Where West Potomac’s class of 2017 will be attending college

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West Potomac’s class of 2017 will be attending 108 different colleges next fall, spread out across 29 states and the District of Columbia.

This year’s graduating class includes 549 students, and they will be getting their diplomas Wednesday at George Mason University’s EagleBank Arena. After that they’ll be moving on to a wide variety of schools, including 26 different colleges in Virginia, 12 in Pennsylvania, and three of the four service academies. 

The full list of schools:

School State
American University Washington D.C.
Appalachian State University North Carolina
Arcadia University Pennsylvania
Arizona State University Arizona
Auburn University Alabama
Bates College Maine
Belmont University Tennessee
Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
Borough of Manhattan Community College of the CUNY New York
Boston University Massachusetts
Bowdoin College Maine
Bowie State University Maryland
Bridgewater College Virginia
Brigham Young University, Idaho Idaho
Bucknell University Pennsylvania
California College of the Arts (San Francisco) California
Christopher Newport University Virginia
Clemson University South Carolina
College of Charleston South Carolina
College of William and Mary Virginia
Colorado State University Colorado
Columbia College Chicago Illinois
Dickinson College Pennsylvania
East Carolina University North Carolina
Elon University North Carolina
Fordham University New York
Franklin & Marshall College Pennsylvania
Georgetown University Washington D.C.
George Mason University Virginia
Hampden-Sydney College Virginia
Hampton University Virginia
Harford Community College Maryland
High Point University North Carolina
Iowa State University Iowa
Ivy Tech Community College Indiana
James Madison University Virginia
Liberty University Virginia
Longwood University Virginia
Mary Baldwin University Virginia
Marymount University Virginia
Michigan State University Michigan
Morgan State University Maryland
Mount St. Mary’s University Maryland
New College of Florida Florida
New York University New York
Norfolk State University Virginia
North Carolina State University North Carolina
North Country Community College New York
Northern Virginia Community College Virginia
Ohio Wesleyan University Ohio
Old Dominion University Virginia
Pace University, New York City New York
Pennsylvania State University Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University, Abington Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Pennsylvania
Pratt Institute New York
Prince George’s Community College Maryland
Radford University Virginia
Randolph College Virginia
Regent University Virginia
Saint Francis University Pennsylvania
Saint Joseph’s University Pennsylvania
Santa Barbara City College California
Savannah College of Art and Design Georgia
Shenandoah University Virginia
Southern Methodist University Texas
St. John’s University – Queens Campus New York
Stetson University Florida
Stevenson University Maryland
Stratford University Virginia
Temple University Pennsylvania
Texas A&M University Texas
The Ohio State University Ohio
The University of Alabama Alabama
The University of Montana, Missoula Montana
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill North Carolina
The University of Texas, Austin Texas
United States Air Force Academy Colorado
United States Coast Guard Academy Connecticut
United States Naval Academy Maryland
University of California, Davis California
University of Connecticut Connecticut
University of Delaware Delaware
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Illinois
University of Kansas Kansas
University of Kentucky Kentucky
University of Mary Washington Virginia
University of Michigan Michigan
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities  Minnesota
University of North Carolina at Wilmington North Carolina
University of Notre Dame Indiana
University of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
University of Tennessee, Knoxville Tennessee
University of Virginia Virginia
University of Virginia’s College at Wise Virginia
University of West Florida Florida
Vassar College New York
Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia
Virginia Military Institute Virginia
Virginia Tech Virginia
Virginia Wesleyan College Virginia
Wake Forest University North Carolina
Washington College Maryland
Wesleyan University Connecticut
West Virginia Community College West Virginia
West Virginia University West Virginia
Western New England University Massachusetts
Wilmington University Delaware

This story has been updated to include a college not on the original list.