College Acceptances of the HLS Class of 2026:

166 acceptances; 66 different colleges!

Our senior class of 35 students applied to a variety of colleges and universities in our country. Students have collectively received 166 invitations to attend the below schools.

The name of the school is hyperlinked for your convenience to investigate if desired. The type of school and the school’s location is denoted in the parentheses.

The number following the parenthetical represents the number of students who applied and were accepted.

Schools in bold will denote where a student from the senior class has chosen to matriculate with how many are presently planning to do so out of those who applied and were accepted.

Congratulations Class of 2026!

• Anderson University (Private Christian university in Anderson, SC) 1
• Appalachian State University (Public research university in Boone, NC) 1
• Asbury University (Private Christian university in Wilmore, KY) 5
• Auburn University (Public land-grant research university in Auburn, AL) 1 of 5 matriculating
• Augusta University (Public research university and academic medical center in Augusta, GA) 1
• Baylor University (Private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, TX) 4
• Bellarmine University (Private Catholic university in Louisville, KY) 4
• Belmont University (Private Christian university in Nashville, TN) 1
• Benedictine College (Private Benedictine liberal arts college in Atchison, KS) 1
• Boyce College (Private, Christian college in Louisville, KY) 2 of 5 matriculating
• Campbellsville University ( Private Christian university in Campbellsville, KY) 1
• Carson-Newman University (Private Christian university in Jefferson City, TN) 1 of 2 matriculating
• Cedarville University (Private Baptist university in Cedarville, OH) 3
• Centre College (Private liberal arts college in Danville, KY) 1
• Charleston Southern University (Private university in North Charleston, SC; affiliated with the SC Baptist Convention) 1 of 1 matriculating
• Clemson University (Public land-grant research university in Clemson, SC) 1
• College of Charleston (Public university in Charleston, SC; founded in 1770 and chartered in 1785, it is the oldest univ. in SC, the 13th-oldest institution of higher learning in the US) 1
• College of William & Mary (Public research university in Williamsburg, VA; founded in 1693 under a royal charter issued by King William III and Queen Mary II, it is the second-oldest institution of higher learning in the US and the ninth-oldest in the English-speaking world) 1
• Colorado School of Mines (Public research university in Golden, CO) 1
• Covenant College (Private, liberal arts, Christian college in Lookout Mountain, GA) 1
• Eastern Carolina University (Public research university in Greenville, NC) 1
• Flagler College (Private liberal arts college in St. Augustine, FL) 1
• Franciscan University (Private Franciscan university in Steubenville, OH) 1
• Franklin & Marshall College (Private liberal arts college in Lancaster, PA) 1
• Grand Canyon University (Private Christian for profit university in Phoenix, AZ) 1
• Hanover College (Private college in Hanover, IN) 2
• Hillsdale College (Private, conservative, Christian liberal arts college in Hillsdale, MI) 1 of 3 matriculating
• Liberty University (Conservative, private evangelical Christian university in Lynchburg, VA) 3
• Lindsey Wilson University (Private, United Methodist-related university in Columbia, KY) 1
• Lipscomb University (Private Christian university in Nashville, TN) 1 of 3 matriculating
• Miami University Ohio (Public research university in Oxford, OH) 3
• Midway University (Private Christian university in Midway, KY) 1
• Murray State University (Public university in Murray, KY) 1 of 3 matriculating
• Northern Kentucky University (Public university in Highland Heights, KY) 1
• Pensacola Christian College (Private Christian college in Pensacola, FL) 1 of 1 matriculating
• Purdue University (Public land-grant research university in West Lafayette, Indiana) 4
• Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (Private university in Terre Haute, IN) 3
• Saint Louis University (Private, Jesuit Catholic research university founded in 1818 in St. Louis, MO) 1
• Saint Mary’s College (Private Catholic women’s liberal arts college in Notre Dame, IN) 1
• Samford University (Private Baptist university in Homewood, AL) 1 of 6 matriculating
• Seton Hall University (Private Catholic research university in South Orange, NJ) 1
• Taylor University (Private, Christian college in Upland, IN) 3
• The University of Alabama (Public research university in Tuscaloosa, AL) 3
• Thomas More University (Private Catholic university in Crestview Hills, KY) 1
• Transylvania University (Private university in Lexington, KY) 1 of 2 matriculating
• Trident Technical College (Public community college with its main campus in Charleston, SC) 1
• United States Air Force Academy (a US service academy in Colorado Springs, CO, that educates cadets for service as commissioned officers in the United States Air Force)  4 of 4 matriculating
• United States Military Academy (a US service academy in West Point, NY, that educates cadets for service as commissioned officers in the United States Army) 3
• United States Naval Academy (a US service academy in Annapolis, Maryland, that educates cadets for service as commissioned officers in the United States Navy) 1
• University of Central Florida (Public research university in Orange County, FL) 1
• University of Cincinnati (Public research university in Cincinnati, OH) 1 of 5 matriculating
• University of Florida (Public land-grant research university in Gainesville, FL) 1 of 2 matriculating
• University of Kentucky (Public land-grant research univ. in Lexington, KY) 4 of 22 matriculating
• University of Louisville (Public research university in Louisville, KY) 5 of 13 matriculating
• University of Missouri (Public land-grant research university in Columbia, MO) 1
• University of Mobile Alabama (Private Baptist university in Prichard, Alabama, in Mobile County) 1
• University of Notre Dame (The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, IN; founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Catholic religious order of priests and brothers) 1 of 1 matriculating
• University of South Carolina (Public research university in Columbia, SC) 1 of 1 matriculating
• University of the Cumberlands (Private Christian university in Williamsburg, KY) 1 of 4 matriculating
• University of Tennessee, Knoxville (Public land-grant research university in Knoxville, TN) 1
• Vanderbilt University (Private research university in Nashville, TN; founded in 1873, named in honor of shipping and railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt) 1 of 1 matriculating
• Villanova University (Private Catholic research university in Villanova, PA) 1
• Virginia Tech (The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech, is a public land-grant research university in Blacksburg, VA) 1
• West Virginia University (Public land-grant research university in Morgantown, WV) 1
• Western Kentucky University (Public university in Bowling Green, KY) 1 of 8 matriculating
• Wheaton College (Private Evangelical Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, IL) 1