21 celebrities who have degrees in their back pockets

Before he was the face of Wolverine, Hugh Jackman spent a year as a PE teacher (I bet no one skipped gym then), but after that, he went back to school and graduated with a BA in communications.

College was probably always the game plan for Lupita Nyong’o as her father was a professor, but a degree in theater and film probably meant she always had her eyes set on acting.

The Little Mermaid star studied at university while acting back in the day when he attended St. John’s College, where he eventually earned a degree in theology.

If there is a multiverse, then somewhere on another timeline, Reba McEntire utilized her degree in education and became an elementary school teacher.

Back in the 1970s, Swedish-born action star Dolph Lundgren came to the States with academic scholarships in hand to study chemical engineering. He later returned to Stockholm to finish school and get his degree in it.

Sigourney’s acting bug bit her early as she was involved with theater at Stanford, but while there, she also got her BA in English.

After living the Suite Life alongside his twin brother, Cole Sprouse (along with the aforementioned brother) went to New York University, where he studied archaeology.

A handful of years before she would start a YouTube channel that would eventually lead to an HBO series, Issa Rae was studying African and African-American Studies at Stanford.

Two things people don’t often know about Mr. Bean are that he was the voice of Zazu in The Lion King and that he has an MS in electrical engineering.

After starring in the hit ‘90s series Blossom, Mayim Bialik stepped away from Hollywood and, during that time, not only started a family but found herself at UCLA, where she got a Doctor of Philosophy degree in neuroscience. That came in quite handy when she landed on the science-centric series, The Big Bang Theory as what else? A neuroscientist.

Not only is John Legend part of the elite club of EGOT winners, but he’s also a well-educated man who graduated magna cūm laude with a BA in English.

Rebel Wilson left college with two BAs to her name. One was in Theater and Performance Studies, which makes sense given she’s a beloved actress today. The other one? Believe it or not, law.

Sound of Metal’s Riz Ahmed earned a degree from Oxford University in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics but then studied acting at another school.

Before she was kicking butt in the likes of The Walking Dead and Black Panther, Danai Gurira was doing the same at school. She has a BA in psychology and an MFA in acting from NYU.

Weird Al has made a career after constructing parody songs, but that’s not too wild when one considers he has a BA in architecture.

Rashida Jones went the Ivy League route by attending Harvard and getting a degree in religion and philosophy.

Spike Lee has a MFA in film and television. That’s not that shocking, given that he’s been behind the camera of some of the most beloved and celebrated films in history.

Natalie Portman was already part of the Star Wars universe when she headed off to Harvard, where she’d go on to graduate with a BA in psychology before wrapping up the prequel trilogy.

Ironically enough, the star of Anchorman got a degree in sports information but didn’t see himself as a broadcaster.

Kerry Washington only had a couple of acting gigs on her resume when she graduated from George Washington University in 1998 with a BA in anthropology and sociology.

Ken Jeong was a practicing physician before he became an actor, meaning, yup, he had an MD with his name on it.