Where the Fortune 500 CEOs Went to College
The leaders of America's largest companies come from Ivy League and large public colleges.
Posted January 3, 2011
Ivy League schools produce a disproportionate amount of corporate leaders, according to aU.S. News study of the educational backgrounds of 2010's Fortune 500 CEOs (the magazine's annual ranking of American corporations based on gross revenue).
[See where the CEOs of the top 10 Fortune 500 companies went to school.]
Harvard University, Columbia University, and the University of Pennsylvania topped the list—the three schools cumulatively awarded 99 degrees to the executives. Large state institutions like the University of Wisconsin—Madison, the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, and Ohio State University ranked highly as well, as each awarded at least 10 degrees to CEOs on
