US presidents without college degrees
Can you guess which president only attended one year of school in his life?
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It's hard to imagine that you could become a US president without a university education, but there are several examples that prove otherwise, In fact, did you know that it's not a requirement to have a college degree to be sworn into the White House? The US Constitution doesn't set forth any education requirements for presidents. And while it's common for presidents to have a degree from America's most elite universities, this wasn't always a prime consideration among voters.
When we look back at former heads of state, fewer than half of the nation's first 24 presidents held college degrees. Click on to discover who they are.
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