last updated 20 April 2025

The most successful and influential Americans come from a surprisingly narrow range of 'elite' educational backgrounds | Nature 2024

List of “Elite” 34 Schools in Alphabetical Order.

Amherst College

Bowdoin College

Brown University

California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

Carleton College

Carnegie Mellon University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Duke University

Georgetown University

Harvard University

Harvey Mudd College

Haverford College

Johns Hopkins University

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

New York University

Northwestern University

Pomona College

Princeton University

Rice University

Stanford University

Swarthmore College

Tufts University

University of California-Berkeley (CAL)

University of Chicago

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

University of Virginia (UVA)

Vanderbilt University

Washington University in St. Louis

Williams College

Yale University


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The most successful and influential Americans come from a surprisingly narrow range of 'elite' educational backgrounds | Nature 2024