Among the graduating class are 16 Lifers who attended Shorecrest for 12 years or longer, and five legacy students with a parent(s) who attended Shorecrest. 12 students were recognized by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation, 35 were recognized by the College Board, 6 are student-athletes committed to play at the college level, and several are awarded Thespians, journalists and artists. The Class of 2026 took advantage of only-at-Shorecrest opportunities to personalize their learning through signature programs, including 7 Global Scholars and 17 in the STEAM Signature Program. Collectively the class completed over 10,000 service hours benefiting local, national and international organizations.
The diversity of the graduating Class of 2026 is reflected in their choices of colleges and universities. Shorecrest seniors will matriculate at small liberal arts colleges, large state universities, private universities and schools abroad. Seniors earned competitive and financially generous scholarships for their many talents and accomplishments.
Photos from College Decision Day
Matriculation List
The Class of 2026 was accepted to the following list of colleges and universities. Bolded schools indicate that a Shorecrest student has chosen to matriculate to that school.
| Alabama State University American University American University of Rome Appalachian State University Arizona State University Auburn University Barry University Bates College Bentley University Bethune-Cookman University Boston College Boston University Brandeis University Bucknell University Carnegie Mellon University Case Western Reserve University Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina Clark Atlanta University Clemson University College of Charleston College of Wooster Colorado College Connecticut College Cornell University Culinary Institute of America Denison University Drexel University Duke University Durham University (UK) Eckerd College (2) Elon University Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach Emory University Fayetteville State University Florida A&M University Florida Atlantic University (2) Florida Gulf Coast University Florida International University Florida Polytechnic University Florida Southern College Florida State University (8) Fordham University Franklin and Marshall College George Mason University George Washington University Georgetown University Georgia College Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Southern University Georgia State University Gettysburg College Hampton University High Point University Hobart and William Smith Colleges Holy Cross College/University of Notre Dame Howard University Indiana University Bloomington Iowa State University of Science and Technology Ithaca College Johnson and Wales University-Charlotte Keiser University - Sarasota Lancaster University (UK) Lewis & Clark College London Metropolitan University Louisiana State University Loyola University Chicago Loyola University Maryland Macalester College Marquette University Michigan State University Minerva University Mississippi State University Montclair State University Morehouse College North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University North Carolina State University Northeastern University Northwestern University Nova Southeastern University Oberlin College of Arts and Sciences Palm Beach Atlantic University Pennsylvania State University - Harrisburg Pennsylvania State University - University Park Point Park University Prairie View A & M University |
Purdue University Queens University of Charlotte Rhodes College Rice University Richmond American University London Robert Morris University Rochester Institute of Technology Roger Williams University Rollins College Roosevelt University Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Royal Holloway, University of London Rutgers University - New Brunswick Salve Regina University San Diego State University Skidmore College Southeastern University Southern Methodist University Southern University and A & M St. Petersburg College St. Thomas University (FL) Stetson University Stevens Institute of Technology Syracuse University Temple University Texas Christian University The American University of Paris The Ohio State University The University of Tampa The University of Texas at Dallas Trinity College Dublin - The University of Dublin Tulane University (2) Tallahassee State College / FSU Tuskegee University University College Dublin University of Aberdeen (Scotland) University of Alabama University of Arizona University of California, Davis University of Central Florida (2) University of Colorado Boulder University of Connecticut University of Delaware University of Edinburgh University of Florida (12) University of Georgia University of Hawaii at Manoa University of Iowa University of Kentucky University of Louisville University of Maryland University of Massachusetts, Amherst University of Miami University of Minnesota Twin Cities University of Mississippi University of Missouri University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill University of North Carolina at Charlotte University of North Carolina Wilmington University of North Florida University of Notre Dame University of Oklahoma University of Pittsburgh University of South Carolina University of South Florida (6) University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Toronto University of Vermont University of Virginia University of Washington University of West Florida University of York (UK) Valdosta State University Vanderbilt University Vassar College Villanova University Virginia Tech Wake Forest University Washington University in St. Louis Wesleyan University Wheaton College, Massachusetts Xavier University of Louisiana |