# Where did you go to college?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [October 5, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608 "2004-10-05T04:36:45Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author: ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/21 "2004-10-05T11:41:04Z")

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Indiana University (1981-1986), Bloomington (1986-1995)  
BA Biology, Minor in Religious Studies, 1986  
BS MT 1994

Vlad/Igor

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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/22 "2004-10-05T11:48:05Z")

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Frostburg State University (Maryland) 1990 - History and Mass Comm  
Grad School - University of Iowa (Iowa City) 1993

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### Author: ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/23 "2004-10-05T11:48:25Z")

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Other Bard College graduates, c’mon down!

_\<She stands by herself, waiting…\>_

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### Author: ![Walkabout](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/46a35a/32.png) [@Walkabout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walkabout)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/24 "2004-10-05T12:06:37Z")

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Like the OP, I went to West Virginia University. I majored in Agriculture (Animal Science). I still live in Morgantown, 20 years later.

Let’s go, Mountaineers!

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### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/25 "2004-10-05T12:12:41Z")

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UC Santa Barbara, Religious Studies, BA 1976

Drew University, Sociology of Religion, MPhil 1981, PhD 1983

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### Author: ![Grant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a5b964/32.png) [@Grant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grant)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/26 "2004-10-05T12:14:37Z")

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University of Pittsburgh  
B.S. in Chemistry (math minor) 1992

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### Author: ![Iris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a5b964/32.png) [@Iris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iris)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/27 "2004-10-05T12:37:30Z")

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Salisbury University (Maryland) - B.A. Psychology (minor in Spanish), 1997

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### Author: ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/28 "2004-10-05T12:47:33Z")

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University of Saint Thomas  
Saint Paul, MN  
class of 1991.

(I was on the 51/2 year plan. I majored in 7 different things. Major: Journalism. Minors: Business and Psychology.)

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### Author: ![Caricci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Caricci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caricci)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/29 "2004-10-05T12:50:24Z")

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Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, class of 1985.

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### Author: ![ColonelDax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@ColonelDax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColonelDax)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/30 "2004-10-05T12:50:44Z")

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Vanderbilt University  
Nashville, Tennessee  
Class of '86  
BA History with Classics minor

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### Author: ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/31 "2004-10-05T12:52:44Z")

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> [@Jonathan Chance](#):
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> Frostburg State University (Maryland) 1990 - History and Mass Comm

And we probably had some of the same teachers.

Frostburg State University, 1995, Geography and minor in History.

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### Author: ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/32 "2004-10-05T12:56:13Z")

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Kershaw  
Nelson  
Stegmaier

And whomever that Geo teacher with the beard was.

Any of those ringing a bell?

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### Author: ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/33 "2004-10-05T13:05:12Z")

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University of Texas  
BA, Geography (GIS/Cartography)  
Autumn 1999

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### Author: ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/34 "2004-10-05T13:11:35Z")

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Union College, Schenectady, NY 1974, B.A., Social Science  
University at Albany, Albany, NY, 1988, M.A., English (Writing)

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### Author: ![Eliphalet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eliphalet/32/9563_2.png) [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/35 "2004-10-05T14:24:41Z")

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St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN, 1995, B.S., Business Administration, specialty in Human Resources/Labor Relations

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### Author: ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/36 "2004-10-05T14:36:57Z")

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(This reminds me of the beginning of NFL games where they have a 3 second clip of the guys saying their name and the school went to)

**Bruce\_Daddy** , BS - Computer Science, Clemson University.

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### Author: ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/37 "2004-10-05T14:41:17Z")

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U of Florida - 1980-81 (major in Psychology)  
U of South Florida - 1984-88 Computer Engineering Technology (roughly IS/CS)

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### Author: ![Poonther](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Poonther](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poonther)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/38 "2004-10-05T14:52:05Z")

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**Florida State University**  
Geography/Urban Planning 1987

Wow I thought I was the only one out here that had a geography degree. Good to see that others are spacial too. Seventeen years later and I am back in Tallahassee after being gone for over ten years.

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### Author: ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/39 "2004-10-05T14:57:20Z")

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> [@Miss Mapp](#):
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> Emporia State University, in Emporia, Kansas, for my MLS. 1991-92.

Up until about 3 weeks ago, I would never have known Emporia existed, but I recently met a couple that both attended there.

My stats:

University of San Diego  
Major: Accounting

If anyone else went there, well, I’ll eat my hat.

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### Author: ![phall0106](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/phall0106/32/5934_2.png) [@phall0106](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phall0106)
#### Post date: [October 5, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-did-you-go-to-college/267608/40 "2004-10-05T14:59:54Z")

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Penn State University, Bachelor’s in Applied Behavioral Science. Gradutated in…um…2000 (I think…it’s been awhile and I don’t have the diploma framed or anything).

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