The 35 colleges that produced the most US presidents, ranked

President: Donald Trump

Donald Trump attended this Bronx-based Jesuit academy before transferring to the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

According to "The Trumps: Three Generations of Builders and a Presidential Candidate," the president's sister, Maryanne, stated that Trump chose to act the university since "that's anywhere he got in."

President: Joe Biden

During his university years at the University of Delaware in Newark, Joe Biden "was additional curious in football, girls and late-night gab sessions than in his studies," The New York Times wrote in a 2008 profile.

Biden's academy transcript showed that he earned mostly C's and D's during his archetypal three semesters. Biden discontinue the football squad following receiving a alert from his parents to concentration on his grades and following gathering Neilia Hunter, who would rotate into his archetypal wife, The Daily Pennsylvanian student newspaper reported.

President: Barack Obama

Before attending Columbia University, Barack Obama studied for two years at Occidental College in Los Angeles.

President: Barack Obama

Obama transferred to Columbia University as a junior. There, he studied political discipline alongside a specialty in global relations, as fine as English literature.

President: Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton received scholarships to act Georgetown University, anywhere he was category chairman in 1964 and 1965.

President: Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan attended this nonprofit Christian college, initially founded by abolitionists in 1855.

President: Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter bounced about before transferring to the US Naval Academy. He began his undergraduate journey at Georgia Southwestern College before transferring to the Georgia Institute of Technology.

President: Jimmy Carter

After leaving Georgia Southwestern State University, Carter attended this community investigation university before transferring to the US Naval Academy.

President: Jimmy Carter

As a young man, Carter had continually dreamed of attending the US Naval Academy. He achieved that goal in 1943.

President: Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford attended the University of Michigan, anywhere he was a celebrity participant on the Wolverines football team.

President: Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon attended Whittier College. He had received a aid to act Harvard, but he remained in his hometown of Whittier, California, in command to assistance his parents attention for his tuberculosis-stricken older brother and run the family market store. 

President: Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson enrolled at the Southwest Texas State Normal School, now known as Texas State University. There, he became publishing company of the pupil newspaper and honed his conversation skills.

President: John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy briefly studied at the London School of Economics before being forced to come back to the US because of health reasons.

President: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover entered Stanford University in 1891, the archetypal twelvemonth the academy admitted any students. He afterward claimed to be the university's archetypal student, having sneaked into its unfinished dormitories and slept there before anyone else.

President: Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge sharpened his debating skills at Amherst College, from which he graduated in 1895.

President: Warren Harding

Warren Harding attended Ohio Central College, anywhere he founded a pupil newspaper: The Iberia Spectator.

The college, founded by the Free Presbyterian Church, ceased operations by the end of the 19th century.

President: Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson's period at Davidson ended in 1874 following he cut ill. He afterward moved on to study at Princeton.

President: William McKinley

William McKinley attended this Pennsylvania broad arts academy before withdrawing. During his period at the school, he was a associate of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity.

President: William McKinley

McKinley briefly studied at the University of Mount Union — afterward known as Mount Union College — but was forced to retreat for financial reasons. 

President: Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison graduated from Miami University in 1852. There, he was engaged alongside Phi Delta Theta.

President: Chester A. Arthur

Chester A. Arthur was chairman of the conversation association at Union College, a personal broad arts university in Schenectady, New York.

President: James Garfield

James Garfield attended Hiram College, afterward called the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute, anywhere he worked as a janitor and an instructor and wooed his wife, Lucretia.

President: James Garfield

Garfield afterward graduated from Williams College in 1856 and served as his class's salutatorian.

President: Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes didn't fair act Kenyon College — he graduated as the valedictorian of the category of 1824.

President: James Buchanan

James Buchanan, who began attending Dickinson College in 1807, was expelled from the academy in 1808 for bad behavior. He afterward graduated from the school, although he kept no powerful ties to his alma mater, per the school's archives.

President: Franklin Pierce

Franklin Pierce attended the Maine school, anywhere he was classified final in his category following two years.

President: James K. Polk

James K. Polk matriculated at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1816. There, he roomed alongside William Dunn Moseley, the archetypal US administrator of Florida.

President: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison attended Hampden-Sydney whenever he was fair 14. He studied there for three years but eventually remaining the academy on his father's orders.

President: John Quincy Adams

Leiden University may be the oldest university in the Netherlands, but it additionally had an effect on US former as well. John Quincy Adams attended the storied academy during accompanying his begetter on a tactful goal to France.

Presidents: William Henry Harrison and Donald Trump

Harrison had fairly an chance at the University of Pennsylvania, which he began attending in 1790.

He studied medication under Dr. Benjamin Rush, a famed doctor and Founding Father who signed the Declaration of Independence.

However, Harrison realized shortly following that he didn't desire to be a physician. He told his biographer that he established himself "not liking the medicinal profession," so, following his begetter died and remaining his family in financial straits, he pursued a armed forces career.

The archetypal genuine University of Pennsylvania alumnus to ascend to the White House is Trump, who transferred from Fordham University to the Wharton School. While in college, Trump worked for his father's business.

In speeches, Trump frequently uses his Wharton pedigree as evidence that he is "a extremely astute person."

"Good genes, extremely fine genes, OK, extremely smart, the Wharton School of Finance, extremely good, extremely smart," he told a South Carolina crowd in July 2015.

Presidents: Ulysses S. Grant and Dwight Eisenhower

Ulysses S. Grant didn't fair get a armed forces learning from West Point; he got a new name there. The forthcoming chairman was delivered Hiram Ulysses Grant, but his sponsor, Rep. Thomas Hamer, accidentally wrote downward the incorrect name.

So the new cadet became known as "Sam" about evidence since his new "US" initials additionally stood for "Uncle Sam." At the Academy, Grant developed a position as a phenomenal horseman.

Dwight Eisenhower entered West Point in 1911, anywhere he played football and was a associate of the category of 1915. This collection of West Point alumni would rotate into known as "the category the stars cut on," stated that 59 of its members became broad officers.

Presidents: Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and John Tyler

The College of William & Mary produced three presidents, although the final one graduated in 1807.

Thomas Jefferson enrolled at the academy whenever he was 16. He wasn't a fan of Williamsburg, Virginia, however, which he tagged as "Devilsburg."

James Monroe studied at the college, but was additional focused on revolutionary activities than attending class. In 1776, he dropped out following a twelvemonth and a fractional in command to combat in the American Revolution.

John Tyler was the final chairman to act the school. He was following in the footsteps of his father, who knew Jefferson in college.

Presidents: James Madison, Woodrow Wilson, and John F. Kennedy

Three presidents attended Princeton University, which was initially known as the College of New Jersey. One transferred to a distinct Ivy League school, during another went on to rotate into chairman of the college.

According to the book "James Madison: Philosopher, Founder, and Statesman," Madison may have arrive near to an affectional breakdown as a pupil because of the power of his studies.

Meanwhile, Woodrow Wilson studied at Princeton and was energetic in multiple conversation societies. Wilson eventually returned to Princeton as an scholarly in 1890 and became chairman of the academy in 1902.

John F. Kennedy lone studied at Princeton briefly before transferring to Harvard.

Presidents: William Howard Taft, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush.

William Howard Taft was a big man on evidence at Yale College and graduated second in his class.

The lone two another Yale alumni to ascend to the White House were the father-and-son duo of George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush.

All three presidents were members of the Skull and Bones concealed society.

Presidents: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy

Harvard University has produced the most presidents in US history.

John Adams, the archetypal college-educated US president, attended the school. After returning from his travels in Europe, Adams' son John Quincy Adams additionally returned to his father's alma mater.

Continuing the familial tradition, the two Roosevelts attended Harvard. 

In supplement to committing himself to his studies, Theodore Roosevelt additionally boxed and rowed. Meanwhile, Franklin D. Roosevelt was publishing company of The Harvard Crimson and joined the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.

The final Harvard alum to rotate into chairman was Kennedy.

In his application, he noted that his begetter additionally attended the academy and wrote, "To be a 'Harvard man' is an enviable distinction and one that I sincerely anticipation I shall attain."

Editor's note: This narrative was archetypal published in June 2018 and most lately updated in October 2026. Áine Cain contributed to an before type of this report.