This season on Gossip Girl (you might notice several references in my posts, sorry, huge fan here), Hilary Duff plays a movie star who wants to attend college just like any other student. Of course her plans to enjoy NYU are thwarted as she is forced make the final film in her hit series, but it got me thinking about celebrities attending college. Can you imagine rooming with the next “it” girl or comic genius? It happens to some!
To quench my thirst for celeb college knowledge, I scoured the Internet and compiled a list of A-listers and their alma maters. Interestingly enough, not all of them went to school in New York and studied theater! So while your major is important, remember that it does not have to define you or your career path. See below:
Eva Longoria Parker of Desperate Housewives fame graduated from Texas A&M – Kingsville with a degree in Kinesiology.
The hilarious Will Ferrell is a Sports Broadcasting graduate of the University of Southern California.
Actress Maggie Gyllenhaal graduated from Columbia with a degree in Eastern Religions.
Julia Stiles of film and stage also graduated from Columbia University with a degree in English.
Chuck “the Iceman” Liddell holds a B.A. in Accounting from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
Scrubs’ Zach Braff earned his Film degree from Northwestern University.
The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart graduated from The College of William and Mary and majored in Psychology.
Conan O’Brien graduated magna cum laude from Harvard with a degree in U.S. History.
Natalie Portman also graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Psychology.
Actress Calista Flockhart graduated from Rutgers University, where she met her friend, 30 Rock’s Jane Krakowski.
Clay Aiken of American Idol fame holds a degree in Special Education from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
And where did Oprah Winfrey go to college, you ask? In a bit of foreshadowing, the most powerful woman in television attended Tennessee State University on a full scholarship by winning an oratory contest. She holds a degree in Speech and Performing Arts.
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