Universities with the most billionaire alumni

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Harvard, Stanford, UPenn, Columbia, MIT, Cornell, Yale, USC, Chicago, Michigan, UCB.

9 private and 2 public.

3 in California: Stanford, USC and UCB.
2 in MA: Harvard, MIT
2 in NY: Columbia, Cornell

7 East Coast
3 West Coast
1 Midwest

10. University of California, Berkeley
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 25

9. University of Michigan
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 26

8. University of Chicago (TIE)
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 29

8. University of Southern California (TIE)
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 29

7. Yale University
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 31

6. Cornell University
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 35

5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 38

4. Columbia University
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 53

3. University of Pennsylvania
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 64

2. Stanford University
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 74

1. Harvard University
Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 188

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I’m skeptical of that list. There’s 585 billionaires in the US. They must be counting spouses of billionaires.

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Spouses of billionaires also count. The ability of marrying a billionaire also has something to do with which college she/he goes to.

Which college produces the most billionaire spouses? Their students must be good at selecting future billionaires, might be good candidate for VC :rofl:

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Northeast has the most billionaire density per capita. Maybe due to its large number of top universities or simply the longer history