In 2020, 465 Stanford University graduates founded a start-up that raised a total of one million 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.
Leading universities in the United States in 2020, by number of graduates founding a start-up
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CrunchBase. (March 19, 2021). Leading universities in the United States in 2020, by number of graduates founding a start-up [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 21, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/883589/unicorn-founders-by-undergraduate-college/
CrunchBase. "Leading universities in the United States in 2020, by number of graduates founding a start-up." Chart. March 19, 2021. Statista. Accessed March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883589/unicorn-founders-by-undergraduate-college/
CrunchBase. (2021). Leading universities in the United States in 2020, by number of graduates founding a start-up. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 21, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/883589/unicorn-founders-by-undergraduate-college/
CrunchBase. "Leading Universities in The United States in 2020, by Number of Graduates Founding a Start-up." Statista, Statista Inc., 19 Mar 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883589/unicorn-founders-by-undergraduate-college/
CrunchBase, Leading universities in the United States in 2020, by number of graduates founding a start-up Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/883589/unicorn-founders-by-undergraduate-college/ (last visited March 21, 2023)
Leading universities in the United States in 2020, by number of graduates founding a start-up [Graph], CrunchBase, March 19, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/883589/unicorn-founders-by-undergraduate-college/