CPE students not only enroll in college, they also graduate. Almost three quarters have obtained college degrees. This is more than three times the rate of both low-income students nationally and all DC Public School students.

College tours

CPE takes students to visit and explore colleges at least twice each year. Incoming freshmen participate in college tours as part of their retreat and orientation to CPE. In recent years, students visited James Madison University, American University, and The George Washington University. At GW, the university’s Office of Multicultural Affairs presented a panel of minority students to share their experiences with CPE students.

Our students have attended the following colleges:

Alaska
University of Alaska – FairbanksCalifornia
Stanford University
University of California at San DiegoColorado
US Air Force Academy Nursing SchoolConnecticut
University of Hartford
Yale University

District of Columbia
American University
Catholic University of America
George Washington University
Howard University
Trinity University

Delaware
University of Delaware
Wesley College

Florida
Bethune Cookman College
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
Florida A&M University
Rollins College
University of Central Florida

Georgia
Clark Atlanta University
Morehouse College
Spelman College

Iowa
Grinnell College

Illinois
Lake Forest College
Northwestern University

Indiana
Ball State University
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology

Louisiana
Grambling State
Xavier University

Massachusetts
Amherst College
Tufts University

Maryland
Bowie State University
Frostburg State University
Goucher College
Hood College
Maryland College of Art and Design
McDaniel College
Messiah College
Montgomery College
Morgan State University
Mount St. Mary’s University
Naval Academy Prep School
Notre Dame of Maryland University
Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University
Prince George’s Community College
Salisbury University
Stevenson University
Towson University
University of Maryland
University of Maryland, College Park
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
University of Maryland, Eastern Shore

Michigan
Michigan State University

New Jersey
Farleigh Dickinson University

New York
Cornell University
Hofstra University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rochester Institute of Technology
St. John’s University
Syracuse University
The New School

North Carolina
Belmont Abbey College
Duke University
Elon University
Fayetteville State University
Guilford College
North Carolina A & T
University of North Carolina Greensboro
Winston Salem University

Ohio
Oberlin College

Pennsylvania
Bucknell University
Gettysburg College
Immaculata University
Kings College
Lafayette College
Lincoln University
Lock Haven University
Lycoming College
Penn State
Penn State-Schulkill
Philadelphia University
Shippensburg University
St. Francis University
St. Vincent College
Swarthmore College
Temple University
University of Pittsburgh
Waynesburg College

Texas
Rice University
Texas Southern University

Virginia
American International College
Christendom College
George Mason University
Hampton University
James Madison University
Liberty University
Lynchburg College
Marymount University
Old Dominion University
University of Richmond
University of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia State University
Virginia Union University
Virginia Wesleyan College

Washington
Digipen Institute of Technology

West Virginia
Marshall University
Ohio Valley College
Sheperd University
West Virginia Wesleyan
West Virginia University

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