Hello everyone! Just out of curiosity, does anyone know which colleges have the most U.S. Presidential alumni?
Harvard University leads the pack with eight U.S. Presidents as alumni. John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush (MBA), and Barack Obama (JD) all attended Harvard at some point in their education.
Yale University is next with five presidents. William Howard Taft, George H.W. Bush, Gerald Ford (law school), Bill Clinton (law school), and George W. Bush received degrees from Yale.
The College of William and Mary has educated three presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler.
Further down the list, Columbia University, the United States Naval Academy, and Georgetown University each have one U.S. Presidential alumni. Barack Obama received his undergraduate degree from Columbia, Jimmy Carter graduated from the Naval Academy, and Bill Clinton received his undergraduate degree from Georgetown.
It's interesting to see the educational paths of these leaders, although the university they attended is just one aspect of their journey to the presidency.
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