HMBHS List of Colleges

FACT SHEET

Revised February 2010

List of Colleges where Half Moon Bay High School Graduates have been accepted since 2005.

On average 84% of each graduating class at Half Moon Bay High School elect to go straight on to college. Below is a partial list of colleges that Half Moon Bay High School graduates have been accepted into since 2000. All of the colleges are categorized and listed following the ranking system used by The U.S. News and World Report on “America’s Best Colleges”.

National Universities – Doctoral Programs
Harvard University Yale University Massachusetts Institute of Technology Duke University Stanford University Northwestern University University of Chicago Cornell University Rice University University of California – Berkeley University of California – Los Angeles University of Southern California University of California – San Diego New York University University of California – Davis University of California – Irvine University of California – Santa Barbara	Purdue University Boston University University of Connecticut Brigham Young University Texas A & M University University of California – Santa Cruz University of Colorado University of California – Riverside University of Denver University of Vermont University of Nebraska University of the Pacific University of Oregon Oregon State University Arizona State University University of Nevada – Reno San Diego State University
Liberal Arts Colleges – Bachelor’s Programs
Carleton College – MN Bowdoin College – ME Wesleyan University – CT Vassar College – NY Smith College - MA Macalester College – MN Kenyon College – OH Connecticut College – OH Barnard - NY	Occidental College – CA Willamette University – OR Reed College - OR Hobart & William Smith College – NY Point Loma University - CA Pitzer College – CA Lewis and Clark College – OR Hampshire College – MA
Universities – Master’s Programs
Santa Clara University Loyola Marymount University Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo St. Mary’s College of California Emerson College California Lutheran University California State University – Chico Sonoma State University California State Polytechnic University – Pomona University of North Carolina – Pembroke	(The following schools all tied in the rankings and are listed in alphabetical order) California State University – Fresno California State University – Long beach California State University – Sacramento Dominican University of California Humbolt State University Notre Dame de Namur University San Francisco State University San Jose State University
Comprehensive Colleges – Bachelors	Community Colleges (listed alphabetically)
Menlo College Utah Valley State College	Canada College Cuesta College College of San Mateo Butte College Foothill College Lake Tahoe College Grossmont/Mesa College San Diego College San Francisco City College Santa Barbara City College Santa Monica College Skyline College
Military Academies
U.S. Military Academy – West Point U.S. Navel Academy – Annapolis The Citadel
Schools with a Specialty
Aultman Hospital of Nursing California Culinary Academy The Art Institution of California The Fashion Institution of Design and Merchandising