More billionaires went to Harvard than to Stanford, MIT and Yale combined Published Fri, May 18 2018 11:49 AM EDTUpdated Fri, May 18 2018 1:14 PM EDT Kathleen Elkins @KATHLEEN_ELK 0:50 Colleges where students go on to earn the most money We’ve all heard about college dropouts who became billionaires. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg and Michael Dell all left college without a diploma only to succeed wildly. But the majority of the world’s wealthiest people have a bachelor’s degree. And, according to The Wealth-X Billionaire Census 2018, they tend to have graduated from the most prestigious universities. “The social elitism, prestige and fast-track career progression often associated with a private Ivy League education undoubtedly provides a springboard towards wealth creation and for some high achievers to attain billionaire status: Five of the top seven-ranked billionaire universities are Ivy League schools,” Wealth-X reports. Leading the way is Harvard, the alma mater of 188 billionaires in 2017. Harvard grads — those who earned an undergraduate or graduate degree — represent 6.8 percent of the global billionaire population. In fact, more billionaires attended the school than attended Stanford, MIT and Yale combined. While No. 2 ranked Stanford has less than half the number of billionaire grads than Harvard, “the average net worth of Stanford’s billionaire population is the highest,” Wealth-X reports, adding that its high ranking “owes much to its location in the heart of Silicon Valley and its close integration with the global tech giants.” 1:00 This is what college graduates need to hear It’s worth noting that many students attending elite schools like these start out rich. For example, 15 percent of studentswho attend Harvard come from the top 1 percent and 17 percent of students who go to Stanford do. Read on to see the world’s other top “billionaire universities,” which all happen to be in America. 10. University of California, Berkeley Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 25 9. University of Michigan Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 26 8. University of Chicago (TIE) Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 29 8. University of Southern California (TIE) Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 29 7. Yale University Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 31 6. Cornell University Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 35 5. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 38 4. Columbia University Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 53 3. University of Pennsylvania Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 64 2. Stanford University Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 74 1. Harvard University Degrees awarded to today’s billionaires: 188
https://www.usnews.com/education/blogs/the-college-solution/2011/03/01/the-ivy-league-earnings-myth Ivy students make more, not because of the Ivy, but because of the students.
How many degrees were awarded to students from wealthy families that dropped out, or didn't earn more than their parents?
Prob not any more than at Yale or Stanford or any other college on that list. My alma mater is on that list and there was only like two Forbes400 kids there.
Also I think it would be tough to be a moron who got in on your parents laurels at any of those schools based on my experience at one of them and what I know of the others. The professors all have tenure and a good chunk of them would like nothing more than to prove the point that they're not beholden to legacy admits if anyone tried to force them to provide special favors and the other students wouldn't do them any favors, to put it lightly.
Mine as well and I don't recall any Pritzker kids attending. Anyway, it doesn't typically come up in convo. I went to Choate and knew two kids with three commas. Both went to H.