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 of governors of California by education [ edit ] 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 Jerry Brown University of California, Berkeley B.A. in Classics, 1961 Yale Law School J.D. 1964 Gavin Newsom Santa Clara University B.A. in Political Science, 1989
List by institutions [ edit ] 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 Santa Clara University Gavin Newsom B.A. 1989 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
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