Higher education choices vary from high school to high school.

This list shows the school-by-school results of a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette study of the college-going behavior of more than 13,800 students for the Class of 2005 from 95 high schools in Western Pennsylvania.

High schools and the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh provided information on where graduates plan to go to school based on pre-graduation surveys or lists of where final transcripts were sent.

The school totals do not include the entire graduating class because some graduates joined the military, found jobs or were undecided when surveyed; answers were unclear; or information on particular students wasn't released.

The three most popular choices overall were Community College of Allegheny County, Penn State University and the University of Pittsburgh. Rounding out the top five overall are Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Duquesne University.

Except where otherwise noted, the Penn State and Pitt figures are for combined campuses.

The top colleges are those ranked in the top 25 national universities and the top 25 liberal arts colleges by U.S. News and World Report.

Allegheny County
Allegheny Valley (Springdale High): Most popular: CCAC (14), Penn State, New Kensington campus (7), IUP (5), Duquesne (4). None to top schools. Total: 75.

Avonworth: Most popular: CCAC (20), Pitt (12), Penn State (9), Duquesne (7). Two to top schools: University of Notre Dame, Washington and Lee. Total: 92.

Baldwin-Whitehall: Unavailable.

Bethel Park: Most popular: Pitt (43), Penn State (40), CCAC (29), Duquesne (19), California University (13), Robert Morris (11), John Carroll (8), Allegheny College (7), IUP (7), Slippery Rock (7). Eight to top schools: Notre Dame, Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Duke, Northwestern, Oberlin, Princeton. Total: 335.

Brentwood: Most popular: CCAC (38), Clarion (7), Westminster (6), Pitt (5), Seton Hill (5), Duquesne (4), Point Park (4), Slippery Rock (4). Two to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 108.

Career Connections Charter School: Most popular: CCAC (14), International Academy of Design and Technology (6). None to top schools. Total: 25.

Carlynton: Most popular: CCAC (23), Robert Morris (9), Pitt (6), Duquesne (5), IUP (4), Penn State (4), Point Park (4). Three to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Notre Dame. Total: 96.

Chartiers Valley: Most popular: CCAC (20), Duquesne (16), Penn State (14), Robert Morris (12), Slippery Rock (12), California University of Pennsylvania (10), Pitt (10), IUP (8), Washington & Jefferson (7), West Virginia University (7). Three to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Duke, University of Notre Dame. Total: 196.

Clairton: Most popular: CCAC (10); California University of Pennsylvania (4). None to top schools. Total: 41.

Cornell: Most popular: CCAC (9), Thiel (4). None to top schools. Total: 35.

Deer Lakes: Most popular: CCAC (22); Penn State (21), IUP (8), LaRoche (8), Duquesne (5), Robert Morris (5). One to top school: Georgetown. Total: 134.

Duquesne: CCAC (9), Edinboro (3), Empire Beauty School (3), Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology (3). None to top schools. Total: 33.

East Allegheny: Most popular: CCAC (20); University of Pittsburgh (14); California University of Pennsylvania (9); Penn State (6); Duquesne (5); IUP (5); None to top schools. Total: 105.

Elizabeth Forward: Most popular: CCAC (15); California University of Pennsylvania (13); Robert Morris (13); Penn State (12); University of Pittsburgh (13), IUP (8). Total: 159. One to Rice.

Fox Chapel Area: Most popular: Penn State (37), CCAC (35), Pitt (24), Duquesne (17), IUP (14), Carnegie Mellon (6), Edinboro (6), LaRoche (6), Oberlin (6). Thirty-eight to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Oberlin, Washington University in St. Louis, Colgate, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, Vanderbilt, Cal Tech, Carleton, Columbia, Cornell, Georgetown, Northwestern, Princeton, Stanford, University of Chicago, Yale. Total: 312.

Gateway: Most popular: CCAC (57), Penn State (33), Pitt (31), IUP (19), Duquesne (15), Slippery Rock (12), Edinboro (9), Robert Morris (7), California University of Pennsylvania (6), West Virginia University (6), St. Vincent (6). Ten to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Colgate, Oberlin, Princeton, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt. Total: 298.

Hampton: Most popular: CCAC (25), Pitt (24), Penn State (23), IUP (18), Duquesne (14), University of Pittsburgh (11), Slippery Rock (7), Allegheny College (6), Denison (6). Seven to top schools: Washington and Lee, Colgate, Cornell, Duke, University of Notre Dame, Vanderbilt. Total: 249.

Highlands: Most popular: CCAC (20); IUP (19), Penn State (14), Pitt (12), Clarion (11), Art Institute of Pittsburgh (7), Slippery Rock (7), Edinboro (6). Two to top schools: Northwestern University, University of Chicago. Total: 155.

Keystone Oaks: Most popular: CCAC (39), Robert Morris (12), Duquesne (9), Pitt (12), Penn State (9), Edinboro (6), IUP (6). One to top schools: Carleton. Total: 155.

McKeesport Area: CCAC (32), Pitt (18), Penn State (16), Duquesne (7), California University of Pennsylvania (5), Career Training Academy (5), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (5), Slippery Rock (5). One to top school: Williams. Total: 130.

Montour: CCAC (35), Pitt (22), Penn State (20), Robert Morris (11), IUP (10), Duquesne (9), Carlow (8), California University of Pennsylvania (7), West Virginia University (7), Clarion (6), Washington & Jefferson (6). Three to top schools: Cornell, Princeton, University of Virginia. Total: 236.

Moon Area: Most popular: CCAC (29), Penn State (19), Pitt (18), Slippery Rock (13), Robert Morris (12), IUP (11), Edinboro (7), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (6), Seton Hill (6). Six to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Duke, Northwestern. Total: 231.

Mt. Lebanon: Most popular: Penn State (56), Pitt (30), Duquesne (20), CCAC (15), Carnegie Mellon (12), Ohio University (12), Slippery Rock (12), Kent State (8), Allegheny College (7), Clarion (7), Ohio State (7), Point Park (7), California University of Pennsylvania (7), West Virginia University (7). Forty-nine to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins, Notre Dame, Princeton, Cornell, Colby, Dartmouth, Emory, Georgetown, Hamilton, Harvard, Harvey Mudd, Northwestern, Oberlin, Rice, University of Chicago, University of Virginia, Washington and Lee, Washington University in St. Louis, Wellesley. Total: 417.

North Allegheny: Most popular: Penn State, main campus (91), CCAC (66), Pitt (63), Duquesne (24), WVU (18), Slippery Rock (17), Virginia Tech (15), Carnegie Mellon (13), Allegheny College (9), Clarion (9), Grove City (9), IUP (9), Kent State (8), Ohio State (8), Robert Morris (8), Clemson (7), Mercyhurst (7), Ohio University (7), Westminster (7), Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. (6), University of Notre Dame (6), University of Delaware (6), University of Kentucky (6). Forty-eight to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Notre Dame, Duke, University of Michigan, Washington University in St. Louis, Cornell, Harvard, Northwestern, University of Pennsylvania, Yale, Bryn Mawr, Colgate, Dartmouth, Emory, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Oberlin, University of Chicago. Total: 652.

North Hills: Most popular: CCAC (87), Penn State (30), Pitt (34), Slippery Rock (23), Duquesne (12), Robert Morris (12), California University of Pennsylvania (10), Clarion (10), IUP (9), Edinboro (6). Kent State (6), LaRoche (6). Five to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan. Total: 347.

Northside Urban Pathways Charter School: CCAC (4), California University of Pennsylvania (3). None to top schools. Total: 14.

Northgate: Most popular: CCAC (24), Penn State (8), Robert Morris (8), Pitt (6), Duquesne (5), Geneva (4), LaRoche (4). Two to top schools: University of Pennsylvania. Total: 101.

PA Learners Online Regional Charter School (PALO): CCAC (11), Empire Beauty School (4). None to top schools. Total: 30.

Penn Hills: Most popular: CCAC (64), Pitt (31), Penn State (15), IUP (13), Clarion (10), Carlow (8), Robert Morris (8), Edinboro (7), Art Institute of Pittsburgh (6), California University of Pennsylvania (6). Seven to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Harvard, Oberlin, University of Michigan, University of Virginia. Total: 288.

Pine-Richland: Most popular: Penn State (37), Pitt (24), CCAC (21), IUP (13), Slippery Rock (10), California University of Pennsylvania (8), Kent State (7), LaRoche (7), West Virginia University (7), Allegheny College (6), Duquesne (6), Mercyhurst (6). Five to top schools: Notre Dame; Duke; Washington and Lee. Total: 255.

Pittsburgh, Allderdice: Most popular: CCAC (45), Penn State (26), Pitt (25), Carnegie Mellon (7), Carlow (6). Thirty-four to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Michigan, University of Chicago, Johns Hopkins, Northwestern, Oberlin, Washington University in St. Louis, Cal Tech, Cornell, Duke, Emory, Georgetown, Grinnell, Harvard, MIT, Pomona, University of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan University, Yale. Total: 264.

Pittsburgh, Brashear: Most popular: CCAC (51), Carlow (11), Penn State (10), Pitt (10), Duquesne (8), IUP (7), California University of Pennsylvania (6). None to top schools. Total: 146.

Pittsburgh, Carrick: CCAC (51), Penn State (9), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (9), California University of Pennsylvania (6), Robert Morris (6). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon University. Total: 136.

Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA): Most popular: CCAC (16), Point Park (14), Slippery Rock (4), Duquesne (4), Chatham (4). Five to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Brown, Smith, Vassar. Total: 93.

Pittsburgh, Langley: Most popular: CCAC (20), California University of Pennsylvania (8), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (5), Slippery Rock (5). None to top schools. Total: 65.

Pittsburgh, Oliver: Most popular: CCAC (34), ICM School of Business and Medical Careers (12), Bradford School (7), Edinboro (5). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon University. Total: 109.

Pittsburgh, Peabody: Most popular: CCAC (8), Edinboro (4). None to top schools. Total: 21.

Pittsburgh, Perry: Most popular: CCAC (23), Pitt (23), Robert Morris (14), Clarion (11), IUP (11), California University of Pennsylvania (7), Cheyney (7), Slippery Rock (7), Carlow (6), Edinboro (6). Two to top schools: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 156.

Pittsburgh, Schenley: Most popular: CCAC (36), Pitt (18), California University of Pennsylvania (16), Penn State (14), Edinboro (12), Bradford School (9), Carlow (8), IUP (7), Point Park (5), Slippery Rock (5). Six to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Oberlin, Stanford, University of Chicago, Yale. Total: 220.

Pittsburgh, Westinghouse: Most popular: CCAC (6), Edinboro (5), Clarion (4), Bidwell Training Center (4). None to top schools. Total: 47.

Plum: Most popular: CCAC (71), Penn State (38), Pitt (38) IUP (20), Clarion (10), St. Vincent (10), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (8), California University of Pennsylvania (7), Slippery Rock (7), Duquesne (6), Robert Morris (6). Three to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, University of Chicago. Total: 309.

Quaker Valley: Most popular: CCAC (18), Penn State (14), Robert Morris (6), Pitt (6), Elon (3), IUP (3), Waynesburg (3). Nine to top schools: Bates, Cornell, Emory, Haverford, Northwestern, Princeton, Rice, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia. Total: 123.

Riverview: Most popular: CCAC (16), Pitt (12), Art Institute of Pittsburgh (5), Carnegie Mellon (5), IUP (5), Penn State (5), Allegheny College (3), St. Vincent (3), Washington & Jefferson (3), West Virginia University (3), Western School of Health and Business (3). Six to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Oberlin. Total: 105.

Shaler Area: Most popular: CCAC (86), Pitt (54), Duquesne (23), IUP (13), Robert Morris (13), Carlow (9), Penn State (8), Edinboro (7), Kent State (7), Slippery Rock (7), Allegheny College (6), Bradford School (6), Clarion (6), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (6), Thiel (6). Four to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania. Total: 391.

South Allegheny: Most popular: CCAC (21), Pitt (9), IUP (4), Penn State (4), Robert Morris (4). None to top schools. Total: 62.

South Fayette: Most popular: CCAC (15), Penn State (15), Pitt (14), Robert Morris (5), West Virginia University (5), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (4). None to top school. Total: 100. 

South Park: Most popular: Pitt (16), CCAC (14), California University of Pennsylvania (13), Slippery Rock (10), IUP (7), Robert Morris (7), Penn State (6), Kent State (5), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (5), Waynesburg (5). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 143.

Spectrum Charter School: None to more than one school. Total: 2.

Steel Valley: Most popular: CCAC (41), California University of Pennsylvania (13), Pitt (12), Penn State (8), Slippery Rock (6), Clarion (4), Duquesne (4), Robert Morris (4). None to top schools. Total: 131.

Sto-Rox: Unavailable.

Upper St. Clair: Most popular: Penn State (52), Pitt (24), Virginia Tech (17), University of Pittsburgh (16), CCAC (13), Kent State (13), University of Dayton (10), Duquesne (8), Allegheny College (7), Ohio University (7), Edinboro (6), IUP (6), Slippery Rock (6). Twenty-four to top schools, including Bryn Mawr, Carnegie Mellon, Washington and Lee, Duke, Georgetown, Harvard, Amherst, Cornell, Davidson, University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan, University of Pennsylvania, University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, Yale. Total: 330.

West Allegheny: CCAC (38), Penn State (13), Pitt (12), Kent State (7), West Virginia University (7), California University of Pennsylvania (6), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (6), Robert Morris (6), IUP (5), Point Park (5), Westminster (5). One to top school: Colgate. Total: 194. 

West Jefferson Hills: CCAC (27), Penn State (27), Pitt (24), California University of Pennsylvania (21), Duquesne (14), Slippery Rock (6), IUP (4), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (4), St. Vincent (4), West Virginia University (4), Westminster (4). Two to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Washington University in St. Louis. Total: 185.

West Mifflin Area: CCAC (73), Penn State (17), California University of Pennsylvania (20), Duquesne (11), Pitt (11), Carlow (7), Point Park (6), Washington & Jefferson (5), International Academy of Design and Technology (4), Slippery Rock (4). Two to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Dartmouth. Total: 207.

Wilkinsburg: CCAC (22), Bradford School (3), International Academy of Design and Technology (3). None to top schools. Total: 53.

Woodland Hills: Pitt (23), CCAC (20), Penn State (19), Bradford School (11), IUP (8), Robert Morris (8), Seton Hill (8), California University of Pennsylvania (7), Slippery Rock (7), West Virginia University (7), Allegheny College (6). Three to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, MIT. Total: 195.

Religious schools
Diocese of Pittsburgh

Aquinas Academy: No more than one to any one college. One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 5.

Bishop Canevin: Most popular: CCAC (16), Penn State (8), Pitt (7), Carlow (6). Two to top schools: University of Notre Dame, Williams. Total: 87.

Mt. Alvernia: Duquesne (5). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 21.

North Catholic: Most popular: CCAC (14), Mercyhurst (7), LaRoche (6), University of Dayton (5), Penn State (4). Two to top schools: Georgetown, University of Notre Dame. Total: 83.

Oakland Catholic: Most popular: Penn State (13), Duquesne (10), Pitt (8), CCAC (6), John Carroll (4), West Virginia University (4). Four to top schools: Georgetown, University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, University of Michigan. Total: 113.

Our Lady of the Sacred Heart: Most popular: Duquesne (18), CCAC (7), Pitt (6), Allegheny College (4), Robert Morris (4). None to top schools. Total: 73.

Pittsburgh Central Catholic: Most popular: Pitt (29), Duquesne (24), CCAC (16), Penn State (11), St. Vincent (6). Fourteen to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Chicago, Georgetown, Cornell, MIT, University of Notre Dame, Stanford. Total: 199.

Quigley Catholic: Most popular: John Carroll (6), Pitt (6), Penn State (5), Community College of Beaver County (3), Duquesne (3), St. Vincent (3). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 45.

St. Joseph: Most popular: St. Vincent (6), Penn State (4), Pitt (3). One to top school: University of Notre Dame. Total: 34.

Serra Catholic: Most popular: California University of Pennsylvania (10), Penn State (8), Duquesne University (7), CCAC (6), Pitt (6), St. Vincent (5), WVU (4). One to top school: University of Pennsylvania. Total: 62.

Seton LaSalle: Most popular: CCAC (20), Duquesne (14), Pitt (13), Penn State (9), LaRoche (7), Allegheny College (6), Robert Morris (4), St. Vincent (4). Two to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Notre Dame. Total: 123.

Vincentian: Most popular: Duquesne (7), University of Dayton (4), Allegheny College (3), Pitt (3). Three to top schools: Johns Hopkins, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania. Total: 52.

Catholic Diocese of Greensburg

Greensburg Central Catholic: Most popular: St. Vincent (24), Westmoreland County Community College (15), Pitt (14), Penn State (10), Duquesne (7), Art Institute of Pittsburgh (4), Carnegie Mellon (4), Washington & Jefferson (4). Eight to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown, Princeton. Total: 160.

Others

Hillel Academy: Most popular: Stern College (6). None to top schools. Total: 9.

Trinity Christian: Most popular: CCAC (3), Pitt (3). None to top schools. Total: 17.

Top private schools
The Ellis School: Most popular: University of Pittsburgh (4). Thirteen to top schools: Georgetown, University of Michigan, Bryn Mawr, Hamilton, Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, Northwestern, Stanford, Vanderbilt, Vassar, Wellesley. Total: 44.

Sewickley Academy: Most popular: Dickinson College (5), Penn State (4). Seventeen to top schools: University of Pennsylvania, Brown, Colby, Cornell, Emory, Georgetown, Hamilton, Haverford, Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, Northwestern, University of Virginia, Washington University in St. Louis, Yale. Total: 68.

Shady Side Academy: Most popular: Carnegie Mellon (5), Denison (5), George Washington (5), Penn State (4), Rensselaer Polytech (4) . Forty-five to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Colby, Columbia, Georgetown, Northwestern, Brown, Cornell, Duke, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Middlebury, Vanderbilt, Washington University in St. Louis, Yale, Bowdoin, Carleton, Colgate, MIT, University of Notre Dame, Rice, Stanford, Swarthmore, University of Chicago, University of Pennsylvania. Total: 123.

Winchester Thurston: Most popular: Carnegie Mellon (3), Franklin & Marshall (3). Eight to elite schools: Carnegie Mellon, Oberlin, Smith, University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago, Yale. Total: 35.

Armstrong County
Apollo Ridge: Most popular: IUP (10), Penn State (5), St. Vincent (5), Western School of Health and Business (5). None to top schools. Total: 61.

Kittanning: Most popular: IUP (25), Butler County Community College (15), Slippery Rock (15), Penn State (7), California University of Pennsylvania (6). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 108.

Leechburg: Most popular: Art Institute of Pittsburgh (3), Clarion (3). None to top schools. Total: 28.

Beaver County
Ambridge Area: Most popular: Community College of Beaver County (25), Penn State, Beaver (17), other Penn State (10), Robert Morris (11), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (8), Slippery Rock (7). Two to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Oberlin. Total: 175.

Big Beaver Falls Area (Beaver Falls): Most popular: Community College of Beaver County (20), Robert Morris (7), Penn State (6) Pittsburgh Technical Institute (6), Geneva College (5), IUP (5). None to top schools. Total: 88.

Hopewell Area: Most popular: Penn State (28), Community College of Beaver County (21), Robert Morris (16), Slippery Rock (14), Pitt (9), Duquesne (6), Pittsburgh Technical Institute (6). One to top schools: University of Notre Dame. Total: 169.

Butler County
Mars Area: Most popular: Butler County Community College (24), Slippery Rock (15), Penn State (12), Pitt (12), Duquesne (11), Clarion (8), West Virginia University (7). Three to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt. Total: 191.

Seneca Valley: Butler County Community College (56), Penn State, main (50), other Penn State campuses (20), Pitt (24) Slippery Rock (23), Clarion (22), Duquesne (15), IUP (14), Kent State (14), West Virginia University (14), Westminster (14), Robert Morris (9), California University of Pennsylvania (8). Two to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Washington and Lee. Total: 467.

South Butler County (Knoch): Most popular: Butler County Community College (49), Pitt (21), Penn State (17), Slippery Rock (16), Edinboro (7), IUP (7), Clarion (6). Three to top schools: Brown, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern. Total: 190.

Clarion County < br> Union Area: Most popular: Clarion (13), Butler County Community College (9). None to top schools. Total: 30.

Fayette County
Connellsville Area: Most popular: California University of Pennsylvania (27), Westmoreland County Community College (23), Penn State, Fayette campus (22), other Penn State campus (6), Pitt (14), Laurel Business Institute (9), IUP (8), St. Vincent (7), Seton Hill (6), Slippery Rock (6), Triangle Tech (6), WyoTech (6). None to top schools. Total: 276

Uniontown Area: Most popular: Penn State, Fayette campus (29), other Penn State (3), California University of Pennsylvania (24), Pitt (12), Waynesburg (6), West Virginia University (6), Westmoreland County Community College (6). None to top schools. Total: 134.

Greene County
Jefferson-Morgan: Most popular: California University of Pennsylvania (14), Waynesburg (4), West Virginia University (4). One to top school: University of Pennsylvania. Total: 41.

Indiana County
Indiana Area: Most popular: IUP (79), Penn State (14), Pitt (14), Westmoreland County Community College (12), Grove City (8). Six to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Oberlin, University of Michigan, University of Virginia. Total: 200.

Penns Manor: Most popular: IUP (13), Penn State (7), Bradford School (3), IUP Academy of Culinary Arts (3), St. Francis (3). None to top schools. Total: 51.

Purchase Line: Most popular: IUP (11), Westmoreland County Community College (7), Penn State (6), Lock Haven (4), Triangle Tech (4). None to top schools. Total: 54.

Washington County
Canon-McMillan: Most popular: Pitt (25), Penn State (22), West Virginia University (22), Waynesburg College (19), CCAC (13), Duquesne University (14), California University of Pennsylvania (9), Wheeling Jesuit (8). Six to top schools: Carnegie Mellon University, Davidson College, MIT, University of Notre Dame, University of Michigan. Total: 242.

McGuffey: Most popular: California University of Pennsylvania (16), Penn Commercial Business and Technical School (13), Waynesburg (7), Wheeling Jesuit (7), CCAC (6), West Virginia University (6). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 123.

Peters: Most popular: Penn State (35), Duquesne (17), Pitt (15), California University of Pennsylvania (11), IUP (10), Ohio University (9), CCAC (7), Washington & Jefferson (7), Robert Morris (6). Nine to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Oberlin, University of Chicago, University of Michigan. Total: 249.

Westmoreland County
Franklin Regional: Most popular: Pitt (36), Penn State (32), Westmoreland County Community College (22), IUP (17), Carnegie Mellon (8), Allegheny College (7), Duquesne (6), St. Vincent (6), Virginia Tech (6), West Virginia University (6). Nineteen to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, University of Pennsylvania, Cornell, Davidson, Duke, University of Notre Dame, Oberlin, Princeton, Swarthmore, University of Virginia. Total: 276.

Greater Latrobe: Most popular: IUP (16), St. Vincent (15), Pitt (14), California University of Pennsylvania (13), Penn State (12), Clarion (8), Seton Hill (8), Robert Morris (7). Five to top schools: Carnegie Mellon, Vanderbilt. Total: 181.

Monessen City: Most popular: Pitt (7), California University of Pennsylvania (6), St. Vincent (6), Westmoreland County Community College (5). One to top school: Carnegie Mellon. Total: 50.