January 3, 2012
The following 2012 Republican candidates are battling to become the Republican Party presidential candidate. They will compete against each other at the Iowa Caucus on January 3, 2012. The list below shows where the candidates attended college for their undergraduate and/or graduate degrees.
Are any of these colleges and universities on your list of schools to visit?
| Michele Bachmann | Winona State University O. W. Coburn School of Law (then a part of Oral Roberts University) |
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| Newt Gingrich | Emory University Tulane University |
Video (Emory) Video (Tulane) |
| Jon Huntsman | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Ron Paul | Gettysburg College Duke University's School of Medicine |
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| Rick Perry | Texas A&M University | Video |
| Mitt Romney | Stanford University Brigham Young University Harvard University |
Video(Stanford) |
| Rick Santorum | Pennsylvania State University University of Pittsburgh Dickinson School of Law |
Video (Penn State) |
Source: Wikipedia and various candidate web sites.
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If you tweet, then you're likely to be familiar with the 2009 Twitter Wars between Ashton & Oprah. As with any competition, there's the race to the top, followed by the race to stay on top.
When we began working on this list of Top Tweeters, Britney was in the lead and, by the time we were ready to publish, Lady Gaga had risen to #1 position. So, rather than rank these tweeters by their shifting number of followers, we've provided a list of recent top 20 tweeters. If you want to know who's #1 right this second, just check with Twitaholic.
One thing we know for sure is this: if you're planning a campus visit to any of the schools listed below, the list of questions you ask on your college tour may change now that you know where some of these celebs attended college.
Find out where these "top tweeters" went to school:
- Britney Spears @britneyspears (Singer): None
- Ashton Kutcher @aplusk (Actor): University of Iowa
- Ellen DeGeneres @theellenshow (Actress/TV Show Host): University of New Orleans
- Lady Gaga @ladygaga (Singer/Songwriter): NYU Tisch School of Arts
- Barack Obama @BarackObama (President/Politician): Columbia University and Harvard University
- Kim Kardashian @KimKardashian (Heiress): None
- Oprah Winfrey @Oprah (TV Show Host): Tennessee State University
- Taylor Swift @taylorswift13 (Singer): None
- John Mayer @johncmayer (Singer): Berklee College of Music
- Ryan Seacrest @RyanSeacrest (TV Personality): University of Georgia
- Ashley Tisdale @ashleytisdale (Actress/Singer): none
- Shaq O'Neal @the_real_shaq (Basketball Player): Louisianna State University
- Justin Bieber @justinbieber (Singer): none
- Coldplay @coldplay (Band): University College of London
- Mariah Carey @MariahCarey (Singer): None
- Demi Moore @mrskutcher (Actress): none
- 50cent @50cent (Rapper): none
- Sean Combs @iamdiddy (Producer/Singer/Actor): Howard University
- Jimmy Fallon @jimmyfallon (Actor/TV Show Host): College of Saint Rose
- Lance Armstrong @lancearmstrong (Cyclist): none
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Chelsea Merget, a junior at Boston University is pursuing a degree in Communications with a minor in Psychology is a public relations intern with Smart College Visit, Inc. Click here to read more of her great work!
Sources for the college data above came from a variety of Internet sites. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions. The list we provide represents where people attended college, not necessarily where they graduated or if they graduated. We like these lists because we feel college is a great beginning for many people.
Where'd They Go To School: Fortune 500 CEOs
Ever thought about what it takes to be a top CEO? We have. Here's Fortune's (CNN-Money.com) list of the Top 20 Fortune 500 CEOs and where they studied.
As you plan your college visits, consider some of these fine schools:
- Rex W. Tillerson: Exxon Mobile - University of Texas at Austin
- Michael T. Duke: Wal-mart - Georgia Institute of Technology
- David J. O'Reilly: Chevron - University College, Dublin
- James J. Mulva: ConocoPhillips - University of Texas Austin
- Jeffrey R. Immelt: General Electric - Dartmouth College (Undergrad) & Harvard University (Masters)
- Frederick Henderson: General Motors - University of Michigan
- Alan R. Mulally: Ford Motor - University of Kansas (Undergrad) & Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Masters)
- Randall L. Stephenson: AT&T - University of Central Oklahoma (Undergrad) & University of Oklahoma (Masters)
- Mark V. Hurd: Hewlett-Packard - Baylor University
- William R. Klesse: Valero Energy - University of Dayton (Undergrad) & West Texas A&M University (Masters)
- Kenneth D. Lewis: Bank of America - Georgia State University (Undergrad) & Stanford University (Masters)
- Vikram S. Pandit: Citigroup - Columbia University
- Warren E. Buffett: Berkshire Hathaway - University of Pennsylvania (Transferred), University of Nebraska (Undergrad) & Columbia University (Masters)
- Samuel J. Palmisano: IBM - Johns Hopkins University
- John H. Hammergren: McKesson -University of Minnesota (Undergrad) & Xavier University (Masters)
- James Dimon: J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. - Tufts University (Undergrad) & Harvard Business School (Masters)
- Ivan G. Seidenberg: Verizon Communications - City University of New York (Undergrad) & Pace University (Masters)
- R. Kerry Clark: Cardinal Health - Queen's University Kingston
- Thomas M. Ryan: CVS Caremark - University of Rhode Island
- Alan G. Lafley: Proctor & Gamble - Hamilton College (Undergrad) & Harvard Business School (Masters)
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Chelsea Merget, a junior at Boston University is pursuing a degree in Communications with a minor in Psychology. She is spending the summer as a public relations intern with Smart College Visit, Inc. Where'd They Go to School™ is a series appearing on SmartCollegeVisit.com.
Where'd They Go to School?™ – Stars of GLEEWay before they sang and danced through the halls of William McKinley High School, a lot of GLEE cast members did what you’re doing now — looked for a college. Below, see who studied where.
- Matthew Morrison (Will Schuester) New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts
- Jayma Mays (Emma Pillsbury) Radford University
- Jane Lynch (Sue Sylvester) Illinois State University and Cornell University
- Jessalyn Gilsig (Terri Schuester) McGill University and Harvard University's American Repertory Theatre
- Jenna Ushkowitz (Tina Cohen-Chang) Marymount Manhattan College
- Mark Salling (Noah Puck Puckerman) Los Angeles Music Academy
- Josh Sussman (Jacob Ben Israel) New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts
- Iqbal Theba (Principal Figgins) University of Oklahoma
- Patrick Gallagher (Coach Tanakain) National Theatre School of Canada
{Lea Michele (Rachel Berry) was accepted at NYU’s Tisch School but chose to continue her stage career.}
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Kathie Dickenson is an award-winning higher-education writer and editor and a regular contributor to SmartCollegeVisit. "Where'd They Go to School™ is a series appearing on SmartCollegeVisit.com.
Where'd They Go to School?™ -- U. S. First Ladies
In our first Where'd They Go To School? list, we reported on where the Presidents of the United States were educated. It wasn't long after that we began to wonder where the nation's First Ladies studied.
Twenty-two First Ladies had some level of formal education. Are any of the schools they attended on your list of schools to visit?
- Martha Dandridge Custis Washington: None.
- Abigail Smith Adams: None.
- Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson: None.
- Dolley Payne Todd Madison: None.
- Elizabeth Kortright Monroe: None.
- Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams: None.
- Rachel Donelson Jackson: None.
- Hannah Hoes Van Buren: None.
- Anna Tuthill Symmes Harrison: None.
- Letitia Christian Tyler: None. 2nd Mrs. Tyler: Julia Gardiner Tyler: None.
- Sarah Childress Polk: Salem Academy (Salem College)
- Margaret Mackall Smith Taylor: None.
- Abigail Powers Fillmore: None.
- Jane Means Appleton Pierce: None.
- Harriet Lane: Convent and Academy of the Visitation (renamed Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School)
- Mary Todd Lincoln: None.
- Eliza McCardle Johnson: None.
- Julia Dent Grant: None.
- Lucy Ware Webb Hayes: (Wesleyan Female College) Wesleyan College
- Lucretia Rudolph Garfield: (Western Reserve Eclectic Institute) Hiram College
- Ellen Lewis Herndon Arthur: None
- Frances Folsom Cleveland: Miami University, Oxford, OH)
- Caroline Lavinia Scott Harrison: Oxford Female Institute (now Miami University, Oxford, OH)
- Ida Saxton McKinley: None.
- Edith Kermit Cardow Roosevelt: None.
- Helen Herron Taft: None.
- Ellen Axson Wilson: None.
- Edith Bolling Galt Wilson: Martha Washington College (merged into) Emory & Henry College
- Florence Kling Harding: Cincinnati Conservatory
- Grace Anna Goodhue Coolidge: University of Vermont
- Lou Henry Hoover: Standford
- Anna Eleanor Roosevelt: The New School
- Elizabeth Virginia Wallace Truman: None.
- Mamie Geneva Doud Eisenhower: Finishing School.
- Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy: Vassar College, Sorbonne, George Washington Unviersity
- Claudia Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson: University of Texas
- Patricia Ryan Nixon: University of Southern California
- Elizabeth Bloomer Ford: Bennington College
- Rosalynn Smith Carter: Georgia Southwestern College
- Nancy Davis Reagan: Smith College
- Barbara Pierce Bush: Smith College
- Hillary Rodham Clinton: Wellesley College, Yale Law School
- Laura Lane Welch Bush: Southern Methodist University, University of Texas at Austin
- Michelle Obama: Princeton University, Harvard Law School
The information published here has been verified and updated on 05/20/10, using a variety of web sites in addition to the First Ladies White House informational site. "Where'd They Go to School" is a series appearing on SmartCollegeVisit.com.
In honor of President's Day -- Ever wonder which colleges and universities provided the education foundation for those who would become president? The list below shows who went to college and where they studied. Are any of these on your list of schools to visit?
- George Washington: None
- John Adams: (Havard College) Harvard University
- Thomas Jefferson: The College of William and Mary
- James Madison: (College of New Jersey) Princeton University
- James Monroe: The College of William and Mary
- John Quincy Adams: (Harvard College) Harvard University
- Andrew Jackson: None
- Martin Van Buren: None
- William Henry Harrison: Hampden-Sydney College (withdrew), University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
- John Tyler: College of William and Mary
- James K. Polk: University of North Carolina
- Zachary Taylor: None
- Millard Fillmore: None
- Franklin Pierce: Bowdoin College
- James Buchanan: Dickinson College
- Abraham Lincoln: None
- Andrew Johnson: None
- Ulysses S. Grant: United States Military Academy, West Point
- Rutherford B. Hayes: Kenyon College, Harvard Law School
- James Garfield: Williams College)
- Chester A. Arthur: Union College
- Grover Cleveland: None
- Benjamin Harrison: Miami University (Ohio)
- Grover Cleveland: None
- William McKinley: Allegheny College
- Theodore Roosevelt: Harvard University
- William Howard Taft: Yale University, University of Cincinnati College of Law
- Woodrow Wilson: Princeton University, University of Virginia Law School , Johns Hopkins University (Ph.D.)
- Warren G. Harding: Ohio Central College
- Calvin Coolidge: Amherst College
- Herbert Hoover: Stanford University
- Franklin D. Roosevelt: Harvard University, Columbia Law School (withdrew)
- Harry S. Truman: Kansas City School of Law (withdrew)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower: United States Military Academy at West Point
- John F. Kennedy: Harvard University, Standford Graduate School of Business
- Lyndon B. Johnson: Southwest Texas State College, Georgetown University Law Center
- Richard Nixon: Whittier College, Duke University School of Law
- Gerald Ford: University of Michigan, Yale Law School
- Jimmy Carter: United States Naval Academy
- Ronald Reagan: Eureka College
- George H. W. Bush: Yale University
- Bill Clinton: Georgetown University, University of Oxford (Rhodes Scholar), Yale Law School
- George W. Bush: Yale University, Harvard University
- Barack Obama: Occidental College (transferred to Columbia University), Columbia University, Harvard Law School
The information published here has been verified and updated on 02/21/09, using a variety of web sites in addition to "The Presidents Fact Book" by Roger Matuz.
(Full title/affiliate link: The Presidents Fact Book: Revised and Updated! The Achievements, Campaigns, Events, Triumphs, Tragedies, and Legacies of Every President from George Washington to Barack Obama)
