• Because our kids are the SmARTest!

    Each year seniors at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts apply to and are accepted at some of the most prestigious colleges, universities and conservatories in the United States. In the last four years, 100% of BTW seniors graduate from high school and an incredible 98% go onto enroll in college. In 2017, 200 graduating seniors were offered over $62 million dollars in scholarship money!

    Not only do BTW seniors receive extraordinary amounts of scholarship offers, they are accepted at and attend amazing colleges across the country. 2017 graduates are off to schools as varied as Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins, NYU, USC, UCLA, University of Texas, George Washington, Berklee, Columbia, The New School, Juilliard, SMU and more!

    Some of the most recent acceptances have been at the following schools:

    TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY

    COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES

    UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS

    ABILENE CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

    CORNISH COLLEGE OF THE ARTS

    UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

    THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF PARIS

    BAYLOR UNIVERSITY

    BOSTON CONSERVATORY AT BERKLEE

    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

    PACE UNIVERSITY

    ADELPHI UNIVERSITY

    DARTMOUTH COLLEGE

    RICE UNIVERSITY

    PRATT INST

    US AIR FORCE ACADEMY

    OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY

    EL CENTRO

    KANSAS CITY ART INST

    BROWN UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA

    BROOKHAVEN COLLEGE

    NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

    L S U

    CLEVELAND INT OF MUSIC

    U S C

    UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA

    AUSTIN COLLEGE

    DUKE UNIVERSITY

    SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

    T C U

    UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM

    BALDWIN WALLACE UNIVERSITY

    ITHACA COLLEGE

    BUTLER UNIVERSITY

    TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF TUSCALOOSA

    GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF DENVER

    PEPPERDINE UNIVERSITY

    ART CENTER COLLEGE OF DESIGN

    CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY

    CSU LONG BEACH

    LAMAR UNIVERSITY

    BOSTON UNIVERSITY

    HARVARD UNIVERSITY

    JOHN CABOT UNIVERSITY

    CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

    FLAGLER COLLEGE

    U S NAVY

    GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY

    COLLEGE OF ST ROSE

    BARD UNIVERSITY

    STEPHEN F AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

    CORNELL UNIVERSITY

    ANGELO STATE UNIVERSTIY

    TUFFS UNIVERSITY

    ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

    ANGES SCOTT COLLEGE

    FORDHAM UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS

    N Y U

    UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS

    UNIVERSITY OF DALLAS

    THE JULLIARD SCHOOL

    CLARK ATLANTA

    THE NEW SCHOOL

    TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

    STEPHEN F AUSTIN UNIVERSITY

    BARRY UNIVERSITY

    BOSTON COLLEGE

    GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

    LAGUNA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN

    TRINITY UNIVERSITY

    CARNEIGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN

    CALIFORNIA INST OS THE ARTS

    DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD

    S M U

    ELON UNIVERSITY

    AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY

    AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

    THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL

    JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF OREGON

    U C LOS ANGELES

    LOYOLA CHICAGO

    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER

    PACIFIC NORTHWEST COLLEGE OF ARTS

    U C LOS ANGELES

    ELON COLLEGE

    U C L A

    ARCADIA UNIVERSITY

    MARYLAND INST OF THE ARTS

    BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO

    L I U POST

    HOWARD UNIVERSITY

    PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY

    EMERSON COLLEGE

    UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

    WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY

    SOUTHWEST SCHOOL OF THE ARTS

    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AUSTIN

    UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH

    SAN FRANCISCO CONS OF MUSIC

    FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY

    UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER

    LIU BROOKLYN

    HOWARD UNIVERSITY

    SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY

    POINT PARK UNIVERSITY

    ALFRED UNIVERSITY

    BELMONT UNIVERSITY

    BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC