List of top 10 universities most likely to make you a billionaire

New Delhi: Want to become a billionaire? Get a Harvard degree first! That's right because one of the most important steps that you can take right now in becoming a billionaire is by getting an education from the right school. In a study conducted earlier this year, market research firm Wealth-X has looked into how many graduates of high-end schools are worth more than $30 million each — placing them in the “ultra-high-net-worth” bracket, and Harvard took the top spot, with more than twice as many UHNW graduates than any other institution. The number of Harvard alumni who are billionaires were 52 – more than any other American university by a long shot. Additionally, 3,000 graduates of Harvard University are worth more than $30 million (each).The list compiled makes one thing clear that although each school has its own character, there are a few traits in common. Nearly all of the top 10 for billionaires are elite, private universities. Let's take a look at them:10. University of Cambridge Number of billionaire alumni: 11Total wealth: $48 billion The University of Cambridge is the only school in the list that is not located in the United States. The British school has 11 billionaires with a combined net worth of $48 billion. This public research university is located in Cambridge and is considered as the second oldest university in the English-speaking world and the third oldest in the world. 9. Yale University Number of billionaire alumni: 13Total wealth: $77 billion Yale is perhaps the quintessential academy of the American elite, located in New Haven in Connecticut. It is a member of the prestigious Ivy League. It was established in 1701 and is considered as the third oldest university in the United States. The school was initially known as the Collegiate School and was meant to train political leaders in Connecticut. It was then renamed as Yale College after a substantial gift from Elihu Yale, the then-governor of the British East India Company. The list of notable figures educated at Yale includes architects, ambassadors, athletes, actors, artists, and authors. Yale faculty and alumni includes six Nobel laureates and more than thirty Pulitzer Prize winners. 8. University of Southern California Number of billionaire alumni: 14Total wealth: $32 billionThe private, non-sectarian research university was established in 1880. Located in Los Angeles, the school has the largest number of foreign students in the United States. Due to its standard, location and culture, it is considered to be one of the dream colleges for most of the students. The school also has a rich tradition in sports and athletics, with its athletes having won a total of 287 medals in the Olympic Games, the most by any university in the United States.7. Cornell University Number of billionaire alumni: 14Total wealth: $35 billionThe university was established by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White in 1865 in Ithaca, New York. It is one of the members of the prestigious Ivy League. It is one of two land grant private universities, with the other being the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The school boasts of 41 Nobel Prize awardees, 31 Marshall Scholars and 28 Rhodes. 6. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Number of billionaire alumni: 15Total wealth: $114 billion The school is a private research university based in Cambridge in Massachusetts. The university, which has a strong international component among its faculty and student body, is considered to have a strong male population. It is also well known for providing quantitative analysts (“quants”) to the hedge-fund industry. It was established in 1861 just as the United States was experiencing an increase in industrialization level. It has 78 Nobel Prize winners, 52 National Medal of Science awardees, 45 Rhodes Scholars and 38 MacArthur Fellows.5. Columbia University Number of billionaire alumni: 15Total wealth: $96 billionIts full name is the Columbia University in the City of New York. . It was established in 1754 as the King's College after King George II granted it a royal charter. . It boasts of 82 awardees of the Nobel Prize to go along with five of the Founding Fathers of the nation, nine Supreme Court Justices, three Presidents of the United States and 26 other heads of state.4. New York University Number of billionaire alumni: 17Total wealth: $68 billion Located in lower Manhattan, it is a private, non-sectarian research university established in 1831. It boasts of 36 Nobel Prize laureates, 10 National Medal of Science awardees and 16 Pulitzer Prize winners. It has sites in more than a dozen locations around the world, allowing it to send its students abroad more than any other university. 3. Stanford University Number of billionaire alumni: 27Total wealth: $76 billion Stanford's two of the most popular multi-Billionaire students include Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both Ph.D. students at Stanford. The university's full name is the Leland Stanford Junior University and it is located in California. Leland Stanford, a railroad mogul who was once Senator and a governor of the state, established the school in 1891 and named it after his son, Leland Stanford Jr. The entrepreneur spirit of its graduates and faculty led to Silicon Valley. It has 54 Nobel Prize laureates and boasts of the largest number of awardees from the Turing, considered as the Nobel of computer science.2. University of Pennsylvania Number of billionaire alumni: 28Total wealth: $112 billionThis private research university is one of the Ivy League schools. It is located in Philadelphia and is one of the Colonial Colleges. The university was founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1740. It boasts of Wharton, the first school of business, and Perelman, the first school of medicine. It has 28 Nobel Prize laureates, three Justices of the Supreme Court and one American President. It also counts 11 other people who became heads of state in their respective countries.1. Harvard University Number of billionaire alumni: 52Total wealth: $205 billionHarvard University is a private Ivy League research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The oldest and most prestigious of all the US universities, Harvard is considered to be the world's best. Scoring a faultless 100 per cent for its academic, employer and research reputation, it is ranked amongst the top private school to study in the US. A vote by the Great and General Court of Massachusetts established the school in 1636 as the College of New Towne or New College. It was then renamed three years later to Harvard College after a gift from Cambridge alumnus John Harvard. It boasts of 75 Nobel Prize winners and eight American Presidents. It has the largest financial endowment of an academic institution in the world, with the amount standing at $32 billion as of 2011.

List of top 10 universities most likely to make you a billionaire

New Delhi: Want to become a billionaire? Get a Harvard degree first! That's right because one of the most important steps that you can take right now in becoming a billionaire is by getting an

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