Wealth-X Reveals: The 10 Universities With The Largest Ultra Wealthy Alumni Population

NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- With 3,130 ultra wealthy individuals among its alumni, Harvard University leads the world's schools in a Wealth-X ranking of universities with the largest ultra high net worth (UHNW) alumni population. All 10 universities on the list are located in the United States, indicating that these American institutions are able to attract students from around the globe.

Established in 1636, Harvard University is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States. It has more than 360,000 alumni around the world, according to its website.

Seven of the 10 schools are on the US East Coast, showing the concentration of UHNW alumni wealth in the area. The sole West Coast institution on the list is Stanford University in California; representing the Midwest are Northwestern University and University of Chicago, both in the Chicago metropolitan area of Illinois.

Below are the top 10 universities with the largest UHNW alumni population. There were 211,275 UHNW individuals in 2014, according to the Wealth-X and UBS World Ultra Wealth Report 2014. Of the world's total UHNW population, 5 percent came from these 10 universities:

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