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Most Presidents of the United States received a college education, even most of the earliest. Of the first seven Presidents, five were college graduates. College degrees have set the Presidents apart from the general population, and Presidents have held such a degree even when this was quite rare indeed, as well as unnecessary, for practicing most occupations, including law. Of the forty-five individuals to have been the President, twenty-four of them graduated from a private undergraduate college, nine graduated from a public undergraduate college, and twelve held no degree. Every President since 1953 has had a bachelor's degree, reflecting the increasing importance of higher education in the United States.
List by institutions
Undergraduate
Some Presidents attended more than one institution. George Washington never attended college, but he did receive his surveyor's certificate from The College of William & Mary in Virginia. Only three Presidents attended foreign colleges at the undergraduate level: John F. Kennedy at the London School of Economics and John Quincy Adams at Leiden University (with both transferring to Harvard College), and Bill Clinton who was a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University. Three Presidents have attended the United States Service academies: Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight D. Eisenhower graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point, while Jimmy Carter graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland. No Presidents have graduated from the much newer U.S. Air Force Academy. Eisenhower also graduated from the Command and General Staff College, Army Industrial College and Army War College. These were not degree granting institutions when Eisenhower attended, but were part of his professional education as a career soldier.
Law school
| School | Location | President(s) |
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| Albany Law School | Albany, New York |
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| Columbia Law School | New York, New York |
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| Duke University School of Law | Durham, North Carolina | |
| Georgetown University Law Center | Washington, D.C. |
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| Harvard Law School | Cambridge, Massachusetts | |
| University of Michigan Law School | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
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| Northampton Law School | Northampton, Massachusetts |
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| State and National Law School | Ballston Spa, New York |
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| University of Cincinnati College of Law | Cincinnati, Ohio | |
| University of Kansas City School of Law | Kansas City, Missouri |
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| University of Virginia School of Law | Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| Yale Law School | New Haven, Connecticut |
Several Presidents who were lawyers did not attend law school, but became lawyers after independent study. Some had attended college before beginning their legal studies, and several studied law without first having attended college. It was customary to study under established lawyers.[1] Presidents who were lawyers but did not attend law school include: John Adams; Thomas Jefferson; James Madison; James Monroe; John Quincy Adams; Andrew Jackson; Martin Van Buren; John Tyler; James K. Polk; Millard Fillmore; James Buchanan; Abraham Lincoln; James A. Garfield; Grover Cleveland; Benjamin Harrison; and Calvin Coolidge.
Presidents who were admitted to the bar after a combination of law school and independent study include; Franklin Pierce; Chester A. Arthur; William McKinley; and Woodrow Wilson.
Business school
| School | Location | President(s) |
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| Harvard Business School | Boston, Massachusetts | |
| Stanford Graduate School of Business | Stanford, California |
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Medical school
| School | Location | President(s) |
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| University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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Ph.D.
| School | Location | President(s) |
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| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, Maryland |
Did not graduate from college
- George Washington (The death of his father ended Washington's formal schooling; however, he believed strongly in formal education. In his will, he left money and/or stocks to support three educational institutions.[2])
- James Monroe
- Andrew Jackson
- Martin Van Buren
- William Henry Harrison (attended college but never received a degree)
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore (founded the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)
- Abraham Lincoln (had only about a year of formal schooling of any kind)
- Andrew Johnson
- Grover Cleveland
- William McKinley (attended Allegheny College (did not graduate) and Albany Law School (did not graduate))
- Harry S. Truman (went to business college and law school but did not receive a degree)
List by presidents
Other academic associations
School Rector or president
| President(s) | School | Position | Years |
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| Thomas Jefferson | University of Virginia | 1st Rector | 1819–1826 |
| James Madison | University of Virginia | 2nd Rector | 1826–1836 |
| James A. Garfield | Hiram College | President | 1857–1860 |
| Millard Fillmore | University of Buffalo | Chancellor | 1846–1874 |
| Woodrow Wilson | Princeton University | President | 1902–1910 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Columbia University | President | 1948–1953 |
School trustee or governor
Faculty member
References
- ^ http://www.abrahamlincolnonline.org/lincoln/education/lawhighlights.htm
- ^ http://www.mountvernon.org/visit/plan/index.cfm/pid/808/
- ^ New York Sun, Presidents Roosevelt Honored With Posthumous Columbia Degrees, September 26, 2008
- ^ Columbia Law School, Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt to Receive Posthumous Law Degrees from Columbia Law School, September 25, 2008
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Reynolds, G.T. (1902). "Madison College". In Haskins, Charles Homer; Hull, William Isaac (eds.). A History of Higher Education in Pennsylvania. Government Printing Office. pp. 155–7.
- ^ University of Nashville Board of Trustees (1892). The University of Nashville, 1785 to 1892. Nashville, TN: Marshall & Bruce. p. 5. Note: In 1791, Jackson was appointed to the board of trustees of Davidson Academy. Jackson continued on the board when the school was reorganized as Cumberland College in 1806. In 1826, Cumberland College was reincorporated as the University of Nashville, and Jackson remained a member of the board of trustees until his death.
- ^ Joseph Nathan Kane, Facts About the Presidents (New York: Simon & Schuster [Pocket Books], 1968 [5th printing]), 194.
- ^ UC.edu
- ^ "BU School of Law Timeline". Boston University. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
- ^ a b Biography of Wilson on Princeton Web.
- ^ Robert H. Ferrell, Farewell to the Chief: Former Presidents in American Public Life, 1991, page 52
- ^ U.S. Government Printing Office, Congressional Record, Volume 108, Part 4, 1962, page 5168
- ^ Media Inquiries, University of Chicago Law School
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