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14 Female Celebs with Impressive College Degrees

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at U Conn chapter.

As the stress of finals approaches and the thought of dropping out becomes enticing, take comfort in the fact that some of your favorite female celebs know exactly what you are going through. Procrastinate for a minute (or an hour) and check out the impressive degrees earned by some of our beloved leading ladies. 

Meryl Streep

Colleges: Vassar College, Yale University.  Degrees Earned: Bachelor’s in Psychology, Master’s of Fine Arts in Drama.

 

Mayim Bialik

College: University of California, Los Angeles.  Degrees Earned: Bachelor’s in Hebrew, Jewish Studies, and Neuroscience, PhD in Neuroscience.

 

Lisa Kudrow

College: Vassar College.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Psychobiology.

 

Rashida Jones

College: Harvard University.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Religion and Philosophy.

 

Amy Poehler

College: Boston College.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Communications.

 

Jenna Fischer

College: Truman State University.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Theater with a minor in Journalism.

 

Eva Longoria

Colleges: Texas A&M University, Kingsville, California St. University.  Degrees Earned: Bachelor’s in Kinesiology, Master’s in Chicano Studies.

 

Mindy Kaling

College: Dartmouth College.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Playwriting.

 

Lena Dunham

College: Oberlin College.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Creative Writing.

 

Natalie Portman

College: Harvard University.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Psychology.

 

Elizabeth Banks

College: University of Pennsylvania.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Communications.

 

Emma Watson

College: Brown University.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in English.

 

Wanda Sykes

College: Hampton University.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Marketing.

 

Carrie Underwood

College: Northeastern State University.  Degree Earned: Bachelor’s in Mass Communications.

 

Last but not least, a big HC congrats to Modern Family‘s Ariel Winter who recently declared via Instagram that she will be attending the University of California, Los Angeles!

 

Good luck on finals, collegiettes!