The Class of 2026 is an accomplished group of students who will continue their academic careers at 71 colleges and universities, both in the U.S. and abroad. The graduating class includes:

3 U.S. Presidential Scholar Candidates
29 Cum Laude Society Members
8 National Merit Scholarship Winners
14 National Merit Scholarship Finalists
14 National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists
36 National Merit Scholarship Commended Students
35 AP Scholars with Distinction
17 AP Scholars with Honor
27 AP (Advanced Placement) Scholars
22 Student-Athletes Headed to Division I and III College Athletics Programs
22 Lifers (seniors who attended Pingry since Kindergarten)
8 Legacies (seniors with at least one parent and/or grandparent who also graduated from Pingry)

The seniors are heading to an impressive list of colleges and universities; the list below indicates how many students have chosen to enroll at each school. Congratulations to our seniors, faculty, and College Counseling on another outstanding year of college matriculations!

American University (1)
Amherst College (2)
Babson College (1)
Barnard College (1)
Boston College (2)
Boston University (2)
Brown University (3)
Bucknell University (3)
California Institute of Technology (1)
Carnegie Mellon University (1)
Colby College (2)
Colgate University (3)
College of the Holy Cross (1)
Colorado College (1)
Columbia University (4)
Cornell University (5)
Dartmouth College (2)
Duke University (3)
Emory University (3)
Fairfield University (1)
Georgia Tech (2)
Georgetown University (4)
Hamilton College (2)
Harvard University (3)
High Point University (1)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges (1)
Indiana University (2)
Johns Hopkins University (1)
Lafayette College (2)
Lehigh University (6)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1)
Miami University (1)
Middlebury College (1)
Montclair State University (1)
New Jersey Institute of Technology (1)
New York University (8)
Niagara University (1)
Northwestern University (5)
Penn State University (1)
Princeton University (1)
Providence College (2)
Purdue University (1)
Rhode Island School of Design (1)
Rider University (1)
Rochester Institute of Technology (1)
Rutgers University (3)
Spelman College (2)
Southern Methodist University (2)
Stanford University (2)
Swarthmore College (1)
Trinity College (1)
Tulane University (1)
University of California, Los Angeles (1)
The University of Chicago (6)
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (1)
University of Maryland (1)
University of Miami (3)
University of Michigan (5)
University of Notre Dame (3)
University of Pennsylvania (3)
University of South Florida (1)
The University of Texas (2)
University of Virginia (1)
Vanderbilt University (2)
Vassar College (1)
Villanova University (1)
Virginia Tech (1)
Wake Forest University (3)
Washington University in St. Louis (4)
William & Mary (1)
Williams College (1)
Yale University (2)

Current as of June 4, 2026


Contact: Greg Waxberg ’96, Assistant Director of Communications, Writer/Editor