Who wants to be a billionaire?!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>Want to be a billionaire? It seems that 15 living Michigan alums are billionaires. Only 6 universities have more! </p>

<p>I sorted through the 1,000+ Billionaires listed in the March Forbes "Richest People". I found a suspecious number (over 100) of Russian billionaires aged between 35 and 55. </p>

<p>At any rate, I figured I might as well breakdown the numbers according to university affiliation. Nothing too shocking really. </p>

<p>I broke it down into four groups:</p>

<p>1) By the number who pursued their undergraduate studies at the institution.
2) By the number who pursued their graduate studies at the institution
3) By the total number
4) By the total net worth of the individuals who attended the institution</p>

<p>If one of the lucky souls completed both undergraduate and graduate studies at the same university, I only count them in the undergraduate figures. There are no double-dippers!</p>

<p>Please keep in mind that some (many!) of those did not graduate and like any other list, it is not 100% accurate, so if any of you have corrections to make, please do so.</p>

<p>One must remember that the numbers below do not really speak to a university's ability to "produce" a billionaire. The odds of one of us ever making that much money in our lifetime is microscopic. The purpose of this little exercise (tell it to the guy who spent the better part of three days sorting through the profiles of over 1,000 billionaires!) is purely "academic". Actually, givien the number of billionaires some of the schools below have, they will naturally have a significant advantage raising money through private donations. </p>

<p>Enjoy!</p>

<p>UNDERGRADUATE:
1. Harvard University 20
1. University of Pennsylvania 20
3. Yale University 19
4. Princeton University 13
5. Stanford University 12
6. University of Texas-Austin 11
7. New York University 10
7. University of Southern California 11
9. Cornell University 9
9. University of California-Berkeley 9
9. University of California-Los Angeles 9
9. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 9
13. Columbia University 8
13. Dartmouth College 8
13. Duke University 8
13. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 8
17. Michigan State University 5
17. Northwestern University 5
19. Baylor University 4
19. Claremont McKenna College 4
19. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 4
19. University of Virginia 4
23. Amherst College 3
23. Babson College 3
23. Boston College 3
23. Georgetown University 3
23. Lehigh University 3
23. Louisiana State University 3
23. Syracuse University 3
23. Tufts University 3
23. University of Chicago 3
23. University of Oklahoma 3
23. University of Toronto 3
23. University of Utah 3
23. Williams College 3</p>

<p>GRADUATE:
1. Harvard University 47
2. Stanford University 27
3. Columbia University 12
4. University of Chicago 10
5. University of Pennsylvania 9
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 6
6. New York University 6
6. Northwestern University 6
6. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 6
10. University of Virginia 4
11. University of California-Berkeley 3
12. Cornell University 2
12. Johns Hopkins University 2
12. University of California-Los Angeles 2
12. University of Southern California 2</p>

<p>TOTAL:
1. Harvard University 67
2. Stanford University 39
3. University of Pennsylvania 29
4. Columbia University 20
5. Yale University 19
6. New York University 16
7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 15
8. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 14
8. Princeton University 14
10. University of Chicago 13
11. University of California-Berkeley 12
11. University of Southern California 12
13. Cornell University 11
13. Northwestern University 11
13. University of California-Los Angeles
13. University of Texas-Austin
17. Duke University 9
18. Dartmouth College 8
18. University of Virginia 8
20. Michigan State University 6
21. Baylor University 4
21. Claremont McKenna College 4
21. Johns Hopkins University 4
21. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 4
21. University of Utah 4
26. Amherst College 3
26. Babson College 3
26. Boston College 3
26. Fordham University 3
26. Georgetown University 3
26. Lehigh University 3
26. Louisiana State University 3
26. Syracuse University 3
26. Tufts University 3
26. University of Oklahoma 3
26. University of Toronto 3
26. Williams College 3</p>

<p>TOTAL NET WORTH OF ABOVE ALUMS BY INSTITUTION:
1. Harvard University $277,500,000,000
2. Stanford University $197,000,000,000
3. Columbia University $124,500,000,000
4. University of Pennsylvania $112,000,000,000
5. Yale University $79,000,000,000
6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology $70,500,000,000
7. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor $57,000,000,000
8. University of Texas-Austin $53,000,000,000
9. University of Chicago $52,500,000,000
10. Princeton University $46,000,000,000
11. University of California-Berkeley $37,000,000,000
12. New York University $36,500,000,000
13. Northwestern University $28,500,000,000
14. University of Southern California $25,500,000,000
15. University of California-Los Angeles $25,000,000,000
16. Cornell University $21,500,000,000
17. University of Virginia $19,500,000,000
18. Johns Hopkins University $18,500,000,000
19. Dartmouth College $18,000,000,000
20. Duke University $17,500,000,000
21. Tufts University $15,500,000,000
22. Claremont McKenna University $15,000,000,000
23. Michigan State University $14,500,000,000
24. Syracuse University $12,000,000,000
25. University of Toronto $10,500,000,000
26. Fordham University $10,000,000,000
27. University of Utah $9,500,000,000
28. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign 8,500,000,000
29. Georgetown University $7,500,000,000
30. Amherst College $7,000,000,000
31. Baylor University $6,000,000,000
31. University of Oklahoma $6,000,000,000
32. Lehigh University $5,500,000,000
33. Boston College $5,000,000,000
33. Williams College $5,000,000,000
35. Louisiana State University $4,000,000,000</p>

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<p><strong>jaw drops</strong> Emory isn't on there?!?!?!?!</p>

<p>haha, jk, thanks for the post, really quite interesting!</p>

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<p>Now divide the total endowment by the total net value of the school...and rank that...I think it'd be good to see in terms of giving percentage of worth rather than actual "giving rate" which is about how many people give back.</p>

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<p>Maybe you should have found the number of billionaires based on what size the school. For example, UMICH has 9 billionaires, and Dartmouth and Columbia both have 8, but Dartmouth and Columbia are like 1/6th the size of Michigan.</p>

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<p>Ha, look at that, Splintercell! More billionaires than Cornell, Vandy, and Emory. </p>

<p>Sorry, I just had to say that. No hard feelings! =)</p>

<p>In any event, there are a lot more people who graduate from U Michigan than some of the other schools up there, so I suppose that makes these rankings kind of slanted?</p>

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<p>I did what I said...did the percentages of endowment over alumni wealth. First was Duke, I think second was Princeton. Michigan was near the middle to the back of the pack. Interesting to note is that Harvard was near the back of the pack, but still has the largest endowment. It's because their alumni are so rich.</p>

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<p>Two Michigan schools in the top 20, nice. </p>

<p>I would also like to point out that I have met one UM billionaire, Tom Monaghan. Last I knew he was teetering on the 1 billion mark, so he may or may not be on that list.</p>

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<p>Tom Monaghan is not on the list. </p>

<p>Ridonkulous, billionaires as a percentage of the total student body would be pointless. Other than Harvard and Stanford, no so school has more than 30 Billionaires, and that's out of over 100,000 living alums. Like I said, this is not an attempt at rating schools by their abilty to produce billionaires, it is just a fun little exercise.</p>

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<p>Anna Molly, Emory has sero (0) billionaires and Vanderbilt just two. So combined, Cornell, Emory and Vanderbilt (which combined are slightly larger as Michigan) have 13 Billionaires, which is still lower than Michigan's 15.</p>

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<p>I decided to take it upon myself to calculate the new data based on how many billionaires graduate from the undergraduate school compared to the number of students. (I used Alexandre's data for the billionaires, and Collegeboard.com for the class sizes)</p>

<p>Here it is:
1. Yale University (originally 3rd) with 19
2. Claremont McKenna College (originally 19th) with 4
3. Harvard University (originally 1st) with 20
4. Princeton University (originally 4th) with 13
5. University of Pennsylvania (originally 1st) with 20
6. Dartmouth College (originally 13th) with 8
7. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (originally 13th) with 8
8. Stanford University (originally 5th) with 12
9. Amherst College (originally 23rd) with 3
10. Babson College (originally 23rd) with 3
11. Williams College (originally 23rd) with 3
12. Columbia University (originally 13th) with 8
13. Duke University (originally 13th) with 8
14. Louisiana State University (originally 23rd) with 3
15. University of Southern California (originally 7th) with 11
16. Cornell University (originally 9th) with 9
17. Lehigh University (originally 23rd) with 3
18. University of Chicago (originially 23rd) with 3
19. Northwestern University (originally 17th) with 5
20. Tufts University (originally 23rd with) 3
21. New York University (originally 7th with) 10
22. Georgetown University (originally 23rd) with 3
23. University of California-Berkeley (originally 9th) with 9
24. University of California-Los Angeles (originally 9th) with 9
25. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (originally 9th) with 9
26. Baylor University (originally 19th) with 4
27. Boston College (originally 23rd) with 3
28. University of Texas-Austin (originally 6th) with 11
29. University of Virginia (originally 19th) with 4
30. Syracuse University (originally 23rd) with 3
31. University of Oklahoma (originally 23rd) with 3
32. University of Utah (originally 23rd) with 3
33. Michigan State University (originally 17th) with 5
34. University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign (originally 19th) with 4
35. University of Toronto (originally 23rd) with 3</p>