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2021 PitchBook university rankings: Top 50 colleges for founders

November 17, 2021

Which colleges produce the most successful entrepreneurs? Every year, PitchBook sheds light on that question by ranking undergraduate and MBA programs by the number of venture capital-backed founders among their alumni.

University endowments' record returns cut both ways

October 3, 2021

Some of America's largest higher education endowments unveiled eye-popping annual gains in the past week, a trend largely driven by alternative assets—particularly venture capital. But the booming returns may prove to be a double-edged sword.

PitchBook Universities: 2020

September 22, 2020

The latest rankings for the university programs that produce the most entrepreneurs that go on to garner venture funding are now available, in our new format debuted last year.

Elizabeth Warren's latest private equity target: for-profit colleges

September 19, 2019

Amid rising congressional scrutiny of the industry, Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent out letters to six private equity firms that back for-profit colleges. And she's demanding answers.

PitchBook Universities: 2019

September 5, 2019

The latest rankings for the university programs that produce the most entrepreneurs that go on to garner venture funding are now available, in a brand-new format.

Revealing the winner of our 2019 VC Founders bracket

March 20, 2019

College basketball madness is here. And to contribute to your (lack of) productivity over the next two weeks, we've put together our own bracket for VC founders.

Save money for your startup: The top public schools for fostering unicorns

September 15, 2017

Harvard and Stanford cultivate the most billion-dollar companies. But they're far from the only colleges to enroll budding entrepreneurs.

Female founders are most likely to come from these schools

September 7, 2017

Stanford University has cultivated more founders of VC-backed startups than any other institution in the world. It's also produced the greatest number of female founders.

Universities Report

August 30, 2017

The network effect is a major driver of the VC industry. Founders may lean upon their connections when cultivating an idea or looking for investment. The 2017-2018 edition of the PitchBook Universities Report provides data on where founders have gone to school, ranking the top universities and graduate programs in order of the total number of founders they have produced. Datasets include undergraduate and MBA programs, top schools for female founders, unicorns and more.

PitchBook Universities: Where does your school rank?

September 8, 2016

Which university programs produce the most venture-backed entrepreneurs? We initially asked that question a few years ago, first producing a blog post, then an online magazine in response. Now,...

Revealing the winner of our 2016 VC Founders Bracket

April 5, 2016

We've got the madness! In the spirit of the NCAA basketball tournament, we've created a bracket of our own, where the winning universities advance based on the number of VC-backed entrepreneurs the school's undergrad programs have produced.

The top universities producing VC-backed entrepreneurs

September 25, 2015

PitchBook has released a special venture capital report, featuring our annual breakdown of which universities produce the most VC-backed entrepreneurs.

Top Universities for VC-backed Entrepreneurs

September 24, 2015

PitchBook's much-anticipated Universities Report is here! Having ranked the top universities producing VC-backed entrepreneurs the past two years, we strived to make this new edition even more...

The Top 50 Universities Producing VC-Backed Entrepreneurs

August 26, 2014

We've put together a list of the top universities producing entrepreneurs, ranking the top 50 universities that produced VC-backed founders on a global basis. The ranking is based on the number of founders that received VC funding from 2009 through the end of July 2014, based on the founders' undergraduate programs.

Top Universities Producing VC-backed Entrepreneurs

October 23, 2013

A brief look at which universities produce the most entrepreneurs attracting venture capital funding.