College Attendance

Professional college counseling is provided by the school and supports each Kirby student and family in the college selection and application process.

Kirby graduates enter the finest colleges in the world and are prepared for success in pursuing their life dreams. The 316 graduates from the classes of 1999-2011 chose to attend the following colleges and universities (Class of 2011 is in bold):

  • American University
  • Arizona, University of
  • Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University
  • Bard College
  • Barnard College (Columbia University)
  • Bennington College
  • Bentley University
  • Brandeis University
  • Brown University
  • Bryn Mawr College
  • Cabrillo College
  • California College of Arts and Crafts
  • California College of the Arts
  • California Institute of the Arts
  • California State Polytechnic University
    Pomona
    San Luis Obispo
  • California State University
    Chico
    East Bay
    Fresno
    Long Beach
    San Diego *
    San Francisco *
    San Jose *
    Sonoma
  • California, University of
    Berkeley
    Davis
    Irvine
    Los Angeles
    San Diego
    Santa Barbara
    Santa Cruz
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Case Western Reserve University
  • Chapman University
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia College of Art and Design
  • Cornell University
  • Cuesta Community College
  • Curry College
  • Dartmouth College
  • Denver, University of
  • Dominican University
  • Emerson College
  • Emory University
  • Evergreen State, The College
  • George Washington University
  • Grinnell College
  • Hampshire College
  • Harvey Mudd College
  • Harvard University
  • Hawaii, University of
  • Hobart and William Smith Colleges
  • Ithaca College
  • Lewis University
  • Lewis and Clark College
  • Linfield College
  • Los Angeles School of Recorded Music
  • Loyola Marymount University
  • Maryland Institute of Art
  • Marymount Manhattan College
  • Mary Washington University
  • Massachusetts College of Art & Design
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.)
  • Massachusetts, University of Amherst
  • Menlo College
  • Michigan, University of
  • Miami, University of
  • Mills College
  • Mt. Holyoke College
  • Musicians’ Institute, The (Hollywood)
  • New York University
  • Northeastern University
  • Oberlin College
  • Occidental College
  • Oregon, University of
  • Pacific, University of the
  • Pennsylvania, University of
  • Pitzer College
  • Pratt Institute
  • Puget Sound, University of
  • Redlands, University of
  • Reed College
  • Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Saint Mary’s College of California
  • San Francisco State University *
  • San Diego State University *
  • San Jose State University *
  • Santa Fe, College of
  • Sarah Lawrence College
  • School of the Art Institute of Chicago
  • School of Visual Arts (NYC)
  • Scripps College
  • Skidmore College
  • Smith College
  • St. Andrews University (Scotland)
  • St. John’s College, Santa Fe
  • Stanford University
  • Stoneybrook University
  • Suffolk University
  • Swarthmore College
  • Tufts University
  • Tulane University
  • University of British Columbia (Canada)
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Vassar College
  • Vermont, University of
  • Washington University (St. Louis)
  • Wellesley College
  • Wesleyan University
  • Western Washington University
  • Westmont College
  • Wheaton College
  • Whitman College
  • Whittier College
  • Willamette University
  • Wisconsin, University of (Madison)

In addition, Kirby graduates have been offered admission by the following colleges and universities:

  • Adelphi University
  • Amherst College
  • Antioch College
  • Beloit College
  • Boston College
  • Boston University
  • California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
  • California State University
    Channel Islands
    Fort Collins
    Fullerton
    Hayward
    Humboldt *
    Los Angeles
    Monterey Bay
    Northridge
    Sacramento
    Santa Clara
    Stanislaus
  • California, University of
    Merced
    Riverside
  • Claremont McKenna College
  • Clark University
  • Colorado College
  • Colorado School of Mines
  • Colorado, University of (at Boulder)
  • Connecticut College
  • Cornish College of the Arts
  • Davidson College
  • Dennison College
  • Drew University
  • Duke University
  • Earlham College
  • Eckerd College
  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
  • Eugene Lang College
  • Fordham University
  • Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • Fullerton College
  • Georgetown University
  • Goucher College
  • Green Mountain College
  • Haverford College
  • Hollins University
  • Humboldt State University *
  • Hunter College
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Lake Forest College
  • Lawrence University
  • Macalester College
  • Manhattanville College
  • Mesa State University
  • Middlebury College
  • New England Conservatory of Music
  • New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
  • New York, City University of (Hunter College) *
  • North Carolina, University of (Asheville)
  • Northwestern University
  • Notre Dame, College of
  • Oregon State University
  • Otterbein College
  • Pace University
  • Pacific Lutheran University
  • Pacific University
  • Parsons School of Design
  • Peabody Conservatory of Music
  • Pomona College
  • Portland State University
  • Portland, University of
  • Purchase College, State University of New York
  • Rhode Island School of Design
  • Rhodes College
  • Rice University
  • Ringling College of Art and Design
  • Ripon College
  • Rochester Institute of Technology
  • San Francisco Art Institute
  • San Francisco, University of
  • San Diego, University of
  • Santa Clara University
  • School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
  • Seattle University
  • Soka University
  • Southern Illinois University
  • St. Andrews Presbyterian College
  • St. Mary’s College
  • St. Mary’s College of Maryland
  • Syracuse University
  • Texas, University of Austin
  • Toronto, University of (Canada)
  • Tyler School of Art
  • University of the Arts
  • University of Southern California (USC)
  • Ursinus College
  • Virginia, University of
  • Washington, University of
  • Waterloo, University of (Canada)
  • Webster University
  • Williams College
  • Wooster, College of
  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Yale University