Year after year, Bishop McNamara's college acceptance rate demonstrates the benefits of the school's academic rigor, personal preparation and overall readiness for challenges of college and life beyond.

The graduates from class of 2023 were offered places of admission to over 114 schools in over 30 states from the Ivy league to the small liberal arts colleges, and from large research-based state schools to the Nation's leading Catholic school. 46 students qualified for over $13.2 Million in scholarship and awards.

Some of our recent college acceptances (2014-present):

University of Alabama
Arizona State University
Augustana University
Baylor University
Belmont University
Benedictine University
Boston College
Boston University
Bradley University
Butler University
Carthage College
Citadel Military College
Clemson University
Columbia College
Columbia University
Creighton University
Culver Stockton University
University of Dayton
DePaul University
Eastern Illinois University
University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign
University of Illinois – Chicago
Illinois State University
Illinois Wesleyan University
Indiana University
University of Iowa
Johns Hopkins University
Kankakee Community College
University of Kentucky
Knox College
Lewis University
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Loyola University – Chicago
Marquette University
Miami University (OH)
Michigan State University
University of Missouri
North Central College
Northern Illinois University
Northwestern University
University of Notre Dame
Olivet Nazarene University
Ohio State University
Penn State University
Purdue University
Southern Illinois University
Valparaiso University

*Italics denotes Catholic college/university

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