<P> Most Presidents of the United States received a college education, even most of the earliest . Of the first seven Presidents, five were college graduates . College degrees have set the Presidents apart from the general population, and Presidents have held such a degree even when this was quite rare indeed, as well as unnecessary, for practicing most occupations, including law . Of the forty - four individuals to have been the President, twenty - four of them graduated from a private undergraduate college, nine graduated from a public undergraduate college, and twelve held no degree . Every President since 1953 has had a bachelor's degree, reflecting the increasing importance of higher education in the United States . </P> <Ul> <Li> George Washington (The death of his father ended Washington's formal schooling; however, he believed strongly in formal education . In his will, he left money and / or stocks to support three educational institutions .) </Li> <Li> James Monroe (attended the College of William and Mary but dropped out to fight in the Revolutionary War) </Li> <Li> Andrew Jackson </Li> <Li> Martin Van Buren </Li> <Li> William Henry Harrison (attended college but never received a degree) </Li> <Li> Zachary Taylor </Li> <Li> Millard Fillmore (founded the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York) </Li> <Li> Abraham Lincoln (had only about a year of formal schooling of any kind) </Li> <Li> Andrew Johnson (no formal schooling of any kind) </Li> <Li> Grover Cleveland </Li> <Li> William McKinley (attended Allegheny College (did not graduate) and Albany Law School (did not graduate)) </Li> <Li> Harry S Truman (went to business college and law school but did not receive a degree) </Li> </Ul> <Li> George Washington (The death of his father ended Washington's formal schooling; however, he believed strongly in formal education . In his will, he left money and / or stocks to support three educational institutions .) </Li>

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