Almost all of Brighton College pupils continue onto higher education, either immediately after the summer they leave school or after a gap year. In January 2018, between them the pupils received 644 Russell Group university offers including 31 to Oxbridge and 30 offers to study medicine, dentistry and veterinary sciences.

In 2017, popular university destinations were Bath, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Exeter, Imperial, LSE, Manchester, Oxford, UCL and Warwick.

The art department is particularly proud that a third of their A-level art pupils have offers from the most prestigious art courses in the country – including Edinburgh College of Art, Falmouth School of Art and Art University Bournemouth.