Colleges and Universities Attended by the Presidents

The U.S. presidents have attended a wide range of colleges and universities and some did not attend college at all. This page includes traditional four year colleges, but also law schools, business schools and any other post-high school educational institutions whether or not the president graduated. The following presidents did not attend college: George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and Grover Cleveland.



Colleges and Universities Attended by One President

College/University President
Hampden-Sydney College William Henry Harrison
University of Pennsylvania (Medical School) William Henry Harrison
North Carolina James K. Polk
Bowdoin College Franklin Pierce
Dickinson College James Buchanan
Kenyon College Rutherford B. Hayes
Hiram College James Garfield
Williams College James Garfield
Miami University of Ohio Benjamin Harrison
Allegheny College William McKinley
Albany Law School William McKinley
Cincinnati William Howard Taft
Johns Hopkins Woodrow Wilson
Whittier College Richard Nixon
Duke Richard Nixon
Michigan Gerald Ford
Georgetown Bill Clinton
Oxford Bill Clinton
Eureka College Ronald Reagan
Kansas City School of Law Harry Truman
Southwest Texas State (now Texas State University-San Marcos) Lyndon Johnson
Georgia Southwestern College Jimmy Carter
Georgia Institute of Technology Jimmy Carter
United States Naval Academy Jimmy Carter
Amherst College Calvin Coolidge
Stanford Herbert Hoover
Ohio Central College Warren Harding
Occidental College Barack Obama
Fordham University Donald Trump
The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania Donald Trump
Delaware Joe Biden
Syracuse Joe Biden