Mayfield’s academic program is college preparatory, with an emphasis on a learning process that engages students in questioning, analyzing and evaluating. Students learn to think originally while considering and respecting alternative views.

The school offers a broad range of courses in eight areas:

• English
• Fine Arts
• Foreign Languages
• Mathematics
• Physical Education
• Religious Studies
• Science
• Social Studies

The Class of 2008 is attending the following colleges and universities:

• Brown University
  
• Bryn Mawr College
  
• California Institute of the Arts
  
• California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
  
• California State University, Los Angeles
  
• Carnegie Mellon University
  
• Claremont McKenna College
  
• Connecticut College
  
• Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science & Art
  
• DePaul University
  
• Fordham University
  
• The George Washington University
  
• Georgetown University
  
• Grinnell College
  
• Harvard University (2)
  
• Indiana University, Bloomington
  
• Johns Hopkins University
  
• Loyola Marymount University (2)
  
• Macalester College
  
• Manhattanville College
  
• Marist College
  
• University of New Hampshire
  
• New York University (3)
  
• University of Notre Dame (3)
  
• Pasadena City College (2)
  
• Pitzer College
  
• University of Puget Sound
  
• University of Rochester
  
• Saint Mary’s College of California (2)
  
• Saint Michael’s College
  
• University of Arizona
  
• University of California, Berkeley (3)
  
• University of California, Davis (2)
  
• University of California, Irvine
  
• University of California, Los Angeles (3)
  
• University of California, Riverside (2)
  
• University of California, San Diego (3)
  
• University of California, Santa Barbara (3)
  
• University of California, Santa Cruz
  
• University of San Diego (4)
  
• University of San Francisco
  
• Santa Clara University
  
• University of Southern California (3)
  
• Stanford University
  
• Texas Christian University (2)
  
• Tulane University
  
• Villanova University (2)
  
• Wesleyan University
  
• Yale University