Dexter Holland and 12 Other Rock Stars with College Degrees
Plenty of rock stars have honorary college degrees, but how many actually earned their degrees? More than you think and in some surprising fields! One of those rock stars is The Offspring’s…
Plenty of rock stars have honorary college degrees, but how many actually earned their degrees? More than you think and in some surprising fields!
One of those rock stars is The Offspring's Dexter Holland, who celebrates a birthday today (December 29) and is among the few doctorate recipients in the gallery below. Scroll through to see who else pursued higher education!
Dexter Holland
Corey Perrine/Getty ImagesThe Offspring frontman earned a Ph.D in molecular biology from the University of Southern California in 2017. His thesis was titled 'Discovery of Mature MicroRNA Sequences within the Protein-Coding Regions of Global HIV-1 Genomes: Predictions of Novel Mechanisms for Viral Infection and Pathogenicity.'
Queen
Keystone/Getty ImagesEach member of Queen has their own college degree. Brian May earned his PhD in astrophysics in 2007. Freddie Mercury had a degree in graphic art and design. John Deacon has a degree in Electronics, and Roger Taylor has a bachelor's degree in biology.
Rivers Cuomo
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesCuomo took a little over two decades between the various album and tour cycles with Weezer to earn his English degree from Harvard, but he finally did it in 2006.
Tom Morello
Rich Fury/Getty ImagesTom Morello graduated from Harvard University in 1986 with a Bachelor's Degree in social studies.
Greg Graffin
Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesThe Bad Religion frontman has an impressive academic record. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from UCLA. From there, he earned a PhD in science from Cornell University. Graffin has even returned to UCLA and Cornell to teach select science courses.
James Williamson
Stephen Lovekin/Getty ImagesWilliamson carved out an incredible post-Stooges career. He received a degree in electrical engineering from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona in 1982 and would go on to become a VP at Sony and help develop the technology behind the Blu-ray Disc.
Jim Morrison
Central Press/Getty ImagesBefore helping form The Doors, Jim Morrison would graduate from UCLA in 1965 with a Bachelor's degree from the university's film school.
Jeff Schroeder
Ian Gavan/Getty ImagesThe Smashing Pumpkins guitarist has a bachelor's and Masters degree and is currently working on his Ph.D in Comparative Literature at UCLA.
Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison
UMGSterling Morrison earned a PhD in medieval literature in 1986 from the University of Texas at Austin. Lou Reed, meanwhile, earned a Bachelor's degree from Syracuse University in English in 1964.
