We often hear the dropout-turned-billionaire story, but the majority of uber-wealthy people have graduated college.
According to research firm Wealth-X, 70% of billionaires have a bachelor's degree — and there are certain universities that have produced an impressive number of today's record high 2,473 billionaires.
"Harvard University emerges as the most popular educational destination [for billionaires] by far," the firm reports in its 2015-2016 Billionaire Census. The elite institution has yielded 134 of today's billionaires, twice as many as runner-up Stanford.
Wealth-X provided CNBC with the top "billionaire universities" in the world, along with the number of current billionaires who received degrees (bachelor's, master's, MBA, JD, MD or PhD) from each.
Here, we've highlighted the top 19 schools. To give you an idea of how the average graduate from these universities fares, we also included the median earnings of grads 10 years after enrolling, based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. Note that this data is not available for schools outside of the U.S.
While we can't promise billionaire status if you attend one of these institutions, it can't hurt your odds.
According to research firm Wealth-X, 70% of billionaires have a bachelor's degree — and there are certain universities that have produced an impressive number of today's record high 2,473 billionaires.
"Harvard University emerges as the most popular educational destination [for billionaires] by far," the firm reports in its 2015-2016 Billionaire Census. The elite institution has yielded 134 of today's billionaires, twice as many as runner-up Stanford.
Wealth-X provided CNBC with the top "billionaire universities" in the world, along with the number of current billionaires who received degrees (bachelor's, master's, MBA, JD, MD or PhD) from each.
Here, we've highlighted the top 19 schools. To give you an idea of how the average graduate from these universities fares, we also included the median earnings of grads 10 years after enrolling, based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. Note that this data is not available for schools outside of the U.S.
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $76,700
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $76,700
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Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $75,100
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $75,100
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Princeton University campus
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
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University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, U.K.
London School of Economics and Political Science
London, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
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London School of Economics and Political Science
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 17
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $52,800
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 17
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $52,800
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University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,700
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,700
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University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $57,900
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $57,900
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University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan
University of Oxford
Oxford, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 20
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 20
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
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Oxford University in Oxford, England
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 21
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $59,200
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 21
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $59,200
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University of California, Los Angeles
New York University
New York City, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $58,800
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $58,800
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New York University (NYU) holds its 180th commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium.
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,800
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,800
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University of Chicago campus
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 23
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,000
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 23
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,000
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The Sterling Memorial Library on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 24
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,100
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 24
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,100
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University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 26
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $70,900
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 26
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $70,900
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Cornell University.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 31
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $91,600
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 31
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $91,600
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Students walk on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 43
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $72,900
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 43
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $72,900
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People walk on the Columbia University campus in New York City.
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 54
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $78,200
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 54
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $78,200
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Stanford University
Stanford, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 67
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $80,900
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 67
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $80,900
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Stanford University campus
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 134
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $87,200
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 134
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $87,200
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The Harry Elkins Widener library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.
Source:
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/09/06/19-colleges-to-attend-if-you-want-to-be-a-billionaire.html
