The Kardashians have built a brand that includes
their reality show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians,
and various other mega-profitable side ventures.
So, how did the family manage to build bustling
empires that keep raking in dough year after
year?
Did they spend hours taking grueling college
courses?
Well, not quite!
Kim Kardashian, Esquire?
Kim Kardashian was quite the social butterfly
when she attended the all-girls Marymount
High School in Los Angeles.
She won two superlatives in her school's yearbook,
snagging the highly coveted "Most Likely to
Meet Her Husband at the Million Man March"
and "Most Likely to Lie About Her Ethnicity,"
according to Us Weekly.
After graduation, she enrolled at Pierce College,
a community college in Woodland Hills, California.
She dropped out shortly after enrolling, but
she has dreams of furthering her education
one day and following in her late father's
footsteps.
She told Wonderland in 2016,
"If things slow down and I had time, I really
want to go to law school, just something I
can do in my older age."
No college for Kris
Kris Jenner is the matriarch of the Kardashian
family and the brains behind their massive
empire, so you would assume she's had a bit
of higher education.
But Kris is proof that college isn't for everyone.
"Hey Siri!"
"No, no.
Here."
"Siri!"
"Hold on.
Give me your phone."
"Siri!"
The momager and entrepreneur attended Clairemont
High School in San Diego, where, as a 17-year-old,
she was reportedly dating a man more than
ten years her senior, according to the unauthorized
family biography The Kardashians: An American
Drama.
With her high school diploma in hand, Kris
bid school adieu indefinitely and married
her first husband, Robert Kardashian Sr.,
when she was 22, as noted by Harper's Bazaar.
Kourtney makes it happen
After graduating from the same all-girls school
as her younger sister Kim, Kourtney attended
Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas
for two years.
But she didn't last long in the Lone Star
State.
She transferred to the University of Arizona,
a campus with a reputation for being one of
the top party schools in the nation.
But Kourtney apparently didn't let any raging
keggers get in the way of her dreams.
She graduated in 2002, earning a degree in
Theatre Arts with a minor in Spanish.
According to Us Weekly, Kourtney also considered
going to law school, but ultimately decided
against it to instead pursue whatever it is
she does now.
Rob's aborted law slog
Rob Kardashian followed big sis Kourtney Kardashian's
lead by also enrolling in a four-year institution
after he graduated from high school.
The Arthur George sock mogul attended the
University of Southern California's Marshall
School of Business and graduated from the
prestigious school in 2009.
In a since-deleted tweet from 2012, Rob revealed
that he was going to further his education
by attending USC's Gould School of Law, following
his father's career path.
But after USC revealed to the world via a
few ice-cold tweets that Rob had not, in fact,
even bothered to enroll, the post disappeared,
and Rob's law school plans appear to have
since fizzled.
Kylie's perpetual preparation
By the time Kylie Jenner entered high school,
Keeping Up With the Kardashians was at the
peak of its popularity.
In order to join the family's empire, Kylie
left regular school behind and was homeschooled
through a private online high school called
Laurel Springs.
Though leaving the confines of a traditional
school worked out for her, Kylie expressed
how tough it was to be homeschooled on an
episode of Life of Kylie.
She revealed that she unfriended all of her
high school friends on social media because
looking at all of their prom photos was too
tough for her.
Despite being in the dumps and missing out
on the typical high school experience, Kylie
forged ahead with her studies.
She shared the news of her graduation on Instagram
in July 2015 when she posted a photo of herself
wearing her cap and gown with her diploma
in hand and her perfectly lined, pouty lips
on full display.
She told Interview magazine in 2015 that she
had zero plans to pursue a college education,
but she was ready, just in case.
"I have done everything to prepare for college,
so if I wanted to in the future, I could go
at any time.
But I'm not planning on going anytime soon."
Kendall's job security
Kendall Jenner attended the same private school
as her younger sister, Kylie.
And just like Kylie, Kendall took the homeschool
route.
"The thing I'll probably miss most about this
school year is all my friends, they're all
going off to college, which is really sad."
What happened next is a bit fuzzy.
For a family who lives their lives in the
spotlight, the Kardashian-Jenners failed to
make mention of Kendall's high school graduation
until 2015, the same year Kylie, who was a
grade behind Kendall, graduated.
When Kylie was celebrating her graduation
with a glam, fun-filled party in July 2015,
Kendall was being honored at the party as
well.
Kim wrote on Instagram,
"Graduating class of 2014 & 2015! Congrats
@kendalljenner & @kyliejenner for graduating
high school!"
Kendall later told Vogue that college simply
wasn't necessary for her, saying,
"You talk to people and they say the reason
they went to college was to get a job, but
I already have a job, so…"
Khloe karves her own path
Being so close in age to her eldest sisters
meant Khloé Kardashian had the pleasure of
attending high school with Kim and Kourtney
Kardashian.
However, when both Kim and Kourtney graduated
from their all-girls Catholic school, Khloé
found herself all alone and super unhappy.
In a blog post on her official website, Khloé
explained that she was never as popular as
Kim and Kourtney, which made school very difficult
for her.
Sadly, her grades also suffered.
She wrote,
"I struggled really hard in school, so I took
myself out of Marymount [high school] and
forged my parents' names to enroll in Alexandria
Academy."
Her late father, Robert Kardashian, Sr., was,
quote, "livid when he found out."
But, because he was impressed by how much
effort Khloé put into taking control of her
own education, he allowed her to enroll at
the untraditional school, which is geared
towards gifted students and children in the
entertainment industry.
Once she graduated, with honors, might we
add, she hung up her backpack for good, later
writing that college simply wasn't for her.
