Counting all degrees,
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of highe ...
comes in first place in terms of the total number of billionaire alumni. Harvard also comes in first if only bachelor's degrees are counted, according to a 2021 Forbes 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
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. S ...
. These 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
Global top 20 universities by number of ultra high net worth alumni (>$30 million) per Wealth-X 2019
Global top 20 universities by number of ultra high net worth alumni (>$30 million) per Altrata 2022
Global top 20 universities by number of billionaire undergraduate alumni per Wealth-X 2014
Global top 11 universities by number of undergraduate billionaire alumni per Forbes 2021
Top 12 US universities by number of undergraduate alumni† on 2021 Forbes 400 list
Top 11 US universities by number of undergraduate alumni† on 2022 Forbes 400 list
† Includes only those alumni who received undergraduate degrees
See also
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List of countries by number of billionaires
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List of cities by number of billionaires
There are a number of different lists compiled by various publications around the world that attempt to determine the number of billionaires by world's major cities. The best-known estimate is by ''Forbes''.
''Forbes''
In 2022, ''Forbes'' listed ...
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List of wealthiest historical figures
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Billionaire
A billionaire is a person with a net worth of at least one billion (1,000,000,000, i.e., a thousand million) units of a given currency, usually of a major currency such as the United States dollar, euro, or pound sterling. The American busi ...