The late-night host graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1985 with a degree in history and literature. Coco also honed his jokes at the Harvard Lampoon, where he served as president his junior and senior years.

The Oscar winner graduated magna cum laude from Harvard in 1989 with a degree in East Asian Studies. Sorvino spent one year abroad in Beijing, where she became fluent in Mandarin.

Shields received a B.A. in French literature in 1987 from Princeton, where she was a member of the Princeton Triangle Club and the Cap and Gown Club.

The two-time Oscar winner earned a degree in literature from Yale in 1985. She took a semester off after John Hinkley Jr. attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in 1981 to impress her. Foster was awarded a Doctor of Fine Arts degree from her alma mater in 1997.

Kaling graduated from Dartmouth in 2001 with a degree in playwriting. While at Darmouth, she wrote for its humor magazine the Dartmouth Jack-O-Lantern, created the comic strip "Badly Drawn Girl" in the school paper The Dartmouth, and was a member of the school's comedy and a cappella troupes.

The actress graduated from Brown in 2014 with a degree in literature. Watson spent five years at college because she took two semesters off to make films, including the last two Harry Potter movies.

The Girls star graduated in 2010 with an English degree from Yale, where she was part of the comedy troupe Just Add Water and was inducted into the secret society St. Elmo.

Jones studied religion and philosophy at Harvard and graduated in 1997. She initially wanted to become a lawyer, but changed her mind after the O.J. Simpson trial.

Krasinski, who went to high school with his Office co-star B.J. Novak, graduated from Brown in 2001 with a degree in creative writing. His honors thesis was titled "Contents Under Pressure."

Novak earned a degree in English and Spanish literature from Harvard in 2001 and wrote his honors thesis on film adaptations of Hamlet. He was also a member of the Harvard Lampoon and the Hasty Pudding Club.

Portman, who once said she'd " rather be smart than a movie star," graduated from Harvard with a degree in psychology in 2003. Aaron Sorkin consulted with the Oscar winner, who "partied" with the Winklevoss twins, while he was penning The Social Network and dropped in a reference to her in the film: "Mark [Zuckerberg] was the biggest thing on a campus that included 19 Nobel laureates, 15 Pulitzer prize winners, two future Olympians and a movie star."

While Kat Stratford dreamed of attending Sarah Lawrence in 10 Things I Hate About You, Stiles went to Columbia, where she graduated with a degree in English literature in 2005. Fun fact: Her 10 Things sister Larisa Oleynik graduated from Sarah Lawrence!

Shue transferred to Harvard from Wellesley in 1985 and dropped out in 1988 one semester shy of graduating to pursue acting. She returned nine years later and graduated with a degree in political science in 2000.

Peet received a degree in history from Columbia in 1994. While at Columbia, she was inspired to become an actress after taking a class with Uta Hagen.

The Scandal star received degrees in English and theater studies from Yale in 1991. She also earned a certificate from Oxford University, where she studied at the school's British American Drama Academy.

The Dallas star's grandfather, Kingman Brewster Jr., was a former president of Yale, so it was no surprise Brewster enrolled there. She graduated in 2003 with a B.A. in English.

Banks not only graduated magna cum laude in 1996 from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied communications with a concentration in theater arts, but she also met her husband, producer Max Handelman, on her first day of college in 1992!

The Prison Break star earned a B.A. in English literature from Princeton in 1995 and was part of the school's a cappella group, the Princeton Tigertones.

The Royal Pains star initially planned to study law at Princeton, but switched to acting and earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and L'Ecole Phillipe in France. Feuerstein, whose senior thesis was titled "Every Man Is a King: An Actor's Journal," graduated in 1993.

The Talk co-host holds a degree in environmental policy from Dartmouth, where she graduated in 1992. Tyler co-founded the school's a cappella group, the Dartmouth Rockapellas, of which Mindy Kaling was later a member.

Dratch graduated in 1988 from Dartmouth, where she studied drama and psychology. She was also part of the school's improv group Said and Done.

The Saturday Night Live star graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 with degrees in communications and French.

The actress earned her B.A. in literature and Eastern religions from Columbia in 1999. Her mother, screenwriter Naomi Foner, was once married to noted Columbia history professor Eric Foner.

Could you picture Jack Shephard crunching numbers? Fox earned an economics degree from Columbia in 1989 and once interviewed for a job selling stocks at Prudential.

What school hasn't Franco gone to? The professional student received his MFA in writing from Columbia in 2010 and is currently a PhD candidate at Yale. He has also attended Tisch at New York University, Brooklyn College, Warren Wilson College in North Carolina and the Rhode Island School of Design. And because Franco likes to give back as well, he started teaching a course in short film production at the University of Southern California and a screenwriting course at his undergraduate alma mater UCLA in 2013.

The Modern Family earned a degree in Italian Renaissance studies from Brown in 1991, even spending her junior abroad in Florence.

The American History X star received a degree in — what else? — history from Yale in 1991. Norton was also on the school's rowing team.

Having grown up playing the organ, the Frasier star enrolled at Yale as a classical piano major, but grew bored of music lessons and changed to a double major in English and theater arts. He graduated in 1981.

After studying economics for a year at the University of Amsterdam, the X-Men star enrolled at Columbia and majored in creative writing and literature. She graduated in 1992.

The Boy Meets World star graduated magna cum laude from Columbia with an English degree in 2004. Fun fact: The poems Shawn wrote on Boy Meets World were penned by Strong himself.

The Grey's Anatomy star received her B.A. in English from Brown in 1998 before studying acting at London's Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.

Everybody wanted a piece of Superman. After receiving 17 athletic scholarships, Cain settled on Princeton, where he dated Brooke Shields and earned a B.A. in history in 1988. His senior thesis was about the Oscars: "The History and Development of the Functions of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."

The Office star graduated from Princeton in 2002 with a B.A. in English. Kemper was also on the school's field hockey team, but quit later on to focus on theater

Duchovny attended not one, but two Ivy League schools. He received his B.A. in English literature from Princeton in 1982 and wrote his thesis on Samuel Beckett's early novels. Seven years later, he earned an MA in English lit from Yale. Duchovny then started PhD work at Yale, but has yet to complete it.

The big-screen Superman was also a hotly coveted Ivy Leaguer. Reeve turned down Columbia, Brown, Princeton, Northwestern and Carnegie Mellon to attend Cornell. He convinced Cornell to let him complete his senior year at Julliard to further study acting and graduated in 1974.

Beals graduated from Yale in 1987 with a degree in American literature. She took a semester off to film Flashdance.

The Office Space star earned degrees in English and theater from Yale in 1989. He starred in productions with Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti at the Ivy League.

After leaving ER in 2000, Martin had to re-apply to Yale, where she only had one year left to complete. She graduated in 2001 with a B.A. in art history.

The Friday Night Lights star graduated from Dartmouth in 1989 with a degree in Asian studies with a concentration in Chinese. Britton studied in Beijing during her freshman summer.

The Law & Order star went to Yale on a scholarship and graduated in 1961 with a B.A. in French and history. He received an honorary degree from the school in 2001.

Amurri Martino graduated from Brown in 2007 with a degree in Italian studies and studied in Bologna, Italy, for one semester.

The Walking Dead star earned a degree in feminist studies from Dartmouth in 1999 later earned her MFA from the National Theatre Conservatory in Denver.

The Oscar winner graduated cum laude from Harvard in 1969 with a B.A. in English. His roommate in college was none other than Al Gore.

The Breaking Bad star received a social studies degree from Harvard in 1985. A straight-A student in high school, Norris was the first member of his family to go to college.

The CSI: NY and Covert Affairs star is a 1988 magna cum laude graduate of Brown, where he studied theater. In 1992, he earned two degrees from Harvard: a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law and a master's in public administration from the school's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Gilbert graduated from Yale in 1997 with an art degree. Roseanne producers accommodated her schedule during her tenure, even shooting Gilbert on a soundstage in New York so she wouldn't have to be written out of an episode.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air star obtained a degree in African-American studies and government from Harvard in 2002.

The Heroes star earned a B.S. in computer science and math from Brown in 1997. Oka also served as musical director of the school's all-male a cappella group, The Bear Necessities.

The Grey's Anatomy and Scandal star graduated from Brown in 1979 with a degree in Russian studies and European history. She later studied drama at Yale, graduating in 1983, and received an honorary doctorate from Brown in 2007.

The About a Boy star graduated from Brown in 2001 with a psychology degree.

The True Blood star earned a degree in semiotics from Brown in 1991 and spent a year studying at the University of Paris.

Smits, who holds a bachelor's in theater from Brooklyn College, received his MFA from Cornell in 1982.

After transferring from the University of North Carolina, Cummings graduated magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania in 2004 with a degree in film and communications.

The Ugly Betty star obtained a B.A. in European history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2000

Maher earned a B.A. in English and history from Cornell in 1978. He told Marc Maron in 2012 that while he got an "excellent education" there, he felt isolated and wouldn't go there if he could do it again.

The Americans star graduated from Yale in 1992 with a history degree. While at Yale, he was a member of the a cappella group The Spizzwinks(?).

No, the L.A. Law star did not study law at Yale. Hamlin graduated in 1994 with a B.A. in drama and psychology.

Linney graduated from Brown with an acting degree in 1986. During her senior year, she performed in a production of Childe Byron, which was written by her famed playwright father Romulus Linney.

The Girlfriends star earned a theater degree from Brown in 1994.

The actor, whose father A. Bartlett Giamatti served as president of Yale, graduated from the school in 1989 with a B.A. in English. He earned his MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1994.

The three-time Oscar winner, who did her undergraduate studies at Vassar, earned her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1975.

The Oscar champ got her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 2012, shortly before she auditioned for 12 Years a Slave. Nyong'o, who has a B.A. from Hampshire College, also won Yale's Herschel Williams Prize in 2012, which is given to acting students with "outstanding ability."

After graduating from Illinois State University, the Glee star received her MFA in theater from Cornell in 1984.

Judd isn't just a Kentucky Wildcat. The actress earned her master's in public administration from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2010.

After graduating from Stanford, Weaver completed her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1974.

The Oscar winner, who received her B.A. from West Virginia's Bethany College, earned her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1982. She was roommates with fellow future Oscar winner Holly Hunter at Yale.

Hunter, who received her B.A. at Carnegie Mellon, got her MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1982.

After attending Marlboro College, the Good Wife star earned his MFA in 1985 from the Yale School of Drama, where he studied under Sanford Meisner.

Bassett received a B.A. from Yale in African-American studies in 1980 and then earned her MFA from its drama school three years later. She met her husband Courtney B. Vance at Yale.

Vance obtained a history degree from Harvard in 1982 before receiving his MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1986.

The three-time Emmy winner, who got a B.A. at the University of Southern Maine, graduated the Yale School of Drama in 1980.

Like his former Monk co-star Shalhoub, Turturro, who got his B.A. at SUNY New Paltz, got his MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1983.

The Ray Donovan star, who did his undergrad studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, completed his MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1992. He also studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London.

The Veronica Mars star studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and then received his MFA from the Yale School of Drama in 1993. He won the school's prestigious Carol Dye Award for his performance in Hamlet.

Cooper graduated from Yale with a political science degree in 1989. What he did during his summer breaks is top secret: He interned at the CIA.

Damon left Harvard in 1992, just 12 credits shy of completing his English degree, to film Geronimo: An American Legend, thinking that it would be his big break. "By the time I figured out I had made the wrong decision, it was too late," he said.

The Homeland star studied psychology at Yale for two years before dropping out to resume her acting career in 2000. Danes was a third-generation Yalie: Her grandfather and father are both alumni, and he grandfather served as dean of Yale's arts and architecture school.

The Murphy Brown star flunked out of the University of Pennsylvania in 1965 after failing two classes. The bright side: Bergen was named homecoming queen and received an honorary doctorate from Penn in 1992.

Following his sister Maggie's footsteps, Gyllenhaal enrolled at Columbia in 1998 to study Eastern religions and philosophy. He dropped out after two years to focus on acting.

JGL was demoted to recurring status on the final season of 3rd Rock from the Sun after he enrolled at Columbia to study history, literature and French poetry. He dropped out in 2004 to concentrate on acting again.

The True Blood star attended Columbia for one year, leaving in 2001 to focus on her career.

Affleck studied physics, astronomy and Western philosophy at Columbia, but left in 1997 after Gus Van Sant asked him to be in Good Will Hunting, written by big bro Ben and fellow Ivy League dropout Matt Damon.

JTT famously left Home Improvement to concentrate on school. He studied history and philosophy at Harvard from 2000 to 2002 before completing his degree at Columbia in 2010.

The Oscar winner studied English at Yale for two years before transferring to Stanford in 1990 to study drama, but she soon dropped out of there as well to pursue acting.

The Parenthood star attended Yale on a full scholarship, but dropped out after two years in 1994 to pursue modeling.