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Education of Senators in 112th Congress

Member School and Degree
Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) U. of Hawaii, B. Ed. 1952
U. of Hawaii, M.Ed. 1966
Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) Vanderbilt U., B.A. 1962 (Latin American history)
New York U., J.D. 1965
Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.) Pennsylvania State U., B.A. 1990 (political science)
Villanova U., J.D. 1993
John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) Georgetown U., B.S. 1974 (biology)
Georgetown U., M.D. 1978
Max Baucus (D-Mont.) Stanford U., A.B. 1964 (economics)
Stanford U., LL.B. 1967
Mark Begich (D-Alaska) U. of Alaska, Anchorage, attended 1981-88
Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) Wesleyan U., B.A. 1987 (history)
Yale U., J.D. 1993
Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) Harvard U., A.B. 1965 (government)
Stanford U., J.D. 1968
Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) Harvard U., A.B. 1967 (political science)
Cambridge U., attended 1967-68
Yale U., J.D. 1973
Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) Southwest Baptist U., B.A. 1970 (history)
Southwest Missouri State U., M.A. 1972 (history & government)
John Boozman (R-Ark.) U. of Arkansas, attended 1969-72
Southern College of Optometry, O.D. 1977
Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Brooklyn College, B.A. 1962 (economics)
Scott Brown (R-Mass.) Tufts U., B.A. 1981 (history)
Boston College, J.D. 1985
Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) Yale U., B.A. 1974 (Russian & East European studies)
Ohio State U., M.A. 1979 (education)
Ohio State U., M.A. 1981 (public administration)
Richard Burr (R-N.C.) Wake Forest U., B.A. 1978 (communications)
Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) Miami U. (Ohio), B.A. 1980 (public policy)
Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) U. of Pittsburgh, B.A. 1964 (economics)
U. of Maryland, Baltimore, LL.B. 1967
Tom Carper (D-Del.) Ohio State U., B.A. 1968 (economics)
U. of Delaware, M.B.A. 1975
Bob Casey (D-Pa.) College of the Holy Cross, A.B. 1982 (English)
Catholic U. of America, J.D. 1988
Saxby Chambliss (R-Ga.) Louisiana Tech U., attended 1961-62
U. of Georgia, B.B.A. 1966 (business administration)
U. of Tennessee, J.D. 1968
Dan Coats (R-Ind.) Wheaton College, B.A. 1965 (political science)
Indiana U., Indianapolis, J.D. 1972
Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) Oklahoma State U., B.S. 1970 (accounting)
U. of Oklahoma, M.D. 1983
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) U. of Mississippi, B.A. 1959 (psychology)
Trinity College (U. of Dublin, Ireland), attended 1963-64 (international law)
U. of Mississippi, J.D. 1965
Susan Collins (R-Maine) St. Lawrence U., B.A. 1975 (government)
Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) U. of Missouri, attended 1967
Stanford U., A.B. 1971 (government & political science)
George Washington U., M.B.A. 1975
Chris Coons (D-Del.) Amherst College, A.B. 1985 (chemistry & political science)
Yale U., J.D. 1992
Yale U., M.A.R. 1992 (ethics)
Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) U. of Tennessee, B.S. 1974 (industrial management)
John Cornyn (R-Texas) Trinity U., B.A. 1973 (journalism)
U. of Virginia, LL.M. 1995
Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) Brigham Young U., B.A. 1973 (political science)
Harvard U., J.D. 1977
Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) U. of Tennessee, B.S. 1973 (communications)
Clemson U., M.B.A. 1981
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) Georgetown U., B.S.F.S. 1966 (international affairs & economics)
Georgetown U., J.D. 1969
John Ensign (R-Nev.) U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, attended 1976-79
Oregon State U., B.S. 1981
Colorado State U., D.V.M. 1985
Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.) George Washington U., B.A. 1966 (accounting)
U. of Denver, M.S. 1968 (retail marketing)
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) Stanford U., A.B. 1955 (history)
Al Franken (D-Minn.) Harvard U., A.B. 1973 (general studies)
Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Dartmouth College, A.B. 1988 (Asian studies)
U. of California, Los Angeles, J.D. 1991
Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) U. of South Carolina, B.A. 1977 (psychology)
U. of South Carolina, attended 1977-78 (public administration)
U. of South Carolina, J.D. 1981
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) U. of Northern Iowa, B.A. 1955
U. of Northern Iowa, M.A. 1956 (political science)
U. of Iowa, attended 1957-58 (graduate studies)
Kay Hagan (D-N.C.) Florida State U., B.A. 1975 (American studies)
Wake Forest U., J.D. 1978
Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) Iowa State U., B.S. 1962 (government & economics)
Catholic U. of America, J.D. 1972
Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) Brigham Young U., B.S. 1959 (history)
U. of Pittsburgh, J.D. 1962
John Hoeven (R-N.D.) Dartmouth College, B.A. 1979 (history & economics)
Northwestern U., M.B.A. 1981
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-Texas) U. of Texas, J.D. 1967
U. of Texas, B.A. 1992
James Inhofe (R-Okla.) U. of Tulsa, B.A. 1973
Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) U. of Hawaii, A.B. 1950 (government & economics)
George Washington U., J.D. 1952
Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) U. of Georgia, B.B.A. 1966 (real estate)
Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) St. Mary’s College (Minn.), B.A. 1971 (communication arts)
Creighton U., J.D. 1974
Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) U. of Minnesota, B.S. 1977 (accounting)
U. of Minnesota, attended 1977-79 (business administration)
Tim Johnson (D-S.D.) U. of South Dakota, B.A. 1969 (government)
U. of South Dakota, M.A. 1970 (government)
Michigan State U., attended 1970-71 (political science)
U. of South Dakota, J.D. 1975
John Kerry (D-Mass.) Yale U., B.A. 1966 (political science)
Boston College, J.D. 1976
Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) Cornell U., B.A. 1981 (history)
London School of Economics, M.S. 1982
Georgetown U., J.D. 1992
Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) Yale U., B.A. 1982 (political science)
U. of Chicago, J.D. 1985
Herb Kohl (D-Wis.) U. of Wisconsin, B.A. 1956
Harvard U., M.B.A. 1958
Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.) U. of Arizona, B.A. 1964 (political science)
U. of Arizona, LL.B. 1966
Mary Landrieu (D-La.) Louisiana State U., B.A. 1977 (sociology)
Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.) Columbia U., B.S. 1949 (economics)
Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) St. Michael’s College, B.A. 1961 (political science)
Georgetown U., J.D. 1964
Mike Lee (R-Utah) Brigham Young U., B.A. 1994 (political science)
Brigham Young U., J.D. 1997
Carl Levin (D-Mich.) Swarthmore College, B.A. 1956 (political science)
Harvard U., LL.B. 1959
Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) Yale U., B.A. 1964 (politics & economics)
Yale U., LL.B. 1967
Dick Lugar (R-Ind.) Denison U., B.A. 1954
Oxford U., M.A. 1956 (Rhodes scholar)
Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) West Virginia U., B.A. 1970 (business administration)
John McCain (R-Ariz.) U.S. Naval Academy, B.S. 1958
National War College, attended 1973-74
Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) U. of Missouri, B.A. 1975 (political science)
U. of Missouri, J.D. 1978
Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) U. of Louisville, B.A. 1964
U. of Kentucky, J.D. 1967
Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) Saint Peter’s College, B.A. 1976 (political science & urban studies)
Rutgers U., J.D. 1979
Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) Stanford U., B.A. 1979 (international relations)
Princeton U., M.P.A. 1982
Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.) Mount Saint Agnes College, B.A. 1958 (sociology)
U. of Maryland, M.S.W. 1965
Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) Fort Hays Kansas State College, attended 1972-73
U. of Kansas, B.S. 1976 (economics)
U. of Kansas, J.D. 1981
Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) Willamette U., attended 1975-77
Georgetown U., B.A. 1980 (economics)
Willamette U., J.D. 1985
Patty Murray (D-Wash.) Washington State U., B.A. 1972
Ben Nelson (D-Neb.) U. of Nebraska, B.A. 1963 (philosophy)
U. of Nebraska, M.A. 1965 (philosophy)
U. of Nebraska, J.D. 1970
Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) Yale U., B.A. 1965 (political science)
U. of Virginia, J.D. 1968
Rand Paul (R-Ky.) Baylor U., attended 1981-84
Duke U., M.D. 1988
Rob Portman (R-Ohio) Dartmouth College, B.A. 1978 (anthropology)
U. of Michigan, J.D. 1984
Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) U. of Arkansas, B.A. 1985 (history)
U. of Arkansas, J.D. 1988
Jack Reed (D-R.I.) U.S. Military Academy, B.S. 1971 (engineering)
Harvard U., M.P.P. 1973
Harvard U., J.D. 1982
Harry Reid (D-Nev.) Southern Utah State College, A.S. 1959
Utah State U., B.A. 1961 (history & political science)
George Washington U., J.D. 1964
U. of Nevada, Las Vegas, attended 1969-70
James Risch (R-Idaho) U. of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, attended 1961-63
U. of Idaho, B.S. 1965 (forest resources management)
U. of Idaho, J.D. 1968
Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) Kansas State U., B.A. 1958 (journalism)
Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) International Christian U. (Tokyo), attended 1957-60
Harvard U., A.B. 1961 (Asian languages & history)
Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) Tarkio College, attended 1989-90
Santa Fe Community College, attended 1990-91
U. of Florida, B.S. 1993 (political science)
U. of Miami, J.D. 1996
Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) Brooklyn College, attended 1959-60
U. of Chicago, B.A. 1964 (political science)
Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) Harvard U., A.B. 1971
Harvard U., J.D. 1974
Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) Huntingdon College, B.A. 1969 (history)
U. of Alabama, J.D. 1973
Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) Shippensburg State College, B.A. 1969 (English)
U. of Mississippi, M.S.S. 1973 (political science)
Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) U. of Alabama, A.B. 1957
U. of Alabama, LL.B. 1963
Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) U. of Maine, B.A. 1969 (political science)
Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) Michigan State U., B.A. 1972
Michigan State U., M.S.W. 1975
Jon Tester (D-Mont.) College of Great Falls, B.A. 1978 (music education & secondary education)
John Thune (R-S.D.) Biola U., B.S. 1983 (business administration)
U. of South Dakota, M.B.A. 1984
Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) Harvard U., A.B. 1984 (political philosophy)
Mark Udall (D-Colo.) Williams College, B.A. 1972 (American civilization)
Tom Udall (D-N.M.) Prescott College, B.A. 1970 (government & political science)
Cambridge U., B.L.L. 1975
U. of New Mexico, J.D. 1977
David Vitter (R-La.) Harvard U., A.B. 1983
Oxford U., B.A. 1985 (Rhodes scholar)
Tulane U., J.D. 1988
Mark Warner (D-Va.) George Washington U., B.A. 1977 (political science)
Harvard U., J.D. 1980
Jim Webb (D-Va.) U. of Southern California, attended 1963-64
U.S. Naval Academy, B.S. 1968
Georgetown U., J.D. 1975
Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) Yale U., B.A. 1978 (architecture)
U. of Virginia, J.D. 1982
Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) U. of Mississippi, B.A. 1973 (political science & journalism)
U. of Mississippi, J.D. 1975
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) U. of California, Santa Barbara, attended 1967-69
Stanford U., A.B. 1971 (political science)
U. of Oregon, J.D. 1974