Nate Archibald ( Gossip Girl ) - wikipedia Nate Archibald ( Gossip Girl ) Nate Archibald Gossip Girl character Chace Crawford as Nathaniel Archibald First appearance Novel : Gossip Girl Television : `` Pilot '' ( episode 1.01 ) Last appearance Novel : I Will Always Love You Television : `` New York, I Love You XOXO '' ( episode 6.10 ) Created by Character Cecily von Ziegesar Developed for Television Josh Schwartz Stephanie Savage Portrayed by Chace Crawford Information Full name Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald Nickname ( s ) Nate Nathaniel ( by his grandfather and Chuck ) Novels : Natie ( by Serena and Blair ) Aliases Golden Boy Gender Male Occupation Novels : Sailor and lacrosse captain High school student ( at St. Jude 's ; graduated ) College student ( at Yale ; later Deep Springs College ) Television : High school student ( at St. Jude 's ; graduated ) College student ( at Columbia ) Editor - in - chief ( at The New York Spectator ) Family Novels : Captain Archibald ( father ) Mrs. Archibald ( mother ) Television : Howard Archibald ( father ) Anne Archibald ( mother ; née van der Bilt ) William van der Bilt I ( maternal grandfather ) William van der Bilt II ( maternal uncle ) William `` Tripp '' van der Bilt III ( first cousin ) Nathaniel Fitzwilliam Archibald is a character in the best selling Gossip Girl book series. He is portrayed by Chace Crawford in the television series of the same name. In the novels, he is considered the primary male character, always being fought over by the two most prominent females, Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen. Contents 1 Novel series 2 TV series 2.1 In other media 3 References Novel series Nate Archibald is a lacrosse player at the elite St. Jude 's School for Boys. His mother, Anne Archibald, is a French socialite, and his father, Captain Archibald, is a former Navy captain and a wealthy banker. His closest friends are Chuck Bass, Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf. He has been dating Blair since middle school. However, Nate is shown to have deep, unresolved feelings for Serena. They have sex during the summer at a wedding. He reveals this to Blair in the first novel after Serena returns, and right before they were supposed to lose their virginity to each other, which causes their first breakup. He gets together with freshman Jenny Humphrey, but later dumps her for Blair for being too clingy. He and Blair have an on - again - off - again relationship throughout most of the novels. Nate 's family resides in a stately townhouse off Park Avenue on the exclusive Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, and his mother 's French socialite family owns a summer chateau in Nice. He is a fan of sailing like his father, and wished to do that instead of attending Yale with Blair, although he expressed interest in attending Brown University. At the end of the series he sails around the world with a friend of his father 's, Captain Charles `` Chips '' White to avoid getting in between Blair and Serena again. In I Will Aways Love You, on break from Deep Springs College, Nate chooses Blair in part I and then Serena in part II. Tv series Nathaniel Archibald was born to Captain Howard Archibald, a successful business magnate, and Anne Vanderbilt Archibald, a member of the Vanderbilt family. On the surface, Nate seems to be the perfect `` Golden Boy '' of the Upper East Side. He is best friends with Chuck Bass, with whom he attends the elite St. Jude 's School for Boys. Nate has been with girlfriend Blair Waldorf `` since kindergarten ''. However, he secretly harbors feelings for Blair 's best friend, Serena van der Woodsen. They shared a sordid one night stand before the show began, which caused her departure to boarding school. Nate 's feelings for Blair are complicated by his ongoing infatuation with Serena and his parents ' determination to keep him on a certain path. He later goes on to attend Columbia University. In other media Nate is the subject of the song ' Nate Will Not Return ' by British post-punk band The Fall on their 2011 album Ersatz GB. References Jump up ^ `` Gossip Girl - Cast - Chace Crawford ''. CWtv.com. Retrieved 2010 - 06 - 21. Jump up ^ `` Nate Will Not Return - Reformation ! ''. Gossip Girl Episodes Season 1 `` Pilot '' `` The Wild Brunch '' `` Victor, Victrola '' `` Hi, Society '' `` The Thin Line Between Chuck and Nate '' `` Desperately Seeking Serena '' `` All About My Brother '' `` Much ' I Do ' About Nothing '' Season 2 `` Summer, Kind of Wonderful '' `` Never Been Marcused '' `` The Dark Night '' `` The Ex Files '' `` The Serena Also Rises '' `` Seder Anything '' `` Valley Girls '' `` The Goodbye Gossip Girl '' Season 3 `` Reversals of Fortune '' `` The Freshman '' `` The Lost Boy '' `` Enough About Eve '' `` They Shoot Humphreys, Do n't They ? '' `` The Last Days of Disco Stick '' `` The Debarted '' `` The Hurt Locket '' `` Last Tango, Then Paris '' Season 4 `` Belles de Jour '' `` Double Identity '' `` The Undergraduates '' `` Touch of Eva '' `` Easy J '' `` Gaslit '' `` The Townie '' `` Petty in Pink '' `` The Princesses and the Frog '' `` The Wrong Goodbye '' Season 5 `` Yes, Then Zero '' `` All the Pretty Sources '' `` Rhodes to Perdition '' `` Riding in Town Cars with Boys '' `` The End of the Affair ? '' `` Father and the Bride '' `` G.G. '' `` The Backup Dan '' Season 6 `` Gone Maybe Gone '' `` New York, I Love You XOXO '' Characters Serena van der Woodsen Blair Waldorf Dan Humphrey Nate Archibald Jenny Humphrey Chuck Bass Vanessa Abrams Eric van der Woodsen Lily van der Woodsen Rufus Humphrey Georgina Sparks Juliet Sharp Ivy Dickens Lola Rhodes Related Gossip Girl novel series The It Girl novel series OMFGG -- Original Music Featured on Gossip Girl No. 1 Gossip Girl : Acapulco episodes Gossip Girl : Thailand Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nate_Archibald_(Gossip_Girl)&oldid=816805242 '' Categories : Gossip Girl characters Characters in American novels of the 21st century Fictional characters introduced in 2002 Fictional characters from New York City Fictional sailors Fictional male prostitutes Fictional American people of English descent Fictional American people of French descent Fictional American people of Irish descent Fictional socialites Fictional American people of Dutch descent Fictional fraudsters Fictional college students Hidden categories : Wikipedia indefinitely semi-protected pages Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk View source Contents About Wikipedia Español Français Italiano Nederlands Português Русский Türkçe 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 23 December 2017, at 20 : 40. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: where does nate go to college in gossip girl
Answer: Yale