19 Pornstars With College Degrees or Higher
We all know you don't need a college degree to become a pornstar. Many highly-paid pornstars didn't go to college. In fact, a lot of men and women in the adult entertainment business never even got to finish high school. But before you dismiss them all as uneducated people who only have sex, sex, sex on their minds, be aware than some of them actually have college degrees. Some may even have higher educational achievements than many of us.
Here's a list of 19 porn stars who have college or higher degrees tucked under their belt. If you know of any more similarly-educated porn stars, please don't hesitate to send them in through your comments.
1. Tera Patrick - BS in Biology and an AAS degree in nursing from Boise State University.
2. Gen Padova – A UCLA graduate, with Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Biochemistry and a Bachelor of Arts in Visual Arts.
3. Calli Cox – Has a degree in middle level education from Eastern Illinois University, and was teaching 8th grade English before getting into porn.
4. TJ Hart – Graduated with a triple major in psychology, sociology and art, with a minor in early childhood education from the University of Colorado. She was also member of the 1988 US Olympic swim team.
5. Ron Jeremy – Used to be a teacher, making good use of his bachelor's degree in education and theatre and a master's degree in special education from Queens College in New York.
6. Nina Hartley – Graduated magna cum laude from San Francisco State University's nursing school, and is a registered nurse.
7. Juli Ashton – A Colorado State University graduate, with a degree in Spanish and History. She subsequently taught Spanish at a junior high school before she caught the porn bug
8. Joanna Angel – has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature with a minor in Film Studies from Rutgers University.
9. Audrey Hollander - Graduated from Loyola University Chicago with a degree in Elementary Education.
10. Lexington Steele – Earned a double degree in History and African-American studies from Syracuse University.
11. Bobbi Starr - Holds a music degree from San Jose State University. She is currently a pre-med student, aiming to become a gynecologist.
12. Laurie Wallace – Not only did she graduate summa cum laude with a double major in German and political science from Loyola College in Maryland, she also attended law school at George Washington University.
13. Lisa Sparxxx – This pornstar who holds a world record for having sex with 919 men in the space of a day has a Master of Arts degree in Multimedia with a minor in Business from the University of Kentucky.
14. Mika Tan - She studied at the San Diego State University en route to a Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry and an Associate's degree in Psychology.
15. Dave Cummings – Currently laying claim to the title "oldest active male pornstar", Cummings has both a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. To top it of, he also used to be a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army.
16. Shy Love – A certified public accountant, having earned both a bachelor's and a master's degree in accounting.
17. Careena Collins - Graduated with a law degree
18. Selena Silver – finished university with a degree in Marine Science
19. Mandingo - has a Bachelor of Arts in Communications.
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All the same, you get people with degrees all over the spectrum with worse jobs than porn stars.
just goes to show you – your college degree does NOT define who you are!
Just to add to the list; I seem to remember reading that Mary Anne has, or is currently at university.
Ex-Porn Star Charlie Angel attended Parson’s in NYC and got a degree in something dealing with the arts.
She’s back in school now getting/has already got a Masters.
You forgot to include Annie M Sprinkle, PhD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelena_Jensen
Jelena Jensen went to college at Chapman University in Orange County, California and graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2003 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film and Television Production with an Emphasis in Producing
Surely Mensa member Asia Carrera belongs on this list?
No fucking way is Bobbi Starr getting in Medical School!! Med Schools go through your background with a fine-tooth comb. You think fucking on film is going to help her in applying to med school? They do interviews as a part of the application process!! You fan boys are fucking idiots!!!
gay pornstar Zack Randall has a philosophy degree also with minors in history and music. he’s also a chess champion.
and Aria Giovanni?
DAmn! That a Lot Now this makes me thing Why Did they even even Make Porn!
Their Smart as People can be !
Damn( Sorry For Too much damnedness)
Really Smart People Making porn What next Stupid People Inventing the Next Cyborg
What does that mean, “Scythe” – smart people can’t be proficient at sex? only dummies give great blowjobs? an advanced degree means that one’s carnal side has been overridden by the cerebral?
While you’re trying to process all this, a small suggestion:
learn to spell.
Then maybe you too can be qualified to do porn…
[...] Speaking of smut, these porn stars are better educated than you. [...]
reading the last 2 comments i felt pity for them.
Learning is supposed to make better people who is able to think and choose good from wrong. It also includes respect for themselves.
If they wanted to sell their body so that some pervert can masturbate looking at their body then why all the education.
list includes teachers who was supposed to teach morality to children and i think they are not to blame its their society.
“reading the last 2 comments i felt pity for them.”
Funny- I felt the same for you.
“Learning is supposed to make better people who is (are) able to think and choose good from wrong (right from wrong; good from evil). It also includes respect for themselves.”
Learning helps people understand that there is more than one way to think or act or live. ‘Good and wrong’ are subjective, and differ from one person to the next. One person feels that being open about sex is wrong, while feeling that bombing another country or beating someone senseless on TV for money is fine..
If they wanted to sell their body… then why all the education.
We all sell ourselves- athletes, telemarketers, assembly line workers. We sell ourselves for an hourly wage, or better, if we can. Most of do not enjoy the work we do, but can still find room to put others down for choosing another path. Morally judgmental, or merely envious?
“list includes teachers who was supposed to teach morality to children”
I checked the list again, and found not one person with a degree in morality. Political science, law, art, history, but sorry- no morality. If morality is to taught, it is to be taught by parents, so teachers can teach the courses they are qualified to teach, spending less time on crowd control in the classroom.
“and i think they are not to blame its their society.”
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. I suggest that many Americans like the idea of a plural society, but don’t like to live in one, because it means admitting that their way to live is not the only right way.
The people on this list made choices for their lives; you don’t have to agree with them. You don’t like what they do for a living? Don’t watch their videos, or buy magazines with their photos. You don’t even have to discuss them on blogs like this.
But please, don’t post some drivel like “people who is able to think and choose good from wrong” (grammar, dear one- high school grammar) mutter about self-respect, and consider yourself somehow superior to educated people who have taken responsibility for their own lives (and probably make more money than poor pitiful you).
It seems you are the sad one…