88% of Nova Classical graduates attend an institution of higher learning within 16 months of graduating1

At Nova Classical Academy, it is our job to equip each student with everything needed – knowledge, skills, and growth mindset – to become life-long learners. From Harvard to the University of Minnesota and Inver Hills Community College, our confident, compassionate, and articulate graduates are poised to engage as thoughtful citizens.

A sample of the institutions where our students have been accepted to continue their educations are included below.

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Colleges and Universities to Which Nova Classical Academy Graduates Were Accepted (2013-2021)

Amherst College*

Annapolis College

Arizona State University*

Augsburg College*

Augustana University*

Babson College

Bard College*

Barnard College

Bates College

Baylor University*

Beloit University

Bethel University*

Boston College

Boston University*

Bowdoin College*

Bradley University*

Brandeis University

Brown University*

Bryn Mawr University

Bucknell Universit

California Academy of Art

Cardiff University* (Wales)

Carleton College*

Carnegy Mellon University

Case Western Reserve*

Carthage College

Clark University

Coe College*

Colby College University

College of St. Benedict*

College of St. Scholastica

College of Wooster*

Colorado College*

Colorado School of Mines

Columbia College*

Columbia University*

Concordia University*

Cornell College*

Creighton University

Dartmouth College*

DePaul University*

Drake University*

Drexel University

Eckerd College

Emerson College*

Emory University*

Evergreen College*

Fordham University

Franciscan University*

Georgetown University

Georgia Institute of Technology*

Grinnell College*

Guilford College

Gustavus Adolphus*

Hamline University*

Hampshire College

Hampton University

Harvard College

Haverford College*

Hillsdale College

Hofstra University

Howard University

Illinois Institute of Technology

Inver Hills Community College

Iowa State University*

Kenyon College*

Kettering University

Knox College

Lake Superior College

Lasalle University

Lawrence University*

Long Island University

Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University New Orleans*

Macalester College*

Manhattan School of Music

Marquette University*

McGill University* (Canada)

Metro State University

Michigan Tech University*

Middlebury College*

Montana State University*

Moorhead State University

Michigan Tech University*

Minneapolis Community College*

Minnesota State University-Mankato*

Morgan State University*

Mount Holyoke College*

National Louis University

New York University*

Normandale Community College

North Dakota State University*

Northeastern University*

Northwestern University-Illinois

Oberlin College

Occidental College*

Ohio Wesleyan University

Oklahoma University*

Pace University*

Pitzer College

Point Loma Nazarene University*

Pomona College

Portland State University

Princeton University*

Reed College*

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute*

Rhodes College

Ritsumeikan University* (Japan)

Rochester Institute of Technology

Russel Sage College

Sage College of Albany*

Santa Clara University

Sarah Lawrence College

Simmons College

Scripps College

Smith College*

Catherine’s University*

Cloud State University*

John’s University

Mary’s University*

Olaf College*

Paul College*

Swarthmore College

Texas A&M University

The Evergreen State College

The New School* (NY)

Tufts University*

University of Alabama*

University of Arizona*

University of British Columbia

University of British Columbia*

University of California-Berkeley*

University of California-Davis

University of Chicago*

University of California-Los Angeles*

University of Colorado-Boulder*

University of Denver*

University of Connecticut

University of Iowa

University of Kansas*

University of Manitoba*

University of Miami*

University of Michigan*

University of Missouri*

University of Minnesota-Twin Cities*

University of Minnesota-Duluth*

University of Minnesota-Morris*

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

University of North Carolina School of the Arts

University of North Dakota

University of Portland

University of Puget Sound*

University of Redlands*

University of Rochester*

University of Southern California*

University of St. Francis

University of San Francisco*

University of Seattle

University of St. Thomas*

University of Vermont*

University of Virginia

University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire*

University of Wisconsin-Madison*

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point*

University of Wisconsin-Stout

University of Wisconsin-Whitewater*

University of Texas

Vassar College*

Villanova University*

Viterbo College

Washington University-St. Louis*

Wheaton College*

Whitman College*

William Patterson University

Williamette College

Williams College

Yale University*

1Based on pre-pandemic data from the Minnesota Department of Education

*Indicates where a Nova Classical graduate has chosen to attend.
   -Out of 241 applications, the students in the class of 2021 were accepted to 163 colleges and universities.
   -92% of 2021 Nova Classical graduates are attending a two or four year college or university.