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Presidential Facts – Education of the Presidents

The Presidents had many ways and places they acquired their education.

Which colleges did most of the Presidents graduate from? Were there any Presidents who did not attend college? Listed are the top colleges the Presidents graduated from and/or if they attended college at all.

  • Eight (8) – Harvard University John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, Kennedy, Hayes (Harvard Law School), Obama (Harvard Law School), George W. Bush (Harvard Business School)
  • Eight (8) Never Attended College – Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, Cleveland
  • Five (5) Yale University – Taft, George HW Bush, George W. Bush, Ford (Yale Law School), Clinton (Yale Law School)
  • Three (3) Attended College But Didn’t Graduate – William Henry Harrison, McKinley, Truman
  • Three (3) The College of William and Mary – Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, John Tyler
  • Two (2) Princeton University – Madison, Wilson
  • Two (2) United States Military Academy – Grant, Eisenhower
  • One (1) Twenty-five Other Colleges and Universities –  20 Different Presidents

Sidenote: Only one President earned a Ph.D. (Woodrow Wilson). Three Presidents attended four different colleges (Wilson, Eisenhower, and Carter).

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