Programs
College Guidance
About College Guidance
May The Best Self Win
At Archer, we aim to give rise to limitless girls. The college process is an opportunity for reflection and self-discovery. Throughout all four years of Upper School, students spend significant time considering their own journey while also supporting each other. Collaboration and celebration are central tenets of our process as each student is encouraged to develop their individual identities, build valuable connections, and strive to positively impact our larger community. With our unique Identity, Community, and Impact model introduced in Grade 9, students engage in new activities and discover their potential to shape the Archer experience. Through this process, students also grow in confidence and self-awareness, preparing them for higher education and beyond. We help to shape the leaders of tomorrow by introducing them to the best tools, providing the most up-to-date information, and empowering each individual to manage the college selection process with confidence and authenticity. Each Archer girl is able to articulate for herself the post-secondary options that are most appropriate for her own academic strengths, future career goals, emerging personal values, and family financial needs.With over 30 years of combined experience, the Archer College Guidance team is both tremendously knowledgeable about the application process and also deeply committed to the continued growth and success of every Archer student, throughout high school and beyond.
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Class of 2026 Highlights
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colleges worldwide accepted Archer students -
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students plan to attend college in 17 states and Canada -
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students plan to major in a STEM field -
12%
plan to pursue arts programs
College Map
Explore where the Classes of 2023–2025 have matriculated.
College Enrollment & Matriculation
*The members of Archer’s last five graduating classes matriculated to the following colleges.
| Art Center College of Design Barnard College (6) Bates College (2) Bennington College Boston College Boston University (7) Bowdoin College Brandeis University Brown University (2) California Institute of the Arts California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (6) California State University, Monterey Bay California State University, Northridge Carleton College (2) Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University (4) Chapman University (2) Claremont McKenna College Colgate University (5) Colorado State University Columbia University (5) Cornell University (4) Dartmouth College (2) Dickinson College Duke University (2) Elon University (2) Emerson College (2) Emory University (3) Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School Fordham University (2) George Washington University (3) Georgetown University (4) Goldsmiths, University of London Harvard University Harvey Mudd College (2) Haverford College Hobart and William Smith Colleges (2) |
| Howard University (2) Indiana University, Bloomington Johns Hopkins University (2) Kenyon College Lafayette College Lehigh University Loyola Marymount University (6) Marist University (2) McGill University (2) Middlebury College (2) Mount Saint Mary's University New York University (9) Northeastern University (8) Northwestern University (8) Oberlin College Occidental College (4) Oregon State University Otis College of Art and Design (3) Pepperdine University (4) Pitzer College Pomona College Princeton University (2) Purdue University Reed College Rhode Island School of Design Rice University (3) Rutgers University San Francisco State University Sarah Lawrence College Savannah College of Art and Design (2) School of the Art Institute of Chicago Scripps College (4) Skidmore College (2) Smith College (3) Southern Methodist University Spelman College (4) Stanford University (13) Swarthmore College (4) Syracuse University (4) |
| Texas Christian University The American University of Paris The New School Trinity College Tufts University (4) Tulane University (13) University College London University of California, Berkeley (10) University of California, Davis (2) University of California, Los Angeles (10) University of California, Merced University of California, Riverside (2) University of California, San Diego (2) University of California, Santa Cruz (3) University of Chicago (11) University of Colorado, Boulder University of Colorado, Denver University of Houston University of Miami (3) University of Michigan (12) University of Oregon University of Pennsylvania (2) University of Richmond University of San Francisco University of Southern California (13) University of St. Andrews University of Texas University of Washington University of Wisconsin (8) Vanderbilt University (4) Vassar College (2) Villanova University Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis (2) Wellesley College (2) Wesleyan University (8) Williams College (2) Yale University (3) |
The Archer School for Girls admits students of any race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin, sexual orientation or other legally protected status in its hiring or in the administration of its educational policies and programs, admissions policies, financial aid programs or other school-administered programs.
The Archer School for Girls’ mission is to educate students in an environment specifically designed for girls. As such, the school will consider any candidate for admission who identifies as a girl. Once admitted to Archer, all students in good academic standing who abide by Archer’s code of conduct and who meet requirements for graduation will be eligible to receive an Archer diploma, regardless of any change in sexual identity or other legally protected status.
