Of the 192 officeholders currently occupying the top four executive positions in each state—governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, and secretary of state—184 have a bachelor’s degree, 58 have a master’s degree, and 93 have a law degree. Nine such officeholders have a Ph.D., and one has a medical degree. Eight state executives do not list holding a higher education degree in their official biography.
Among all top four state executive positions, the most popular school for a bachelor’s degree is Harvard University (6). Five such officeholders received their bachelor’s degree from Yale University, and three schools—Brigham Young University, the University of Vermont, and the University of Washington—have four alumni each.
The most popular schools for a master’s degree among the top four state executives are the University of Oxford (4), Harvard University (3), and Columbia University (3).
