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Trump Family Educational Background

Before Donald Trump became the president, he set up the standard for his children by graduating from college. But just how far did the Trump family members get in their education?

Donald Trump

Donald attended Fordham University for two years, before shifting to the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business. In Gwenda Blair’s book, The Trumps, The Washington Post published that Trump milked his way into Wharton “because he had an interview with an admissions officer who had been a high school classmate of his older brother.”

“His former classmates said he seemed a student who spoke up a lot but rarely shined in class, who barely participated in campus activities, shunned fraternity parties,” stated the Boston Globe. He did earn a Bachelor of Science degree in economics.

Donald Trump Jr.

Donald Trump Jr. graduated from a boarding school and attended the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, just like his father. However, he liked to party, unlike his dad. “Every memory I have of him is of him stumbling around campus falling over or passing out in public, with his arm in a sling from injuring himself while drinking,” Donald Jr.’s former classmate, Scott Melker, posted on Facebook.

Donald Jr. shared with New York Magazine in 2004, “To be fairly candid, I used to drink a lot and party pretty hard,” he said. “And it wasn’t something that I was particularly good at. I mean, I was good at it, but I couldn’t do it in moderation.” He earned a degree in finance and real estate at the end.

Ivanka Trump

She attended Georgetown University for two years, before shifting to her dad’s school, the University of Pennsylvania. “I think she was always a good student — well prepared, poised, et cetera,” one classmate said to The Daily Pennsylvanian. “My sense was that she was a little removed from the typical bar scene in college, but I feel like she always handled herself with a lot of class and dignity.” Another student alleged Ivanka “didn’t seem all that super intelligent” but continued, “she seemed nice enough.” Ivanka got a degree in economics in 2004.

Eric Trump

Unlike other Donald’s children, Eric went to Georgetown University. Eric would take his friend to a weekend at The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City via a private jet, for free, as a way of a break from studying. Eric graduated in 2006 with a degree in finance and management, and in 2017 he became a member of Georgetown’s Business, Society and Public Policy Initiative advisory board, while concurrently acting as the executive vice president of the Trump Organization.

Ivana Trump

Mother of Eric, Ivanka and Donald Jr, attended Charles University in Prague while working as a model. It is unknown if she graduated.

Tiffany Trump

The daughter of Donald Trump and Marla Maples went to the University of Pennsylvania and graduated with a double major in sociology (with a concentration in law) and urban studies in May 2016. She is currently attending Georgetown Law.

Melania Trump

Her educational background is a mystery. The government website claimed, at the time Donald became president, that Melania had a degree in architecture and design from a university in Slovenia. But, in an April 2016 GQ article, she stated that she had “decamped to Milan after her first year of college, effectively dropping out.”

NBC News got in touch with Blaz Matija Vogelnik, a professor who declared he shortly directed Melania at Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana. He said: “She hasn’t finished university, at least not in Ljubljana.” He continued, “My personal opinion is that because she was very beautiful girl … I believe that she realized that she could gain more with that than to have long studies.” In the end, Melania had to address the issue, and she posted on Tweeter in July 2016 that the website didn’t “accurately reflect my business and professional interests.” It was supposed to say that she had “paused her studies to advance her modeling career in Milan and Paris,” but at this moment, Melania’s formal White House biography doesn’t have anything of her educational background.