Top 10 Elite Universities & Their Famous Alumni

6 Columbia University, NY

Columbia University was established in 1754. It’s been around since then. In its early days, five founding fathers of America, including Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, graduated from Columbia University. Columbia University alumni include Franklin D. Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt.

Barack Obama was also a Columbia graduate in political science, graduating from Columbia in 1983. He then went on to Harvard. It is well-known for its top-ranking literature programs and art programs. This school helped to produce Jack Kerouac and J.D. Salinger and Allen Ginsberg as well as sibling actors Jake and Maggie Gyllenhaal.