List of universities by number of billionaire alumni

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Counting all degrees, Harvard University comes in first place in terms of the total number of billionaire alumni. The University of Pennsylvania comes in first if only bachelor's degrees are counted, according to the most recent 2022 Forbes report. [1] Harvard also ranks first in the number of ultra-high net worth alumni with assets greater than $30 million. Harvard's total number of ultra-high net worth alumni is more than twice that of the next highest ranking institution, Stanford University. These figures have not been adjusted for the relative size of these institutions. The list is dominated by US universities, which account for all of the global Top 10 universities by number of billionaire alumni. [2]

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Global top 10 universities by number of billionaire alumni per Wealth-X 2018 [2]

RankUniversityNumber
1 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 188
2 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 74
3 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 64
4 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 53
5 Flag of the United States.svg Massachusetts Institute of Technology 38
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 35
7 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 31
8 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 29
8 Flag of the United States.svg University of Chicago 29
10 Flag of the United States.svg University of Michigan 26

Global top 20 universities by number of ultra high net worth alumni (>$30 million) per Wealth-X 2019 [3]

RankUniversityNumberCombined wealth
1 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 13,650$4,769 billion
2 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 5,580$2,899 billion
3 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 5,575$1,780 billion
4 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 3,925$1,501 billion
5 Flag of the United States.svg New York University 3,380$712 billion
6 Flag of the United States.svg Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2,785$990 billion
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg University of Cambridge 2,760$390 billion
8 Flag of the United States.svg Northwestern University 2,725$389 billion
9 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 2,645$548 billion
10 Flag of the United States.svg University of Chicago 2,405$707 billion
11 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 2,400$777 billion
12 Flag of the United States.svg University of California, Berkeley 2,385$760 billion
13 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg University of Oxford 2,290$349 billion
14 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 2,245$483 billion
15 Flag of the United States.svg University of Texas at Austin 2,195$463 billion
16 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 2,180$1,126 billion
17 Flag of the United States.svg University of Notre Dame 2,085$179 billion
18 Flag of the United States.svg University of Miami 1,970$691 billion
19 Flag of France.svg Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of the United States.svg INSEAD 1,965$356 billion
20 Flag of the United States.svg University of California, Los Angeles 1,945$375 billion

Global top 20 universities by number of ultra high net worth alumni (>$30 million) per Altrata 2022 [4] [5] [6]

RankUniversityNumber
1 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 17,660
2 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 7,972
3 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 7,517
4 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 5,528
5 Flag of the United States.svg New York University 5,214
6 Flag of the United States.svg Northwestern University 4,354
7 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg University of Cambridge 4,149
8 Flag of the United States.svg Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4,089
9 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 3,654
10 Flag of Singapore.svg National University of Singapore 3,653
11 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 3,594
12 Flag of the United States.svg University of Chicago 3,588
13 Flag of the United States.svg University of Texas System 3,407
14 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg University of Oxford 3,356
15 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 3,173
16 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 2,911
17 Flag of the United States.svg University of California, Los Angeles 2,906
18 Flag of the United States.svg University of Michigan 2,881
19 Flag of the United States.svg University of Notre Dame 2,804
20 Flag of France.svg Flag of Singapore.svg Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg Flag of the United States.svg INSEAD 2,625

Global top 20 universities by number of billionaire undergraduate alumni per Wealth-X 2014 [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

RankUniversityNumber
1 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 25
2 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 22
3 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 20
4 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 16
5 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 14
5 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 14
5 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 14
8 Flag of the United States.svg University of California, Berkeley 12
8 Flag of India.svg University of Mumbai 12
10 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg London School of Economics and Political Science 11
10 Flag of Russia.svg Moscow State University 11
12 Flag of the United States.svg Dartmouth College 10
12 Flag of the United States.svg University of Michigan 10
12 Flag of the United States.svg University of Texas System 10
15 Flag of the United States.svg Duke University 9
15 Flag of the United States.svg New York University 9
17 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 8
17 Flag of the United States.svg Brown University 8
19 Flag of the United States.svg Massachusetts Institute of Technology 7
20 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg ETH Zurich 6

Global top 11 universities by number of undergraduate billionaire alumni per Forbes 2021 [13]

RankUniversityNumberTotal Net Worth
1 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 29$284.8 billion
2 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 28$207 billion
2 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 28$124.4 billion
4 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 21$140.8 billion
5 Flag of India.svg University of Mumbai 20$162.8 billion
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 18$65.1 billion
7 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 15$58.5 billion
8 Flag of the United States.svg Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14$104 billion
9 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 11$40.9 billion
9 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 11$288.4 billion
9 Flag of the United States.svg University of California, Berkeley 11$82.6 billion

Top 12 US universities by number of undergraduate alumni† on 2021 Forbes 400 list [14]

RankUniversityNumber
1 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 15
2 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 14
3 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 12
3 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 12
5 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 10
6 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 9
7 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 8
8 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 7
8 Flag of the United States.svg University of Michigan 7
10 Flag of the United States.svg Duke University 6
10 Flag of the United States.svg University of California, Berkeley 6
10 Flag of the United States.svg Dartmouth College 6

Top 11 US universities by number of undergraduate alumni† on 2022 Forbes 400 list [15]

RankUniversityNumber
1 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 17
2 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 11
2 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 11
4 Flag of the United States.svg University of Southern California 10
5 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 9
6 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 8
7 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 7
7 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 7
7 Flag of the United States.svg University of Michigan 7
10 Flag of the United States.svg Dartmouth College 6
10 Flag of the United States.svg New York University 6

† Includes only those alumni who received undergraduate degrees

Top 8 US universities by share of centi-millionaires (>$100 million) per Henley & Partners [16]

RankUniversityShare
1 Flag of the United States.svg Harvard University 7%
2 Flag of the United States.svg Massachusetts Institute of Technology 5%
2 Flag of the United States.svg Stanford University 5%
4 Flag of the United States.svg University of Pennsylvania 4%
4 Flag of the United States.svg Columbia University 4%
4 Flag of the United States.svg Yale University 4%
7 Flag of the United States.svg Cornell University 3%
7 Flag of the United States.svg Princeton University 3%

† Includes only U.S. residents worth more than $100 million

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