Based on the number who last raised private funding during the last 1,5 years and have raised a total of one million U.S. dollars or more. Does not include business schools.
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U.S. leading universities 2023, by number of graduates founding a start-up
In 2022/23, *** Stanford University graduates founded a start-up that raised a total of * U.S. dollars or more. Other leading U.S. universities in terms of number of graduates who founded a startup were MIT and Harvard University.
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