Vail Mountain School alumni have attended the following colleges and universities (bolded text indiates matriculation in the last four years):

Allegheny College

American University

Arizona State University

Auburn University

Bard College

Bates College

Bennington College

Boston College

Boston University

Bowdoin College

Brown University

Bucknell University

California Lutheran University

Carleton College

Chapman University

Claremont McKenna College

Colby College

Colgate University

College of William and Mary

Colorado College

Colorado School of Mines

Colorado State University

Columbia University

Connecticut College

Cornell College

Cornell University

Creighton University

Curry College

Dartmouth College

Davidson College

Denison University

DePauw University

Duke University

Eckerd College

Emerson College

Emory University

Evergreen State College

Findley University

Fort Lewis College

George Mason University

George Washington University

Georgetown University

Gettysburg College

Gustavus Adolphus College

Hamilton College

Harvard University

Haverford College

Hawthorn College

Ithaca College

Jacksonville University

Johns Hopkins University

Kansas State University

Lehigh University

Lewis and Clark College

Linfield College

Loyola Marymont University

Macalester College

Maryland Institute College of Art

Miami University

Middlebury College

Mills College

Montana State University

Mount Holyoke College

Naropa University

New England College

New York University

Northern Arizona University

Northwestern University

Oberlin College

Occidental College

Ohio University

Parsons New School of Design

Pepperdine University

Pomona College

Princeton University

Purdue University

Regis University

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Rhode Island School of Design

Roanoke College

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rocky Mountain College

Roger Williams University

Rollins College

SAE/Amsterdam, Holland

Santa Clara University

Sarah Lawrence College

Savannah College of Art and Design

Seattle University

Skidmore College

Smith College

Sorbonne University

Southern Methodist University

St. Andrews University, Scotland

St. Cloud State University

St. John's College

St. Lawrence University

St. Michael's College

St. Olaf College

Stanford University

Stephens College

Stetson University

Stonehill College

Texas Christian University

Transylvania University

Trinity College

Tufts University

Tulane University

U.S. Merchant Marines Academy

U. S. Naval Academy

Union College

Universidad Iberoamericana

Universidad Tecnologico Monterrey

University of Arizona

University of British Columbia

University of California/Berkeley

University of California/Redlands

University of California/San Diego

University of California/Santa Barbara

University of Chicago

University of Colorado

University of Dayton

University of Denver

University of Findlay

University of Iowa

University of Kansas

University of Minnesota

University of Missouri

University of Nevada Las Vegas

University of New Hampshire

University of New Mexico

University of Northern Colorado

University of Notre Dame

University of the Pacific

University of Pennsylvania

University of Pittsburgh

University of Pittsburgh-Bradford

University of Puget Sound

University of Rochester

University of San Diego

University of San Francicso

University of Southern California

University of Southern Colorado

University of Tampa

University of Texas El Paso

University of Utah

University of Vermont

University of Virginia

University of Washington

University of Wisconsin

University of Wyoming

Ursinus College

Vanderbilt University

Wake Forest University

Wellesley College

Western State College

Western Washington University

Westmont College

Wheaton College

Whitman College

Whittier College

Willamette University

Williams College

Yale University