We often hear the dropout-turned-billionaire story, but the majority of uber-wealthy people have graduated college.
According to research firm Wealth-X, 70% of billionaires have a bachelor's degree — and there are certain universities that have produced an impressive number of today's record high 2,473 billionaires.
"Harvard University emerges as the most popular educational destination [for billionaires] by far," the firm reports in its 2015-2016 Billionaire Census. The elite institution has yielded 134 of today's billionaires, twice as many as runner-up Stanford.
Wealth-X provided CNBC with the top "billionaire universities" in the world, along with the number of current billionaires who received degrees (bachelor's, master's, MBA, JD, MD or PhD) from each.
Here, we've highlighted the top 19 schools. To give you an idea of how the average graduate from these universities fares, we also included the median earnings of grads 10 years after enrolling, based on data from the U.S. Department of Education. Note that this data is not available for schools outside of the U.S.
While we can't promise billionaire status if you attend one of these institutions, it can't hurt your odds.
Duke University
Durham, North Carolina
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $76,700
Princeton University
Princeton, New Jersey
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 14
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $75,100
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
London School of Economics and Political Science
London, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 15
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 17
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $52,800
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,700
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 18
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $57,900
University of Oxford
Oxford, England
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 20
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: N/A
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 21
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $59,200
New York University
New York City, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $58,800
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 22
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $62,800
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 23
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,000
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 24
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $66,100
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 26
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $70,900
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 31
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $91,600
Columbia University
New York City, New York
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 43
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $72,900
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 54
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $78,200
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 67
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $80,900
Harvard University
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Degrees awarded to today's billionaires: 134
Median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrolling: $87,200