List of presidents of the United States by education
School Location President ( s )
Allegheny College Meadville , Pennsylvania William McKinley ( withdrew )
Amherst College Amherst , Massachusetts Calvin Coolidge
Bowdoin College Brunswick , Maine Franklin Pierce
The College of William & Mary Williamsburg , Virginia Thomas Jefferson James Monroe ( withdrew ) John Tyler
Columbia University New York , New York Barack Obama
Davidson College Davidson , North Carolina Woodrow Wilson ( transferred to Princeton University )
Dickinson College Carlisle , Pennsylvania James Buchanan
Eureka College Eureka , Illinois Ronald Reagan
Fordham University The Bronx , New York City Donald Trump ( transferred to the University of Pennsylvania )
Georgetown University Washington , D.C Bill Clinton
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta , Georgia Jimmy Carter ( transferred to United States Naval Academy )
Georgia Southwestern State University Americus , Georgia Jimmy Carter ( transferred to Georgia Institute of Technology )
Hampden-Sydney College Hampden Sydney , Virginia William Henry Harrison ( withdrew )
Harvard University Cambridge , Massachusetts John Adams John Quincy Adams Theodore Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt John F. Kennedy
Hiram College Hiram , Ohio James A. Garfield ( transferred to Williams College )
Kenyon College Gambier , Ohio Rutherford B. Hayes
London School of Economics London , United Kingdom John F. Kennedy ( transferred to Princeton University )
Miami University Oxford , Ohio Benjamin Harrison
Mount Union College Alliance , Ohio William McKinley ( withdrew )
Occidental College Los Angeles , California Barack Obama ( transferred to Columbia University )
List by degree -- Details of presidential undergraduate education
Most presidents of the United States received a college education, even most of the earliest. Of the first seven presidents, five were college graduates. College degrees have set the presidents apart from the general population, and presidents have held such a degree even when this was quite rare indeed, as well as unnecessary, for practicing most occupations, including law. Of the forty-four individuals to have been the president, twenty-four of them graduated from a private undergraduate college, nine graduated from a public undergraduate college, and twelve held no degree. Every president since 1953 has had a bachelor's degree, reflecting the increasing importance of higher education in the United States.