Post High School programs where recent New Trier graduates have been admitted to study the arts
Film & Media
- American University (Film & Media Arts)
- DePaul University (Animation, Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media)
- DePaul University (Film and Television)
- Emerson College (Media Arts Production)
- Kenyon College (Film)
- UCLA (School of Theater, Film and Television)
Dance
Instrumental Music
- Berklee College of Music (Jazz Composition)
- Florida State University (College of Music, Cello)
- The Juilliard School (Music)
- Lawrence University (Conservatory, Viola)
- Indiana University (Jacobs School of Music)
- Northwestern University Bienen School of Music
- NYU (Clive Davis Institute for Recorded Music)
- University of Illinois (School of Music, Jazz Performance)
- University of Iowa (Visual and Performing Arts, Music)
Visual Art
- CalPoly (Art and Design Department, Graphic Design)
- Columbia College (Fine Arts)
- Denison University (Studio Art)
- DePaul University (Art, Media and Design)
- Montana State University (College of Arts & Architecture)
- Pratt Institute (Jewelry Design and Marketing)
- Rhode Island School of Design (Sculpture)
Musical Theatre, Theatre, Acting, and Improv
- California Institute of the Arts (School of Theatre, Acting)
- Emerson College (Musical Theatre)
- Loyola Marymount University (College of Communication and Fine Arts, Theatre Arts)
- Marymount Manhattan College (Acting)
- NYU (Tisch, Drama)
- Northwestern University School of Communication
- Penn State University (Arts and Architecture, Acting)
- San Diego State (College of Professional Studies and Fine Arts, Theatre Arts Performance)
- UCLA (School of Theater, Film and Television, Musical Theatre)
- University of Colorado Boulder (College of Music, Musical Theatre)
- University of Florida (School of Theatre and Dance, Acting)
- University of Southern California (School of Dramatic Arts, Acting)
- University of Texas at Austin (Theatre and Dance)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison (School of Education, Theatre and Drama)
Technical Theatre
- DePaul University (The Theatre School, Scene Design)
- University of Michigan (School of Music, Theatre and Dance, Theatre Design and Production)
Vocal Performance