Underguate Schools Attended by Top US State Dept. Officials

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<p>Here’s a list of the undergrad colleges of top US State Dept. officials taken from [Biographies</a> Listed by Title or Country](<a href=“http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/c7647.htm]Biographies”>http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/c7647.htm). Though 36 schools had multiple grads working at the State Dept., there were 85 other schools represented with a single official. Though many of them did not major in IR, many of them have graduate and professional degrees. While some of these are political appointees, most of them appear to be career FO officers.</p>

<p>Twelve: Georgetown
Nine: Harvard
Eight: Dartmouth
Seven: Princeton
Six each: Penn, Stanford
Five each: Cornell, Yale
Four each: Smith, Virginia, various UK and other foreign universities
Three each: Bowdoin, Columbia, Georgia, Lawrence, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Purdue, Wellesley
Two each: Amherst, Barnard, Brown, BYU, Duke, JHU, LaSalle, Lehigh, Northwestern, Oregon, Texas, Tufts, USAFA, UCB, UCSD, WUStL,Wesleyan
One each: American, Antioch, Arizona, Auburn, Austin, Ball State, Benedictine, BU, Brandeis, Bryn Mawr, California State, Clemson, College of St. Catherine, Colorado, Davidson, Drake, Duquesne, DePauw, Earlham, East Stroudsburg, Emerson, Florida A&M, Fordham, George Washington, Grand Valley State, Hollins, Holy Cross, Howard, Iowa State, Kalamazoo, Lemoyne, Lewis & Clark, Long Island, LSU, Macalester, Manhttanville, Marquette, Mary Washington, U Mass-Lowell, Miami-Ohio, Michigan State, Midwestern State, Middlebury, Missouri-KC, Nebraska, Nebraska (Omaha), Northern Iowa, UNC, Northeastern, Ohio, Oregon State, Pembroke State, Penn State, Point Park C., Pomona, Reed, Rochester, Rosemont, Seton Hall, Southern Illinois, St. Joseph’s ¶, St. Joseph’s Calumet, St. Olaf, St. Thomas (FL), SUNY-Fredonia, Swarthmore, Syracuse, Trenton State (C. of NJ), Trinity (CT), Trinity (DC), USNA, UCD, UCLA, UCSB, UI-Chicago, U Washington, Valparaiso, Vassar, VCU, Virginia State, Washington State, Whitman, William & Mary, Williams, Wisconsin</p>

<p>Unspecified: 32</p>

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<p>Gosh – just like life – successful people come from everywhere!</p>

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<p>Pizza, are you sure? LOL</p>

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<p>pizzagirl- are you ■■■■■■■■?</p>

<p>a significantly higher proportion come from ivy league and top tier schools</p>

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<p>^ Yeah, but this just means I could go to SUNY-Fredonia and not worry about my future.</p>

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<p>“Hail, Hail, Freedonia, land of the brave and free!”</p>