The Colleges and Universities with the most alumni who are CEOs of Fortune 500 companies
No College or University has more alumni who are now the CEOs of Fortune 500 companies than Harvard University, with 41 former students in those coveted spots at their respective companies. In fact, this is nearly double than the 2nd most amount, which goes to the University of Pennsylvania with 23 alumni.
From the team at Academic Influence comes this infographic which looks at which universities and colleges have the most alumni are now CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
What’s the most common undergraduate degree of Fortune 500 CEOs?
The most common undergraduate degree of Fortune 500 CEOs is in Engineering, where 96 individuals with engineering degrees have gone on to become CEOs. Other top undergraduate degrees that Fortune 500 CEOs have obtained include Economics (59), Business Administration (40), Accounting (36), Finance (12), Computer Science (11), Marketing (9), Political Science (8) and Mathematics (8).
Per the research from the team at Academic Influence, here are the colleges and universities which have seen at least eight different alumni go on to become CEOs of Fortune 500 companies.
- Harvard University (41)
- University of Pennsylvania (23)
- Stanford University (22)
- Northwestern University (20)
- Columbia University (18)
- University of Chicago (15)
- University of Michigan (12)
- Cornell University (10)
- Dartmouth University (10)
- University of Virginia (10)
- Boston College (9)
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (9)
- University of Texas at Austin (9)
- Michigan State University (8)
- New York University (8)
- Purdue University (8)
- Texas A&M University (8)
