This list rounds up information on teen celebrities who still finished college even after becoming stars. Several young celebrities went on to graduate from college. Some of these teen celebrities who graduated from college went to Ivy League schools, while others stayed closer to home. Many famous people in college decided to pursue degrees in art, literature, and acting.
Who is the most famous person on this teen celebrities who still finished college list? Natalie Portman takes the cake. She had already appeared in such films as Léon: The Professional, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and Beautiful Girls by the time she graduated from Harvard University in 2003. Emma Watson, known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, graduated from Brown University in 2014, after the film series wrapped up.
Several famous young men also went on to graduate from college. James Franco, who first achieved notice as a teen actor on Freaks and Geeks, graduated from UCLA in 2008 and went on to receive his MFA from Columbia in 2010. Haley Joel Osment and Joseph Gordon-Levitt also earned their college degrees long after they were famous.
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Teen Stars Who Still Finished College,
Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields already had a successful modeling career and starred the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon when she graduated from Princeton University in 1987.
Carrie Underwood
Carrie Underwood won American Idol in 2005. She followed-up that accomplishment by graduating magna cum laude from Northeastern State University the following year.
Elisabeth Shue
Elisabeth Shue had starred in The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, and Cocktail by the end of the '80s. And she'd been nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Leaving Las Vegas by the time she graduated from Harvard University in 2000.
Emma Watson
Emma Watson, best known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, graduated from Brown University with a degree in English literature in 2014.
Haley Joel Osment
Haley Joel Osment uttered the famous line "I see dead people" in the 1999 film The Sixth Sense, a role for which he was Oscar nominated. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2011.
James Franco
James Franco starred in the high school series Freaks and Geeks before going on to star in the Spider-Man films. He graduated from UCLA in 2008 and went on to receive his MFA from Columbia in 2010.
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly starred alongside David Bowie in the 1986 film Labyrinth. She studied at Yale in the late-1980s and studied drama at Stanford in 1990.
Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster was only 12 years old when she co-stared in Taxi Driver as a prostitute, a role the earned her an Oscar nomination. In 1985 she graduated magna cum laude from Yale University.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Joseph Gordon-Levitt attended Columbia University from 2000-2004, long after he became a household name, first as a child star in Angels in the Outfield, then on 3rd Rock from the Sun, and in films like 10 Things I Hate About You.
Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman had already appeared in such films as Léon: The Professional, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, and Beautiful Girls by the time she graduated from Harvard University in 2003.