College Success

Because our kids are the SmARTest!

Each year seniors at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts apply to and are accepted at some of the most prestigious colleges, universities and conservatories in the United States. In the last four years, 100% of BTW seniors graduate from high school and an incredible 98% go onto enroll in college. In 2017, 200 graduating seniors were offered over $62 million dollars in scholarship money!

Not only do BTW seniors receive extraordinary amounts of scholarship offers, they are accepted at and attend amazing colleges across the country. 2017 graduates are off to schools as varied as Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, NYU, USC, UCLA, University of Texas, George Washington, Berklee, Columbia, The New School, Juilliard, SMU and more!

Some of the most recent acceptances have been at the following schools:

TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS

BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

BOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

PACE UNIVERSITY

ADELPHI UNIVERSITY

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

RICE UNIVERSITY

PRATT INST

US AIR FORCE ACADEMY

OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

EL CENTRO

KANSAS CITY ART INST

BROWN UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE

NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

L S U

CLEVELAND INT OF MUSIC

U S C

UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

AUSTIN COLLEGE

DUKE UNIVERSITY

SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

T C U

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM

BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

ITHACA COLLEGE

BUTLER UNIVERSITY

TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF TUSCALOOSA

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN

CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

CSU LONG BEACH

LAMAR UNIVERSITY

BOSTON UNIVERSITY

HARVARD UNIVERSITY

JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

FLAGLER COLLEGE

U S NAVY

GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF ST ROSE

BARD UNIVERSITY

STEPHEN F AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY

TUFFS UNIVERSITY

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

ANGES SCOTT COLLEGE

FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

N Y U

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS

THE JULLIARD SCHOOL

CLARK ATLANTA

THE NEW SCHOOL

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

STEPHEN F AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

BARRY UNIVERSITY

BOSTON COLLEGE

GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN

TRINITY UNIVERSITY

CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN

CALIFORNIA INST OS THE ARTS

DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

S M U

ELON UNIVERSITY

AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY

AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL

JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

U C LOS ANGELES

LOYOLA CHICAGO

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER

PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ARTS

U C LOS ANGELES

ELON COLLEGE

U C L A

ARCADIA UNIVERSITY

MARYLAND INST OF THE ARTS

BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

L I U POST

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

EMERSON COLLEGE

UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN

UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH

SAN FRANCISCO CONS OF MUSIC

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER

LIU BROOKLYN

HOWARD UNIVERSITY

SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

POINT PARK UNIVERSITY

ALFRED UNIVERSITY

BELMONT UNIVERSITY

BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC