19 colleges to attend if you want to be a billionaire

Stanford University campus


We often hear the dropout-turned-billionaire story, but the majority of uber-wealthy people have graduated college.
According to research firm Wealth-X, 70% of billionaires have a bachelor's degree — and there are certain universities that have produced an impressive number of today's record high 2,473 billionaires.
"Harvard University emerges as the most popular educational destination [for billionaires] by far," the firm reports in its 2015-2016 Billionaire Census. The elite institution has yielded 134 of today's billionaires, twice as many as runner-up Stanford.
Wealth-X provided CNBC with the top "billionaire universities" in the world, along with the number of current billionaires who received degrees (bachelor's, master's, MBA, JD, MD or PhD) from each.
Here, we've highlighted the top 19 schools. To give you an idea of how the average graduate from these universities fares, we also included the median earnings of grads 10 years after enrolling, based on data fromthe U.S. Department of Education. Note that this data is not available for schools outside of the U.S.
While we can't promise billionaire status if you attend one of these institutions, it can't hurt your odds.

Duke University

Durham, North Carolina 
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $76,700
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina
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Duke University in Durham, North Carolina

Princeton University

Princeton, New Jersey
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $75,100
Princeton University campus
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Princeton University campus

University of Cambridge

Cambridge, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, U.K.
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University of Cambridge, in Cambridge, U.K.

London School of Economics and Political Science

London, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
London School of Economics and Political Science
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London School of Economics and Political Science

University of Texas at Austin

Austin, Texas
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 17
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $52,800
University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas
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University of Texas campus in Austin, Texas

University of California, Berkeley

Berkeley, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,700
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University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $57,900
University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan
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University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan

University of Oxford

Oxford, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 20
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
Oxford University in Oxford, England
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Oxford University in Oxford, England

University of California, Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 21
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $59,200
University of California, Los Angeles
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University of California, Los Angeles

New York University

New York City, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $58,800
New York University (NYU) holds its 180th commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium.
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New York University (NYU) holds its 180th commencement ceremony in Yankee Stadium.

University of Chicago

Chicago, Illinois
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,800
University of Chicago campus
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University of Chicago campus

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 23
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,000
The Sterling Memorial Library on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.
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The Sterling Memorial Library on the Yale University campus in New Haven, Connecticut.

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 24
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,100
University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California
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University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 26
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $70,900
Cornell University.
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Cornell University.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 31
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $91,600
Students walk on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Students walk on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Columbia University

New York City, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 43
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $72,900
People walk on the Columbia University campus in New York City.
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People walk on the Columbia University campus in New York City.

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 54
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $78,200
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Stanford University

Stanford, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 67
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $80,900
Stanford University campus
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Stanford University campus

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 134
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $87,200
The Harry Elkins Widener library on the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass.

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