Below is a list of Governors of California by education. Most California Governors received a college education, especially since 1895. Of the nineteenth century governors, half attended college. College degrees have set governors apart from the general population, and Governors of California have often held such a degree even when this was extremely rare and, indeed, unnecessary for practicing most occupations, including law. Every California Governor since 1923 has had a degree, with the most degrees being attained from UC Berkeley.
List by Governors of California
| Governor |
Schools |
Degrees |
|---|
| Peter Burnett | None | None |
| John McDougall | None | None |
| John Bigler | Dickinson College | Dropped out |
| J. Neely Johnson | None | None |
| John B. Weller | Miami University | |
| Milton Latham | Washington & Jefferson College | 1845 |
| John G. Downey | None | None |
| Leland Stanford | Cazenovia College | LL.B. 1845 |
| Frederick Low | None | None |
| H.H. Haight | Yale University | A.B. 1844 |
| Newton Booth | De Pauw University | A.B. 1846 |
| Romualdo Pacheco | None | None |
| William Irwin | Marietta College | 1848 |
| George Perkins | None | None |
| George Stoneman | United States Military Academy | 1846 |
| Washington Bartlett | None | None |
| Robert Waterman | None | None |
| Henry Markham | None | None |
| James Budd | University of California, Berkeley | A.B. 1873 |
| Henry Gage | None | None |
| George Pardee | University of California, Berkeley | Ph.B. 1879 |
| A.M. 1882 |
| University of Leipzig | M.D. 1885 |
| James Gillett | None | None |
| Hiram Johnson | University of California, Berkeley | Dropped out 1887 |
| William Stephens | None | None |
| Friend Richardson | San Bernardino College | |
| C. C. Young | University of California, Berkeley | B.L. 1892 |
| James Rolph | None | None |
| Frank Merriam | Lenox College | B.S. 1887 |
| Culbert Olson | Brigham Young University | B.A. in Law and Journalism, 1890 |
| University of Michigan Law School | Transferred to GWU Law |
| George Washington University Law School | LL.B. 1901 |
| Earl Warren | University of California, Berkeley | B.A. 1912 |
| University of California, Berkeley School of Law | LL.B. 1914 |
| Goodwin Knight | Stanford University | A.B. in Law and Business, 1919 |
| Cornell University | Graduate work, 1920 |
| Pat Brown | San Francisco Law School | LL.B. 1927 |
| Ronald Reagan | Eureka College | B.A. in Economics, 1932 |
| Jerry Brown | University of California, Berkeley | B.A. in Classics, 1961 |
| Yale Law School | J.D. 1964 |
| George Deukmejian | Siena College | B.A. in Sociology, 1949 |
| St. John's University School of Law | J.D. 1952 |
| Pete Wilson | Yale University | B.A. in English, 1956 |
| University of California, Berkeley School of Law | J.D. 1962 |
| Gray Davis | Stanford University | A.B. in History, 1964 |
| Columbia Law School | J.D. 1967 |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger | University of Wisconsin–Superior | B.A. in Business and International Economics, 1979 |
List by institutions
| School |
Governor(s) |
Degree(s) |
|---|
University of California, Berkeley &
UC Berkeley Law School | James Budd | A.B. 1873 |
| George Pardee | Ph.B. 1879 |
| A.M. 1882 |
| Hiram Johnson | Dropped out 1887 |
| C. C. Young | B.L. 1892 |
| Earl Warren | B.A. 1912 |
| LL.B. 1914 |
| Jerry Brown | B.A. in Classics, 1961 |
| Pete Wilson | J.D. 1962 |
Yale University &
Yale Law School | H.H. Haight | A.B. 1844 |
| Jerry Brown | J.D. 1964 |
| Pete Wilson | B.A. in English, 1956 |
| Stanford University | Goodwin Knight | A.B. in Law and Business, 1919 |
| Gray Davis | A.B. in History, 1964 |
| Brigham Young University | Culbert Olson | B.A. in Law and Journalism, 1890 |
| Cazenovia College | Leland Stanford | LL.B. 1845 |
| Columbia Law School | Gray Davis | J.D. 1967 |
| Cornell University | Goodwin Knight | Graduate work, 1920 |
| De Pauw University | Newton Booth | A.B. 1846 |
| Dickinson College | John Bigler | Dropped out |
| Eureka College | Ronald Reagan | B.A. in Economics, 1932 |
| George Washington University Law School | Culbert Olson | LL.B. 1901 |
| University of Leipzig | George Pardee | M.D. 1885 |
| Lenox College | Frank Merriam | B.S. 1887 |
| Marietta College | William Irwin | 1848 |
| Miami University | John B. Weller |
| University of Michigan Law School | Culbert Olson | Transferred to GWU Law |
| St. John's University School of Law | George Deukmejian | J.D. 1952 |
| San Bernardino College | Friend Richardson |
| San Francisco Law School | Pat Brown | LL.B. 1927 |
| Siena College | George Deukmejian | B.A. in Sociology, 1949 |
| United States Military Academy | George Stoneman | 1846 |
| Washington & Jefferson College | Milton Latham | 1845 |
| University of Wisconsin–Superior | Arnold Schwarzenegger | B.A. in Business and International Economics, 1979 |
| None | Peter Burnett | None |
| John McDougall | None |
| J. Neely Johnson | None |
| John G. Downey | None |
| Frederick Low | None |
| Romualdo Pacheco | None |
| George Perkins | None |
| Washington Bartlett | None |
| Robert Waterman | None |
| Henry Markham | None |
| Henry Gage | None |
| James Gillett | None |
| William Stephens | None |
| James Rolph | None |
