Which universities in America produce the most venture capital-backed startup founders? Look no further than the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and Harvard University, according to PitchBook. As PitchBook writes, “Great entrepreneurs can come from anywhere, but some universities have a truly exceptional track record of attracting and producing future founders.PitchBook’s annual university rankings compare schools by tallying up the number of alumni entrepreneurs who have raised venture capital in the last decade. The rankings are powered by PitchBook data and are based on an analysis of nearly 167,000 VC-backed founders.”

It seems about time we have a look at these rankings, don’t you think? Note that we’ve removed all non-U.S. universities from this list.

The Colleges with the Most Startup Founders, Ranked

Rank	University	Founder Count	Company Count	$ Raised (Billions)
1	University of California, Berkeley	1811	1642	$59.70
2	Stanford University	1547	1397	$80.09
3	Harvard University	1352	1222	$56.99
4	University of Pennsylvania	1197	1099	$52.87
5	Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)	1175	1049	$53.64
6	Cornell University	933	882	$35.07
8	University of Michigan	860	792	$27.05
9	University of Texas	842	773	$21.74
10	University of Illinois	739	687	$24.10
11	Yale University	702	657	$28.00
12	University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)	690	665	$17.00
13	Columbia University	677	636	$20.91
14	Princeton University	667	627	$32.98
15	University of Southern California (USC)	649	600	$30.03
17	Duke University	607	579	$21.56
18	Northwestern University	605	560	$21.70
20	New York University	587	555	$17.99
22	Brown University	559	520	$26.54
24	University of Wisconsin	547	501	$16.01
26	Carnegie Mellon University	529	475	$16.75
28	Brigham Young University	519	430	$8.73
31	University of Virginia	475	449	$13.45
32	University of Washington	471	435	$23.13
33	Georgia Institute of Technology	460	408	$11.97
34	Dartmouth College	453	420	$17.84
35	Pennsylvania State University (Penn State)	451	421	$11.63
36	University of California, San Diego	448	425	$13.59
37	University of Maryland	442	425	$10.53
38	Boston University	441	424	$15.72
39	University of Colorado	422	404	$9.62
40	Georgetown University	395	389	$12.31
40	Purdue University	395	367	$9.89
46	University of Florida	345	317	$11.18
48	University of North Carolina	332	309	$5.59
49	Indiana University	323	309	$6.44
52	Washington University	313	290	$16.91
53	University of California, Davis	310	297	$6.84
54	Arizona State University	306	293	$6.15
54	Johns Hopkins University	306	287	$9.71
56	Northeastern University	305	285	$4.84
58	Ohio State University	299	280	$5.38
59	Vanderbilt University	298	288	$6.54
60	University of California, Santa Barbara	297	287	$5.60
61	Tufts University	296	282	$8.20
65	University of Arizona	278	258	$9.05
66	Boston College	276	261	$8.37
67	University of Chicago	274	258	$15.05
68	University of Notre Dame	273	250	$5.54
70	Texas A&M University	269	250	$6.70
71	Rutgers University	264	250	$6.47
73	University of Minnesota	259	242	$4.47
75	University of Massachusetts	254	250	$6.14
75	State University of New York (SUNY)	254	251	$6.52
79	California Polytechnic University	244	229	$5.69
80	Emory University	243	233	$7.02
82	Michigan State University	229	220	$4.11
84	California State University	226	219	$9.66
85	Virginia Tech	224	213	$4.89
87	University of California, Irvine	210	202	$5.73
88	Syracuse University	207	196	$3.32
93	George Washington University	202	195	$3.37
95	Rensselaer Polytechnic	199	187	$5.49
96	University of Utah	194	178	$4.62
98	American University	189	175	$2.43
99	North Carolina State University	186	171	$3.25
100	Wesleyan University	184	173	$3.56

Few Surprises on Colleges with the Most Startup Founders Ranking

Are there any surprises on this list? Not really — the nation’s prestigious, highly selective institutions also happen to produce the most startup founders, including all of the eight Ivy League schools. Who would’ve guessed it? Ivy Coach has long touted the many benefits of an elite college degree. Just consider this yet another point in favor of our argument.