List of Presidents of the Philippines by education
This is a complete list of Philippine Presidents by college education that consists of the 16 heads of state in the history of the Philippines.
Almost all Presidents (except Emilio Aguinaldo and Joseph Estrada) completed a college degree program. College and postgraduate education have prepared Presidents in their future roles as heads of state, architects of foreign policy, commanders-in-chief of the armed forces, and managers of the entire government bureaucracy.
By law, under the Philippine Constitution, any Filipino citizen aged forty and above who can read and write and can meet residency requirements is eligible to run as President. However, in practice, popularity, political machinery and financial resources are the key elements leading to a successful presidential candidate.
List of educational institutions
College
| School | President(s) |
|---|---|
| Assumption College | |
| Ateneo de Manila University | |
| College of Mount Saint Vincent | |
| Georgetown University | |
| Jose Rizal College (now Jose Rizal University) |
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| Lyceum of the Philippines (now Lyceum of the Philippines University) |
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| Mapúa Institute of Technology |
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| Polytechnic Colleges of the Philippines (now Central Colleges of the Philippines) |
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| Silliman University | |
| United States Military Academy | |
| Colegio de San Juan de Letran | |
| University of Manila | |
| University of the Philippines ManilaA |
Note: A The University of the Philippines was not declared as a university system before 1972. Although the respective colleges attended by Roxas, Quirino, and Marcos now belong to UP Diliman, they attended the original UP campus which is now UP Manila.
Law school
| School | President(s) |
|---|---|
| Escuela de Derecho de Manila (now Manila Law College Foundation) | |
| Silliman University College of Law | |
| Philippine Law School | |
| San Beda College of Law | |
| University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Civil Law | |
| University of the Philippines College of Law | |
| Yale Law School | |
Other graduate/postgraduate education
| School | President(s) |
|---|---|
| Ateneo de Manila University | |
| National Defense College of the Philippines | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | |
| University of Santo Tomas | |
| University of the Philippines Diliman | |
List by Presidents
| President | School(s) |
|---|---|
| Emilio Aguinaldo |
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| Manuel L. Quezon | |
| Sergio Osmeña | |
| José P. Laurel |
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| Manuel Roxas | |
| Elpidio Quirino | |
| Ramon Magsaysay |
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| Carlos P. Garcia | |
| Diosdado Macapagal | |
| Ferdinand E. Marcos | |
| Corazon C. Aquino | |
| Fidel V. Ramos | |
| Joseph Ejercito Estrada |
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| Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo | |
| Benigno S. Aquino III | |
| Rodrigo Duterte | |
