22 Celebrities Who Hold Prestigious College Degrees

Her work has been published by scientific journals twice.

Her application included a letter of recommendation from former first lady Michelle Obama.

She previously studied at Oxford University.

She was still working on Desperate Housewives when she started taking classes with Dr. Rodolfo Acuña, whose book Occupied America "changed [her] life."

He was only 16 when he started his freshman year.

During his freshman year, his musical group the Commodores won the annual freshmen talent competition.

In My Genes, her senior thesis film, was featured at the 2010 New York African Film Festival.

He attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Studies, which enables students to design their own majors.

He pursued comedy and even won the Big Easy Laff-Off while completing his residency in internal medicine at Oshsner Medical Center in New Orleans.

As an undergrad, she also interned at the US embassy in Buenos Aires.

Her degree is similar to the one her Big Bang Theory character Amy Farrah Fowler — a neurobiologist — holds.

She worked her way through school as a Pentagon secretary and a cruise ship performer.

One of his acting professors took him out for a beer and kindly suggested he "choose another path." When they ran into each other years later, the successful actor introduced the professor to his friends as "the only teacher to ever buy me a beer."

He attended on a basketball scholarship.

For a few years after graduation, she worked as a procurement officer for the National Security Agency.

He's now a professor in NYU's graduate film program.

He also earned a master's degree from the Actors Studio Drama School in NYC.

She was classmates with actor Meryl Streep and playwright Christopher Durang.

Michael Schulman, author of the biography Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep, said that the actor "was uncomfortable being put on a pedestal" at Yale.

She also studied at Harvard Law.

As a student, he also performed at comedy clubs.

He pursued his degree because he promised his parents he would follow his passion for education. His thesis focused on "the value of humor in leadership."