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. 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. 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.
Global top 10 universities by number of billionaire alumni per Wealth-X 2018
Global top 20 universities by number of ultra high net worth alumni (>$30 million) per Wealth-X 2019
Rank |
University |
Number |
Combined wealth
|
1 |
Harvard University |
13,650 |
$4,769 billion
|
2 |
Stanford University |
5,580 |
$2,899 billion
|
3 |
University of Pennsylvania |
5,575 |
$1,780 billion
|
4 |
Columbia University |
3,925 |
$1,501 billion
|
5 |
New York University |
3,380 |
$712 billion
|
6 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
2,785 |
$990 billion
|
7 |
University of Cambridge |
2,760 |
$390 billion
|
8 |
Northwestern University |
2,725 |
$389 billion
|
9 |
University of Southern California |
2,645 |
$548 billion
|
10 |
University of Chicago |
2,405 |
$707 billion
|
11 |
Yale University |
2,400 |
$777 billion
|
12 |
University of California, Berkeley |
2,385 |
$760 billion
|
13 |
University of Oxford |
2,290 |
$349 billion
|
14 |
Cornell University |
2,245 |
$483 billion
|
15 |
University of Texas at Austin |
2,195 |
$463 billion
|
16 |
Princeton University |
2,180 |
$1,126 billion
|
17 |
University of Notre Dame |
2,085 |
$179 billion
|
18 |
University of Miami |
1,970 |
$691 billion
|
19 |
INSEAD |
1,965 |
$356 billion
|
20 |
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
Rank |
University |
Number
|
1 |
Harvard University |
17,660
|
2 |
Stanford University |
7,972
|
3 |
University of Pennsylvania |
7,517
|
4 |
Columbia University |
5,528
|
5 |
New York University |
5,214
|
6 |
Northwestern University |
4,354
|
7 |
University of Cambridge |
4,149
|
8 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
4,089
|
9 |
Yale University |
3,654
|
10
|
National University of Singapore
|
3,653
|
11 |
University of Southern California |
3,594
|
12 |
University of Chicago |
3,588
|
13 |
University of Texas System |
3,407
|
14 |
University of Oxford |
3,356
|
15 |
Princeton University |
3,173
|
16 |
Cornell University |
2,911
|
17 |
University of California, Los Angeles |
2,906
|
18 |
University of Michigan |
2,881
|
19 |
University of Notre Dame |
2,804
|
20 |
INSEAD |
2,625
|
Global top 20 universities by number of billionaire undergraduate alumni per Wealth-X 2014
Global top 11 universities by number of undergraduate billionaire alumni per Forbes 2021
Top 12 US universities by number of undergraduate alumni† on 2021 Forbes 400 list
Top 11 US universities by number of undergraduate alumni† on 2022 Forbes 400 list
† Includes only those alumni who received undergraduate degrees
Top 8 US universities by share of centi-millionaires (>$100 million) per Henley & Partners
† Includes only U.S. residents worth more than $100 million
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