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How many US Presidents have graduated from Ivy League universities?

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Fourteen US Presidents have graduated from Ivy League universities. Of these, nine attended Harvard University, and five attended Yale University. The first Ivy League graduate to serve as President was George Washington, who graduated from King's College (now Columbia University) in 1754. The most recent Ivy League graduate to serve as President was Barack Obama, who graduated from Columbia University in 1983 and Harvard Law School in 1991.
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