Colleges and universities around the world recognize the talent and potential of YISS graduates. Below are the schools where YISS Class of 2020 students were admitted.
- Abilene Christian University
- American University
- Baylor University
- Binghamton University
- Biola University
- Boston College
- Boston University
- Brown University
- California College of the Arts
- California Institute of the Arts
- California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
- California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
- California State University, Long Beach
- Cardiff University (UK)
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Case Western Reserve University
- Chapman University
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
- Claremont McKenna College
- College of William and Mary
- Colorado Christian University
- Columbia University in the City of New York
- Concordia University
- Duquesne University
- Durham University (UK)
- Emerson College
- Emory University
- Emory University-Oxford College
- Fashion Institute of Technology
- Fordham University
- George Washington University
- Georgetown University
- Georgia State University
- Harvard University
- Harvey Mudd College
- Haverford College
- Heriot-Watt University Dubai (UAE)
- Hofstra University
- The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Hong Kong)
- IE University (Spain)
- Indiana University Bloomington
- Johns Hopkins University
- Keio University (Japan)
- King's College London, University of London (UK)
- Knox College
- Les Roches Jin Jiang International Hotel Management College (China)
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
- Loyola Marymount University
- Marquette University
- Maryland Institute College of Art
- Michigan State University
- The New School-Parsons School of Design
- New York University
- New York University Abu Dhabi (UAE)
- Northeastern University
- Northwestern University
- Occidental College
- Pennsylvania State University
- Pepperdine University
- Pratt Institute
- Princeton University
- Purdue University
- Queen’s University (Canada)
- Rhode Island School of Design
- Rider University
- Ringling College of Art and Design
- Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Japan)
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rollins College
- Rutgers University-New Brunswick
- Ryerson University (Canada)
- San Diego State University
- Santa Clara University
- Savannah College of Art and Design
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
- School of Visual Arts
- Scripps College
- Simon Fraser University
- Smith College
- St John's University
- Swiss School of Tourism and Hospitality (Switzerland)
- Syracuse University
- Temple University
- Texas A&M University
- Tufts University
- The University of British Columbia (Canada)
- University at Buffalo
- University of Alberta (Canada)
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of California, Davis
- University of California, Irvine
- University of California, Los Angeles
- University of California, Riverside
- University of California, San Diego
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- University of California, Santa Cruz
- University of Chicago
- University of Connecticut
- University of Denver
- University of Hawaii at Manoa
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- University of Leeds (UK)
- University of Maryland, College Park
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Boston
- University of Michigan
- University of Minnesota, Morris
- University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
- University of Missouri
- University of Nottingham (UK)
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of San Diego
- University of Southampton (UK)
- University of Southern California
- University of Surrey (UK)
- The University of Tampa
- The University of Texas at Austin
- University of Toronto (Canada)
- University of Virginia
- University of Washington
- University of Waterloo (Canada)
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Villanova University
- Waseda University (Japan)
- Washington State University
- Washington University in St. Louis
- Wellesley College
- York University (Canada)
