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Harvard leads with 13 senators among top 10 universities
Forty-two of the 100 US senators graduated from just 10 elite universities, with Harvard, Yale and Stanford dominating the list.
In brief
Forty-two of the 100 US senators graduated from just 10 elite universities, with Harvard, Yale and Stanford dominating the list. Forty-two of the one hundred US senators are alumni of ten prominent universities, with Harvard leading at thirteen senators and law degrees dominating their educational backgrounds…
Forty-two senators from ten universities
Forty-two of the one hundred US senators graduated from just ten prominent universities, according to biographies on the US Senate website. The rest came from diverse educational backgrounds.
Harvard leads with thirteen senators
Harvard University, the oldest college in the country and one of the hardest to get into, boasts the largest number of current senators among its alumni with thirteen.
Harvard's thirteen senators and their degrees
Eight of Harvard's thirteen Senate alumni earned Juris Doctor degrees: Tom Cotton, Ted Cruz, Tim Kaine, Mike Crapo, Jack Reed, Adam Schiff, Chuck Schumer and Mark Warner.
Yale's seven senators, five with law degrees
Yale University has seven Senate alumni. Five earned law degrees: Michael Bennet, Richard Blumenthal, Cory Booker, Chris Coons and Josh Hawley. The university has a four point two percent acceptance rate.
Stanford's six senators span both parties
Stanford University has six Senate alumni with a four percent acceptance rate. Cory Booker, Josh Hawley, Jeff Merkley, Adam Schiff, Tina Smith and Ron Wyden all graduated from Stanford.
Georgetown and other top universities
Georgetown University has seven Senate alumni including Jon Ossoff and Dick Durbin. Four earned law degrees. The university has a thirteen percent acceptance rate and benefits from its location in the nation's capital.
University of Chicago and others round out top ten
The University of Chicago has five Senate alumni spanning the political spectrum from Bernie Sanders to Pete Ricketts. Princeton, Dartmouth, Duke, Brigham Young and University of Virginia complete the top ten.
Law degrees dominate Senate educational backgrounds
Many of the senators on this list earned law degrees from their universities. Some graduated from multiple listed universities. Honorary degrees and schools attended without graduating were excluded from the count.
The bottom line
Forty-two of the one hundred US senators are alumni of ten prominent universities, with Harvard leading at thirteen senators and law degrees dominating their educational backgrounds.
