Patrick deHahn

USA TODAY

President-elect Donald Trump is in the process of nominating people to numerous government positions, and having his nominees vetted by Congress (and the public at large).

"We have a lot of smart people," Trump said of his team at an event in Washington D.C. "We have by far the highest IQ of any Cabinet ever."

That's pretty much impossible to fact-check, but what we can tell you is where the Trump Cabinet nominees went to school.

Ben Carson

Position: Secretary of Housing and Urban Development

Schools: Yale University, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University

Degrees: B.A. in psychology, M.D. in neurosurgery

Elaine Chao

Position: Secretary of Transportation

Schools: Mount Holyoke College, Harvard University

Degrees: B.A. in economics, M.B.A.

Dan Coats

Position: Director of National Intelligence

Schools: Wheaton College, Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

Degrees: B.A. in political science, J.D.

Betsy DeVos

Position: Secretary of Education

School: Calvin College

Degree: B.A. in economics

Nikki Haley

Position: Ambassador to the United Nations

School: Clemson University

Degree: B.S. in accounting

John Kelly

Position: Secretary of Homeland Security

Schools: University of Massachusetts Boston, Georgetown University, National Defense University

Degrees: B.A. in history and government, M.A. in national security affairs, M.S. in national security affairs

Robert Lighthizer

Position: Trade Representative

School: Georgetown University

Degrees: B.A. and J.D.

James Mattis

Position: Secretary of Defense

School: Central Washington University

Degree: B.A. in history

Linda McMahon

Position: Small Business Administrator

School: East Carolina University

Degree: B.S. in French

Steven Mnuchin

Position: Secretary of the Treasury

School: Yale University

Degree: B.A.

Mick Mulvaney

Position: Director of the Office of Management and Budget

Schools: Georgetown University, University of North Carolina, Harvard Business School

Degrees: B.S. in foreign service, J.D.

Sonny Perdue

Position: Secretary of Agriculture

Schools: University of Georgia

Degrees: doctorate in veterinary medicine

Rick Perry

Position: Secretary of Energy

Schools: Texas A&M University

Degree: B.S. in animal science

Tom Price

Position: Secretary of Health and Human Services

Schools: University of Michigan, Emory University

Degrees: B.A. in general studies and M.D.

Reince Priebus

Position: White House Chief of Staff

Schools: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, University of Miami School of Law

Degrees: B.A. in political science and English, J.D.

Scott Pruitt

Position: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency

Schools: Georgetown College in Kentucky, University of Tulsa

Degrees: B.A. in politics and communications, J.D.

Andrew Puzder

Position: Secretary of Labor

Schools: Cleveland State University, Washington University

Study: B.A. in history, J.D.

Wilbur Ross Jr.

Position: Secretary of Commerce

Schools: Yale University, Harvard University

Degrees: B.A., M.B.A.

Jeff Sessions

Position: Attorney General (Head of Department of Justice)

Schools: Huntingdon College, University of Alabama

Degrees: B.A., J.D.

David Shulkin

Position: Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Schools: Hampshire College, Medical College of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh

Degrees: B.A. and M.D.

Rex Tillerson

Position: Secretary of State

School: University of Texas at Austin

Degree: B.S. in civil engineering

Ryan Zinke

Position: Secretary of Interior

Schools: University of Oregon, National University, University of San Diego

Degrees: B.S. in geology, M.B.A., M.S. in global leadership



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