# Rock Stars who graduated from college? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2005, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733 "2005-11-06T03:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/61 "2005-11-08T17:21:27Z")
Didn’t see your post before I mouthed off, **Jonathan**. Sorry! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/62 "2005-11-08T18:09:34Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > Milo Aukerman ( formerly of the Descendants ) supposedly has a PhD in biochemistry. > > - Tamerlane Actually Milo is still in the descendants, just he leaves from tiem to time to work in the lab. He in fact is a PHD in biochemistry. All was formed for the rest of the band to keep playing between his schooling and labwork gigs. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/63 "2005-11-08T20:07:27Z")
Adam Duritz of **Counting Crows** attended UC Berkeley. Huge sports fan, too – you can’t attend a Cal sporting event without running into him. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/64 "2005-11-08T20:40:30Z")
The guys from Hootie and the Blowfish (Mark Bryan, Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld) all attended the University of South Carolina. I believe they all graduated, too. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/65 "2005-11-08T23:00:05Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > I have heard that the lead singer for Midnight Oil (Peter Garrett, right?) was a lawyer specializing in aboriginal issues. Not being familiar with the Australian educational system, I have to assume the man is degreed (if the lawyer thing is true.) This has already been done. I don’t think he ever practiced law. He certainly has a degree though. He is now a member of the Federal Parliament. ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/66 "2005-11-08T23:34:26Z")
> [@Sean Factotum](#): > > I have heard that the lead singer for Midnight Oil (Peter Garrett, right?) was a lawyer specializing in aboriginal issues. Not being familiar with the Australian educational system, I have to assume the man is degreed (if the lawyer thing is true.) See [post no 38](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=6768824&postcount=38) for details of Peter Garrett’s university degrees. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2005, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/67 "2005-11-11T18:04:53Z")
> [@carlotta](#): > > We were thinking rock star is probably one of the few professions where getting a college degree interferes with your likelihood of success. I wouldn’t say that; where else but college do you have such a flexible schedule, a vast pool of budding musicians to jam with, and people to play for if you’re any good at all? I think some or all of the members of Boston were MIT graduate students. ---
**Author:** ![Nacho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7bcc69/32.png) [@Nacho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nacho)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733/68 "2023-07-21T22:08:53Z")
“Jakob Dylan, lead singer of the Wallflowers (and Bob’s son) graduated from Hampshire College. He was a… well, bit of a jerk, really.” Nope. Jakob never graduated from any college. He didn’t even finish the first semester of art school. The Hampshire grad was Samuel, not Jakob. Sam met his wife there and she references their college years sometimes on her Instagram account (Stacy Dylan). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rock-stars-who-graduated-from-college/329733.md?page=3)