US senators arrive from all sorts of different instructional backgrounds.
Some graduated from the US Naval Academy or smaller personal schools, but 42 of the 100 US senators came from 10 notable universities, according to biographies on the US Senate website.
Harvard University, the oldest university in the nation and one of the hardest to get into, boasts the largest figure of current senators among its alums.
The senators on this catalog are alums of the schools' undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, law, or medicinal programs, and several have graduated from multiple of the listed universities. Honorary degrees and schools a legislator attended without graduating were excluded.
Here's a appearance at which US colleges have produced the most current senators.
Brigham Young University
Senators: Mike Crapo (R-ID), Mike Lee (R-UT), and John Curtis (R-UT).
Sen. Crapo graduated from BYU in Utah alongside a bachelor's flat in governmental science, as did Sen. Lee.
Sen. Curtis earned a bachelor's flat in endeavor management.
Duke University
Senators: Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Rand Paul (R-KY).
Sen. Alsobrooks studied community policy, Sen. Moore Capito studied zoology, and Sen. Paul received a medicinal degree.
Princeton University
Senators: Ted Cruz (R-TX), Dave McCormick (R-PA), Jeff Merkley (D-OR).
Princeton is an Ivy League university.
Sen. Cruz earned a bachelor's flat in community policy, Sen. McCormick earned a Ph.D. in global relations, and Sen. Merkley earned a master's flat in community affairs.
Dartmouth College
Senators: Angus King (I-ME), Tina Smith (D-MN), John Hoeven (R-ND), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY).
Dartmouth is the smallest Ivy League academy by undergraduate enrollment.
Sen. King earned a bachelor's flat in government, Sen. Hoeven earned a bachelor's flat in economics, and Sen. Smith earned an MBA from the university's Tuck School of Business.
Sen. Gillibrand graduated alongside a bachelor's flat in Asian studies.
University of Chicago
Senators: Bernie Sanders (I-VT), Andy Kim (D-NJ), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Pete Ricketts (R-NE), Todd Young (R-IN).
The University of Chicago's five Senate alums extend the governmental spectrum, from autonomous Sen. Bernie Sanders to Republican Sen. Pete Ricketts.
Both Sen. Sanders and Sen. Kim earned a bachelor's flat in governmental science.
Sen. Ricketts graduated alongside the two a bachelor's flat in existence discipline and an MBA. Sen. Young additionally earned an MBA, during Sen. Klobuchar earned a law degree.
University of Virginia
Senators: Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), John Cornyn (R-TX), John Kennedy (R-LA), Angus King (I-ME), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
Founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1819, the University of Virginia has a graduate-heavy Senate alum base: Sen. Cornyn, Sen. Kennedy, Sen. King, and Sen. Whitehouse earned law degrees there.
Sen. Moore Capito earned a master's flat in education.
Stanford University
Senators: Cory Booker (D-NJ), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Tina Smith (D-MN), Ron Wyden (D-OR).
Sen. Booker, Sen. Schiff, and Sen. Smith all earned bachelor's degrees in governmental science. Sen. Booker additionally earned a master's in sociology.
Sen. Hawley earned a bachelor's in history, and Sen. Merkley earned a bachelor's in global relations.
Georgetown University
Senators: John Barrasso (R-WY), Jon Ossoff (D-GA), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Mazie Hirono (D-HI), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD).
Georgetown University's petition is partially because of its location in the nation's capital.
Four of its seven Senate alums earned law degrees: Sen. Durbin, Sen. Hirono, Sen. Sullivan, and Sen. Van Hollen.
Sen. Barrasso, meanwhile, earned a medicinal flat from Georgetown's School of Medicine.
Yale University
Senators: Michael Bennet (D-CO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), Chris Coons (D-DE), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
Five of Yale's seven Senate alums earned law degrees from the university: Sen. Bennet, Sen. Blumenthal, Sen. Booker, Sen. Coons, and Sen. Hawley. Sen. Coons additionally earned a master's flat in religion.
Sen. Klobuchar earned a bachelor's flat in governmental science, during Sen. Whitehouse earned a bachelor's flat in architecture.
The Ivy League academy is in the top 5 most selective schools in the US, alongside an acceptance charge of 4%.
Harvard University
Senators: Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Ted Cruz (R-TX), John Fetterman (D-PA), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Jack Reed (D-RI), Adam Schiff (D-CA), Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Mark Warner (D-VA).
Eight of Harvard's 13 Senate alums earned Juris Doctor degrees from the Ivy League school: Sen. Cotton, Sen. Cruz, Sen. Kaine, Sen. Crapo, Sen. Reed, Sen. Schiff, Sen. Schumer, and Sen. Warner.
Sen. Blumenthal earned a bachelor's flat in government. Sen. Fetterman and Sen. Van Hollen all earned a Master of Public Policy degree.
Sen. Gallego earned a bachelor's flat in global relations, and Sen. Sullivan earned a bachelor's flat in economics.
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