UH, A&M, SMU on global list of 100 schools that make CEOs

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Texas has at least three bragging points in a new list of the world's top 100 universities.

Published by the "Times Higher Education" in London, this list ranks schools by how many degrees they've awarded to chief executive officers of the world's biggest companies.

The University of Houston is the only Houston institution to make the list at all, squeezing on at No. 98.

UH's place in the spotlight reflects the accomplishments of Bruce D. Broussard, CEO for Humana Inc., who earned an MBA at the school, and Stephen I. Chazen, CEO for Occidental Petroleum Corporation, who received a master's of science in finance at UH, according to a university news release.

Their two companies have a combined revenue of $63 billion.

Texas A&M University, at No. 34, is the list's highest-ranking U.S. public university in the United States.

The College Station school produced three CEOs who head firms with combined revenue of $237.8 billion, the list states. That amount is greater than the total revenue at seven institutions ranked higher in the overall listings, according to a university news release.

A dozen U.S. private schools are sprinkled among the list's top 33 global institutions of renown, including Southern Methodist University at No. 22.

The Dallas school awarded five degrees to four CEOs, who work for companies with a combined $575.3 billion, according to the list.

The No. 1 institution on the list is Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., which awarded 31 degrees to 25 CEOs.