Tony Moton of Yahoo! Education recently published an article on how smart the 2012 presidential candidates are. Since eCollegeFinder.org takes pride in matching students with online institutions of higher learning, we think it’s great to see all the higher education stats on our current nominees! Here are the degree highlights from the article:

Republican Candidate #1 – MITT ROMNEY

• Bachelor’s in English, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 1971
• Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass., 1975
• Doctorate of Law (JD), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1975

Republican Candidate #2 – NEWT GINGRICH

• Bachelor’s in History, Emory University, Atlanta, Ga., 1965
• Master’s in European History, Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1968
• Doctorate of European History, Tulane University, New Orleans, La., 1971

Republican Candidate #3 – RON PAUL

• Bachelor’s in Biology, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pa., 1957
• Doctorate of Medicine (MD), Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, N.C., 1961

Republican Candidate #4 – RICK SANTORUM

• Bachelor’s in Political Science, Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pa., 1980
• Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1981
• Doctorate of Law (JD), Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, State College, Pa., 1986

Republican Candidate #5 – BUDDY ROEMER

• Bachelor’s in Economics, Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., 1964
• Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), Harvard Business School, 1967

Democratic Candidate – BARACK OBAMA

• Bachelor’s in Political Science, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1983
• Doctorate of Law (JD), Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Mass., 1991