Hi there, I'm curious about something. I've heard that many US Presidents went to Ivy League schools, but I wonder if there's one university in particular that has the most Presidents as past students. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Harvard University holds the distinction of having the most U.S. Presidents as alumni. Eight U.S. Presidents have graduated from Harvard, either from the undergraduate college or from one of its graduate or professional schools. These Presidents are John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford Hayes (law school), Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, George W. Bush (business school), and Barack Obama (law school).
On the other hand, Yale University has produced five U.S. Presidents: William Howard Taft, Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton (law school), and George W. Bush.
So, while several Ivy League schools and other universities have been alma maters to U.S. Presidents, Harvard takes the lead in this regard.
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