Wherry Academy students are prepared to apply to all colleges and universities. Students are encouraged to investigate at least ten colleges. After ordering catalogs, the students are asked to apply to at least three.

Following is a list of some of the colleges and universities to which Wherry Academy students have applied and have been accepted.

All University of California Campuses, e.g.,

University of California, Davis, CA
University of California, Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Irvine, CA

In addition, Wherry Academy students have applied to and been accepted to:

California State University, San Francisco, CA
California State University, San Jose, CA
California State University, Hayward, CA
California State University, Humboldt, CA
California Lutheran College, Thousand Oaks, CA
College of Notre Dame de Namur, Belmont, CA
Heald Business College, CA
Mills College, California
San Jose Christian College, San Jose, CA
Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Coleman College, CA
University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA
Hastings Law School, San Francisco, CA
DeVry University, CA
Community College System, CA
Hofstra University, New York, NY
College of New York, Stonybrook, NY
New York University, New York, NY
Hunter College, New York, NY
Marymount Manhattan, New York, NY
Columbia University, New York, NY
Ripon College, Ripon, WI
University of Montana, MT
Truckee Meadows, Truckee, NV
Simon Rock, Massachusetts
Wellesley, College, Massachusetts
Universtiy of Maine, Portland, ME
University of Nicaragua, Nicaragua
Sofia University, Tokyo, Japan
Oxford College, United Kingdom