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A+
Matriculation A+
Academics A+
Extracurriculars A
Community A-
Reviews A
Founded in 1891, Hotchkiss strives to develop in students a lifelong love of learning, responsible citizenship, and personal integrity. Our students come from 37 states and 33 foreign countries. Thirty-nine percent are students of color. Over $7.6 million in financial aid is available each year; 37 percent of students receive financial aid.
With more than 248 courses, Hotchkiss offers a large-school academic experience with a small-school feeling. The average class size is 12, and facilities include a 97,500-item library, a visual arts center, two theatres, new state-of-the-art athletic and music centers, and a golf course and tennis courts, all on an 827-acre campus.
Our athletic teams compete with remarkable success in 19 interscholastic sports, including baseball, basketball, cross-country, field hockey, football, golf, hockey,lacrosse, sailing, soccer, softball, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, track, ultimate frisbee, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. We also offer instruction in outdoor leadership, paddle tennis, rock climbing, spin cycling, and yoga.
With a teacher:student ratio of 1:5 and course offerings that total 248, our students have exceptional opportunities for advancing their education and finding mentors on the faculty who will support them in their learning. Students, teachers, and staff members are equally important members in this community based on trust, mutual respect, compassion and shared intellectual curiosity.
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School Stats

Average
Current School
Tuition
$72620
Enrollment
603
International Students
13%
Faculty with Advanced Degrees
72%
Teacher-Student Ratio
1:5
Endowment
$463 millions
Average SAT Score
1431
Average ACT Score
31
Class Size
12
Boarding %
94%

Matriculation

Matriculation

(2020-2023)
Ranking University/College Students
#1 Princeton University 12
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9
#3 Harvard College 10
#3 Stanford University 10
#3 Yale University 17
LAC #1 Williams College 1 +
#6 University of Chicago 42
#7 Johns Hopkins University 1 +
#7 University of Pennsylvania 15
#10 Duke University 8
#10 Northwestern University 1 +
LAC #2 Amherst College 7
#12 Dartmouth College 14
#13 Brown University 16
#15 Rice University 1 +
#15 Washington University in St. Louis 9
LAC #3 Pomona College 1 +
#17 Cornell University 27
#18 Columbia University 19
#18 University of Notre Dame 1 +
#20 University of California: Berkeley 5
#20 University of California: Los Angeles 1 +
LAC #4 Swarthmore College 1 +
#22 Carnegie Mellon University 6
#22 Emory University 1 +
#22 Georgetown University 34
#25 New York University 12
#25 University of Michigan 1 +
#25 University of Southern California 1 +
#25 University of Virginia 11
LAC #5 Wellesley College 1 +
#29 University of Florida 1 +
#29 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6
#29 Wake Forest University 1 +
LAC #6 Bowdoin College 6
LAC #6 Carleton College 1 +
LAC #6 United States Naval Academy 1 +
#32 Tufts University 10
#34 University of California: Irvine 1 +
#36 Boston College 10
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 +
#38 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 +
#41 Boston University 14
#44 Case Western Reserve University 1 +
#44 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 +
#44 Northeastern University 5
#44 Tulane University 9
LAC #9 Claremont McKenna College 1 +
#51 Lehigh University 1 +
#51 Purdue University 1 +
#51 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 +
#55 Santa Clara University 1 +
#55 Trinity University 1 +
#55 University of Miami 1 +
LAC #11 Middlebury College 14
LAC #11 Washington and Lee University 1 +
#62 George Washington University 1 +
#62 Syracuse University 1 +
#62 University of Pittsburgh 1 +
#62 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 +
LAC #13 Smith College 1 +
LAC #13 Vassar College 1 +
#67 University of Connecticut 1 +
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 +
#68 St. Lawrence University 7
#72 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 +
#72 Indiana University Bloomington 1 +
#72 Reed College 1 +
#72 Southern Methodist University 1 +
LAC #15 Davidson College 1 +
LAC #15 Grinnell College 1 +
LAC #15 Hamilton College 1 +
#77 Loyola Marymount University 1 +
SUNY University at Binghamton 1 +
#85 Lake Forest College 1 +
#89 Colorado School of Mines 1 +
#89 Howard University 1 +
#89 Texas Christian University 1 +
LAC #18 Barnard College 8
LAC #18 Colgate University 9
LAC #18 Haverford College 1 +
LAC #18 United States Air Force Academy 1 +
LAC #18 University of Richmond 1 +
LAC #18 Wesleyan University 14
#97 Clark University 1 +
#105 Drexel University 1 +
#105 Miami University: Oxford 1 +
#105 University of Utah 1 +
#111 Drew University 1 +
LAC #24 Colby College 11
Arizona State University 1 +
#121 Chapman University 1 +
#121 University of Vermont 1 +
LAC #25 Bates College 1 +
#127 Clarkson University 1 +
LAC #27 Colorado College 1 +
LAC #27 Macalester College 1 +
#137 Seattle University 1 +
#137 University of Alabama 1 +
LAC #29 Harvey Mudd College 1 +
#151 University of Mississippi 1 +
LAC #31 Kenyon College 6
LAC #33 College of the Holy Cross 1 +
LAC #33 Scripps College 1 +
#182 University of Houston 1 +
LAC #37 Bucknell University 11
LAC #39 Denison University 1 +
LAC #39 Lafayette College 1 +
LAC #39 Skidmore College 1 +
LAC #39 Trinity College 1 +
#219 Sacred Heart University 1 +
LAC #51 Dickinson College 1 +
LAC #55 Connecticut College 1 +
LAC #61 Gettysburg College 1 +
#317 East Tennessee State University 1 +
American University of Paris 1 +
and Political Science 1 +
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Berklee College of Music 1 +
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Siena College 1 +
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Tecnológico de Monterrey Mexico 1 +
Union College 6
United States Military Academy 5
University of British Columbia 1 +
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 +
University of Colorado Boulder 1 +
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 +
University of Maryland: College Park 1 +
University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 +
University of Navarra Spain 1 +
University of Oklahoma Norman 1 +
University of St. Andrews 9
University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 +
University of Toronto 1 +
Weatherford College 1 +
Western University 1 +
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Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 385 370 588 603 568
#1 Princeton University 12 10 11 15 15 admitted 63
#2 Massachusetts Institute of Technology 9 9 10 6 5 -admitted 39
#3 Harvard College 10 14 18 21 24 admitted 87
#3 Stanford University 10 9 6 7 6 admitted 38
#5 Yale University 17 14 15 15 19 admitted 80
#6 University of Pennsylvania 15 22 26 27 22 admitted 112
#7 Duke University 8 6 5 - 5 5 -admitted 29
#9 Johns Hopkins University 1 + 5 - 7 7 admitted 20
#9 Brown University 16 13 12 10 11 admitted 62
#9 Northwestern University 1 + 6 5 5 6 admitted 23
#12 Columbia University 19 20 18 18 17 admitted 92
#12 Cornell University 27 26 31 27 28 admitted 139
#12 University of Chicago 42 45 43 36 31 admitted 197
#15 University of California: Los Angeles 1 + 5 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 21
#15 University of California: Berkeley 5 5 7 5 -admitted 22
#17 Rice University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#18 Vanderbilt University 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#18 Dartmouth College 14 13 14 14 14 admitted 69
#20 University of Notre Dame 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#21 University of Michigan 1 + 7 12 12 11 admitted 43
#22 Georgetown University 34 29 30 22 25 admitted 140
#22 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6 7 7 5 5 -admitted 30
#24 Emory University 1 + 5 6 5 - 5 -admitted 22
#24 Washington University in St. Louis 9 12 13 14 15 admitted 63
#24 University of Virginia 11 11 11 8 9 admitted 50
#24 Carnegie Mellon University 6 6 7 12 14 admitted 45
#28 University of Southern California 1 + 7 9 9 9 admitted 35
#28 University of Florida 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#28 University of California: Davis 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#28 University of California: San Diego 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#33 University of California: Irvine 1 + 1
#33 Georgia Institute of Technology 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#35 University of California: Santa Barbara 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#35 University of Wisconsin-Madison 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#35 New York University 12 16 20 27 31 admitted 106
#38 University of Texas at Austin 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#39 Boston College 10 9 6 8 5 -admitted 38
#40 Rutgers University 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#40 Tufts University 10 10 9 8 8 admitted 45
#43 Boston University 14 12 14 11 9 admitted 60
#47 University of Rochester 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#47 Lehigh University 1 + 8 6 6 8 admitted 29
#47 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1 + 1
#47 Wake Forest University 1 + 5 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 21
#51 Purdue University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#53 Northeastern University 5 5 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 25
#53 College of William and Mary 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#53 Case Western Reserve University 1 + 1
#53 University of Minnesota: Twin Cities 1 + 1
#58 University of Connecticut 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#58 SUNY University at Stony Brook 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#60 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#60 Santa Clara University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#60 Michigan State University 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#67 University of Massachusetts Amherst 1 + 5 - 6
#67 University of Miami 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#67 Villanova University 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#67 University of Pittsburgh 1 + 1
#67 Syracuse University 1 + 1
#67 George Washington University 1 + 5 - 6 6 admitted 18
#73 Tulane University 9 9 9 9 8 admitted 44
#73 SUNY University at Binghamton 1 + 1
#73 Indiana University Bloomington 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#76 Colorado School of Mines 1 + 1
#86 Clemson University 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#89 Southern Methodist University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#93 Loyola Marymount University 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#98 Texas Christian University 1 + 5 - 6
#98 Drexel University 1 + 1
#105 University of Tennessee: Knoxville 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#105 University of Colorado Boulder 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#105 Arizona State University 1 + 5 - 6
#115 University of Utah 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#115 University of New Hampshire 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#115 Howard University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#124 Fairfield University 5 -admitted 5
#124 University of Denver 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#124 University of Oklahoma 5 - 5 - 10
#133 Chapman University 1 + 1
#133 Miami University: Oxford 1 + 1
#133 University of Vermont 1 + 5 6 5 -admitted 17
#133 University of Houston 1 + 1
#137 University of Alabama 1 + 1
#142 Clarkson University 1 + 1
#142 Clark University 1 + 1
#151 University of Rhode Island 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#151 Seton Hall University 5 -admitted 5
#163 University of Mississippi 1 + 1
#163 St. John's University 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#163 Seattle University 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#201 The New School College of Performing Arts 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#209 Sacred Heart University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#216 Springfield College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#320 East Tennessee State University 1 + 1
University of Maryland: College Park 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
Penn State University Park 1 + 1
University of California: Santa Cruz 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 139 126 318 327 331
#1 Williams College 1 + 5 - 5 6 admitted 17
#2 Amherst College 7 6 7 7 6 admitted 33
#3 United States Naval Academy 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#4 Pomona College 1 + 5 - 5 - 6 admitted 17
#4 Swarthmore College 1 + 5 - 5 -admitted 11
#4 Wellesley College 1 + 5 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 21
#7 United States Air Force Academy 1 + 5 - 6
#9 Bowdoin College 6 9 7 6 8 admitted 36
#9 Carleton College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#11 Middlebury College 14 17 15 14 14 admitted 74
#11 Grinnell College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#11 Wesleyan University 14 15 12 9 7 admitted 57
#11 Claremont McKenna College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#11 Barnard College 8 5 5 - 5 5 -admitted 28
#16 Vassar College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#16 Smith College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#16 Harvey Mudd College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#16 Hamilton College 1 + 6 8 7 6 admitted 28
#16 Davidson College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#21 Washington and Lee University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#21 Haverford College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#21 Colgate University 9 5 6 6 7 admitted 33
#24 Bates College 1 + 5 - 8 10 admitted 24
#25 Colby College 11 12 10 10 9 admitted 52
#25 University of Richmond 1 + 6 7 8 11 admitted 33
#27 College of the Holy Cross 1 + 5 - 5 -admitted 11
#27 Macalester College 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#30 Bryn Mawr College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#30 Bucknell University 11 12 10 8 6 admitted 47
#30 Lafayette College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#33 Colorado College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#34 Mount Holyoke College 5 -admitted 5
#35 Occidental College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#35 Scripps College 1 + 5 - 5 -admitted 11
#38 Skidmore College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#39 Trinity College 1 + 7 7 7 9 admitted 31
#39 Pitzer College 5 - 5 -admitted 10
#39 Hillsdale College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#39 Denison University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#39 Kenyon College 6 8 13 16 11 admitted 54
#45 Union College 6 6 6 5 6 admitted 29
#46 Connecticut College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#46 DePauw University 5 -admitted 5
#46 Dickinson College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#51 The University of the South 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#56 Rhodes College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#59 St. Lawrence University 7 7 10 11 9 admitted 44
#59 Trinity University 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#59 Wofford College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#63 Gettysburg College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#67 Reed College 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#70 Hobart and William Smith Colleges 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#73 Lake Forest College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#93 Whittier College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#93 Lewis & Clark College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#93 Drew University 1 + 1
#100 Morehouse College 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 15
#107 Linfield College 5 -admitted 5
#130 Eckerd College 5 - 5 -admitted 10
United States Military Academy 5 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 20
Oberlin College 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 4 8 10 10 5
#1 University of Toronto 1 + 8 9
#2 University of British Columbia 1 + 5 - 5 - 11
#3 McGill University 1 + 5 - 5 - 5 -admitted 16
#10 Western University 1 + 1
Matriculation
Ranking University/College 2020-2023 2019-2022 2018-2021 2017-2020 2016-2019 Total
All schools 10 9 0 0 0
#25 London School of Economics and Political Science 1 + 1
#33 University of St. Andrews 9 9 18

AP Scores

(2018)
Number of students took AP test
331
Number of tests taken
745
64%
23%
Score 5
Score 4
Score 3
Other scores

Academics

Sports

(19)
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Floor Hockey
American Football
Baseball
Basketball
Cross Country
Field Hockey
Floor Hockey
American Football
Golf
Lacrosse
Mountain Biking
Rowing
Sailing
Soccer
Squash
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball
Wrestling
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Extracurricular Activities and Clubs

(29)
Competitive Club Soccer
Fairfield Farm Ecosytems and Adventure Team (FFEAT)
Woods Squad
Fly Fishing
Winter
Club Hockey
Competitive Club Soccer
Fairfield Farm Ecosytems and Adventure Team (FFEAT)
Woods Squad
Fly Fishing
Winter
Club Hockey
Running
Club Basketball
Club Squash
Yoga
Dance Company
Math Team
SEED
Spring
Athletic teams (varsity
junior varsity
thirds)
Exercise & Fitness
Early AM Exercise & Fitness
Dynamic Training
Golf
Hotchkiss Dramatic Association (HDA)
Mischianza (yearbook)
Fairfield Farm Ecosystem and Adventure Team (FFEAT)
Robotics/EFX Lab
Community Service
Ceramics
Dance
Sports Media
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Arts

(15)
Ceramics
Portfolio
Architecture
Dance
Music
Chorus
Ceramics
Portfolio
Architecture
Dance
Music
Chorus
Jazz
Music Technology
Photography
Photography Portfolio
Digital Media
Narrative Film
Documentary
Filmmaking
Production
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Contact Info

http://www.hotchkiss.org
11 Interlaken Road, Lakeville, CT 06039
860-435-3102
admission@hotchkiss.org
Connecticut

Basic Info

Co-ed
Boarding Grades: 9-12, PG
Rural
ESL: No
Year Founded: 1891
Campus Size: 827 acres
Boarding Rate: 94%
Religious Affiliation: No Religious Affiliation

Application Info

Deadline: 01/15
Interview: Skype, On Campus
Other Accepted Scores: ISEE,SAT,PSAT
School Code:
TOEFL: 8199
SSAT: 4012
ISEE: 70335
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Frequently Ask Questions about The Hotchkiss School

Tell me a bit about The Hotchkiss School.
The Hotchkiss School is Co-ed private boarding school located in Connecticut, US. It was founded 1891 , and currently has about 603 students, 13.00% of whom are international students.

For more official information, please visit http://www.hotchkiss.org.
Does The Hotchkiss School have rigorous academic requirements?
In recent years, 64 of their students score 4 and 5 in AP exams.

The Hotchkiss School also have 72% of faculties whose degrees are master and above.
Where do The Hotchkiss School students typically go for their colleges?
Based on the most recent matriculation data, 9.15% go to top 50 US universities and colleges*, 25% go to top 25, and about 19.82% go to Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford and MIT.

*Ranking is based on the 2024 US News College Ranking.
What is the application requirement for The Hotchkiss School?
Similar to most private schools in the US, The Hotchkiss School’s typical admission requirements include school transcript, recommendation letter, application essay, and interview (often optional, but highly recommended).
What is the latest tuition for The Hotchkiss School’s Co-ed student?
The total fee for The Hotchkiss School in 2024 is $72,620 which typically includes tuition, boarding fee, student management fee and a few other fees associated with managing international students.

For more information, please contact school’s admission team at admission@hotchkiss.org .
Where is The Hotchkiss School located?
The Hotchkiss School is located in the State of Connecticut of USA.
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Based on FindingSchool monthly traffic data as well as onsite search record, The Hotchkiss School is among the most popular schools, within top 2 for all schools on FindingSchool.

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How to start with an application with The Hotchkiss School?
The first stop is to carefully review the school profile on FindingSchool to learn more about The Hotchkiss School. Most of them are directly provided by the school.

Also it is highly recommended to visit The Hotchkiss School’s official site: http://www.hotchkiss.org or call them at 860-435-3102.
Please share a few nearby schools that are close to The Hotchkiss School?
Yes, here are few: Indian Mountain School, Salisbury School and The Kildonan School.

What is the FindingSchool rating for The Hotchkiss School?
The overall rating for The Hotchkiss School is A+.

The section ratings of The Hotchkiss School are:
A+ for Matriculation
A+ for Academics
A for Extracurriculum
A- for Community
A for Students and Parents reviews

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