15205228845184150054040622512340226371223820531212430
Temple University26135301716442135317196030831916418140261321812129315830
Temple University, Japan Campus1000002003100003000001001111001221
Texas A&M University2002006008008421300530520103162065143
Texas Christian University1004302001000002001001002202211671
Texas State University110000000100000200100000110110730
Texas Tech University1101003201000004000000001000001130
Thomas Jefferson University100200000100000000110110000310930
Towson University133661813410191801132721171454369152421111599174531511443138867121226669125
Trinity College1003317100001003101004202111002382
Trinity College Dublin1005400000000002000003310001111282
Trinity Washington University720210136252011050000000010000034122
Tufts University11112752312181014103210153234853313633522384019
Tulane University1300431342131400210201017303783174333532073814
Union College 0003200001001103201110001003201381
United States Coast Guard Academy000000220000000200100200000000720
United States Military Academy0001002210000002110002110003001043
United States Naval Academy000100221000000100000100000411932
The University of Alabama51015101330000210820119010811070136177473
The University of Alabama at Birmingham110100000000210100111000000220851
University at Albany, SUNY0001102002000001004320001102101362
The University of Arizona52019120751930000228116121191541271211131307511
University at Buffalo33032043010000020033000011000017120
University College Dublin0005203200000003200002201101001590
University of British Columbia20000042000010010021088121022022141
University of California, Berkeley30031305140400280034203600482019104430298150
University of California, Davis41087110500008627303201370730128072423
University of California, Irvine00074174110075010202011116301131179396417
University of California, Los Angeles40029003371611250033303742584225114241292248
University of California, Riverside000110110000200100000210000210940
University of California, San Diego100238020400002120152023623530124127142177435
University of California, Santa Barbara50022131620000630153012313411317902081137526
University of California, Santa Cruz410840441000640400000105020032041201
University of Cambridge000000331000100100100000000100731
University of Central Florida40052110040021110114102102002003663
University of Charleston100000100100000100220000000000620
University of Chicago8221822341114101700524419221710202226222251715
University of Cincinnati22121011000011030097086141053035222
University of Colorado Boulder14607157637253100107029712215160474451914031332921419
University of Colorado Denver3005412100000003001101001001101771
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs300000110000000000100100110000720
University of Connecticut14112231311571920540163016110181512611121152163928
University of Dayton00044011000000000000011010054012100
University of Delaware37202413012311012102515244904636433220572733929335720015
University of Denver63176053010000042010084064133041252
University of the District of Columbia410750125193110081110000000011043163
The University of Edinburgh0000002100002201001002211112101172
University of Florida4102892144081116603821301012110327112552182417518
University of Georgia6103014360030093023322383278033102301461906116
University of Glasgow0002100000000000000004401003201070
University of Hartford110210110000000200000110100100940
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa000100000000000000211110000210631
University of Houston5101101102101106003221003001112483
University of Illinois Chicago21021010020011010032211043021019102
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign40013913915110029903042441102581152051141251726
University of Iowa10042032010000010032021000087123141
University of Kansas1002101000000003102201103222101582
University of Kentucky500330331300110711320641125162049214
University of Louisville2002002202100001003210003202001771
University of Maine 21099110000022031111044164000028223
University of Mary Washington1104202102000002110000005002201871
University of Maryland Eastern Shore1040860196335703001010110320932400102305
University of Maryland Global Campus000000200100100100200000000100800
University of Maryland, Baltimore County1073814924711181106222367829164111645419151118273824712551710980161294660136
University of Maryland, College Park1837431317112203831656325059222212779368120803071377727216050338148563691747730091276535
University of Massachusetts Amherst134134242221949001310117621410026151371401912120411412
University of Massachusetts Boston40085031030000041021065051111036151
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth000220100210000000000100000000630
University of Massachusetts Lowell200110000100110100000000000000620
University of Miami1864361632541182072025313253301422031361042476519
University of Michigan2531831388215619104962110939110599157761181081357429645
University of Minnesota Twin Cities2109611613020074091012921414013611790101634
University of Mississippi 1111210100020000021043154052131034224
University of Missouri110000220000000000220110000110770
University of Montana110100111000000100110100211111953
University of Nevada, Las Vegas000110110200000111000000110000641
University of New Hampshire32075066000033010011055053032034270
University of New Haven0003101103002100001002100001001340
University of New Mexico200110210100000100000000000110830
University of North Carolina Asheville22065022000000030011022000042020140
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill1732666455801900486286103801526683453287645696522
University of North Carolina at Charlotte21073010020011021064144063032034191
University of North Carolina at Greensboro3102102004101103102001001001002050
University of North Carolina Wilmington3001040610100320900300730111151058121
University of North Dakota000100210000210110000000110000740
University of North Florida000000000000100300000000211000611
University of Notre Dame300120012201008001300900101170017229253
University of Oklahoma 100000000000100100320110110110950
University of Oregon1041131209822000005200001211210075059425
University of Pennsylvania270043329863530060329161613354225333951186353724
University of Pittsburgh5626310065510863414107254113434511481812810941296451561144101161139
University of Rhode Island43098021020074220054066294054051344
University of Richmond1033165174260051111205111861163113511073011
University of Rochester6001410014607101060266118621080161021891139626
University of San Diego1003103002001001004007202103002740
University of San Francisco30022054141000010021043040060031111
University of Scranton100000210000100320210000000000940
The University of the South000221100000100000000110110000641
University of South Carolina1061312131142300158125423120450383491745332627815026
University of South Florida 100530300500200130043054052092052140
University of Southern California1100358344113151010203100314237102532481042874014
University of St Andrews100930211000000100000108100021025132
University of Tampa830261601130182011018331917186113101594137619
University of Tennessee, Knoxville400231327311006412162930158024921330123498
The University of Texas at Austin82019112030600134136113131211024114630224195
The University of Texas at Dallas0001000001001004001001101001101120
University of Toronto 2224205410001108213211310132083047286
University of Utah30063011000011051022097355153037234
University of Vermont211544230434275000181221574138047366342342115024517329
University of Virginia36218110464714110554186738160801147186971356926925
University of Washington10102514149153111012103442249142161249130912617910
University of Waterloo000000220000111000000320100000751
University of Wisconsin–Madison1210633872513131010203873279286429531946423538115531
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Vanderbilt University510311023001611110034332921454320114600260139
Vassar College3001341131020081061040061084420065125
Villanova University1330278116202009308001241184021611431140334
Virginia Commonwealth University158115802512011609618109608729501170120664
Virginia Military Institute000000000110100300110000000000620
Virginia State University0002103114000003321100001001001563
Virginia Tech45101633696525448707043578183824410604579835119149570031255
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Wake Forest University91017745104003109001320237221421310117248
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Washington and Lee University1006303001102107002003001002002850
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Wentworth Institute of Technology000211220000000110110221000000872
Wesleyan University831154013510003301530420136493231083308
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West Virginia State University0000004219100002100001001101101861
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Fun Facts:

  • This year, Harvard University was the most selective college that admitted at least one student from across the 10 Montgomery County high schools, with an overall acceptance rate of just 1.13%, followed by Davidson College (2.5%), Columbia University (2.55%), Yale University (2.91%) and Rhode Island School of Design (3.03%).
  • Three colleges had a 100% acceptance rate for Montgomery County students this year, meaning they let in every person who applied: Messiah University, Montgomery College and University of Missouri.
  • Of the 10 high schools, Bethesda-Chevy Chase students had the highest overall acceptance rate, with 48.5% of all college applications being accepted.
  • The most popular school this year was the University of Maryland, College Park, which racked up 3,009 applications, followed by Montgomery College (1,316), the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (1,294) and Towson University (1,226).
  • Montgomery College is the institution taking the most students from across the 10 schools, with 738 enrollees, followed by the University of Maryland, College Park (535), the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (136) and Towson University (125).
  • A total of 3,251 students applied to the eight Ivy League colleges; with a total of 177 admitted students, the overall acceptance rate clocked in at 5.44%. Cornell University will welcome the most Montgomery County students come fall, with a total of 43 enrollees, followed by Brown University and University of Pennsylvania (24 each), Princeton University (13), Columbia University and Yale University (9 each), Dartmouth College (8) and Harvard University (4).
  • Dozens of Montgomery County students will be attending Historically Black Colleges or Universities, including Howard University in Washington, D.C. (28 students), Morgan State University in Baltimore (13) and Spelman College in Atlanta (8).
  • A handful of students will be preparing to join the Armed Forces, with three graduates heading to the United States Military Academy and two going to the United States Naval Academy.

This story appears in the September/October 2024 issue of Bethesda Magazine.

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