List of universities by number of billionaire alumni

Counting all degrees, Harvard University comes in first place in terms of the total number of billionaire alumni. If only bachelor's degrees are counted, the University of Pennsylvania comes in slightly ahead of Harvard, according to a 2014 report. Harvard also ranks first in the number of ultra high net worth alumni with assets greater than $30 million. Harvard's total number of ultra high net worth alumni is more than twice that of the next highest ranking institution, Stanford. Figures have not been adjusted for the relative size of these institutions.

The list is dominated by US universities, which account for all of the global top 10 universities by number of billionaire alumni.

Global top 10 universities by number of billionaire alumni per Wealth-X 2018

1. Harvard University – 188 alumni
2. Stanford University – 74 alumni
3. University of Pennsylvania – 64 alumni
4. Columbia University – 53 alumni
5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 38 alumni
6. Cornell University – 35 alumni
7. Yale University – 31 alumni
8. University of Southern California – 29 alumni
9. University of Chicago – 29 alumni
10. University of Michigan – 26 alumni

Global top 20 universities by number of ultra high net worth alumni (>$30 million) per Wealth-X 2019

1. Harvard University – 13,650 alumni, combined wealth $4,769 billion
2. Stanford University – 5,580 alumni, combined wealth $2,899 billion
3. University of Pennsylvania – 5,575 alumni, combined wealth $1,780 billion
4. Columbia University – 3,925 alumni, combined wealth $1,501 billion
5. New York University – 3,380 alumni, combined wealth $712 billion
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology – 2,785 alumni, combined wealth $990 billion
7. University of Cambridge – 2,760 alumni, combined wealth $390 billion
8. Northwestern University – 2,725 alumni, combined wealth $389 billion
9. University of Southern California – 2,645 alumni, combined wealth $548 billion
10. University of Chicago – 2,405 alumni, combined wealth $707 billion
11. Yale University – 2,400 alumni, combined wealth $777 billion
12. University of California, Berkeley – 2,385 alumni, combined wealth $760 billion
13. University of Oxford – 2,290 alumni, combined wealth $349 billion
14. Cornell University – 2,245 alumni, combined wealth $483 billion
15. University of Texas at Austin – 2,195 alumni, combined wealth $463 billion
16. Princeton University – 2,180 alumni, combined wealth $1,126 billion
17. University of Notre Dame – 2,085 alumni, combined wealth $179 billion
18. University of Michigan – 1,970 alumni, combined wealth $691 billion
19. INSEAD – 1,965 alumni, combined wealth $356 billion
20. University of California, Los Angeles – 1,945 alumni, combined wealth $375 billion

Global top 10 universities by number of billionaire undergraduate alumni per Wealth-X 2014

Rank	University	Amount
1	University of Pennsylvania	25
2	Harvard University	22
3	Yale University	20
4	University of Southern California	17
5	Princeton University	14
6	Stanford University	14
7	Cornell University	14
8	University of California, Berkeley	12
9	University of Mumbai	12
10	University of St. Gallen	11

See also

• List of countries by the number of billionaires
• List of cities by number of billionaires
• List of wealthiest historical figures

External links

• "The 28 Schools That Mint The Most Billionaire Alumni". Forbes.com. 2016-03-31. Retrieved 2017-03-14.