Jessica Alba

A-list actress, Jessica Alba, is known for her excellent acting skills and her good business sense. Indeed, she’s made very smart investments over the years. With the kinds of decisions she makes for her business, we won’t be surprised if many think she was able to get a degree in finance or business management. However, she actually skipped college and went directly to focus on acting. She admitted, however, that she regrets not having attained a college diploma.

With her celebrity status and her over the top business career, she can certainly get the college education she wants. However, from the look of things, she may not need one considering the kind of life she and her family are currently living.

Ariana Grande

From the get-go, Ariana Grande has shown tremendous talent when it came to performing. And we believe that it will only take her a short amount of time to get everything sorted out. She joined a couple of theater acting groups during childhood, and she has slowly, but surely, stacked the skills she needed to reach where she’s at right now–which is good for her.

During her early teenage years, she expressed a desire to become an R&B artist but the idea was shrugged off by her camp for the meantime. She worked in various television productions including Nickelodeon’s Victorious. She later worked on her vocals since she really wanted to become a music artist rather than a television star.

Britney Spears

Britney Spears is widely considered a pop icon, especially during the late ‘90s up until the 2000s when she was at the peak of her career. Indeed, she was the most popular performer during that time, and she inspired a generation of performers after. At that time, she didn’t have any qualms about her finances since she was making millions of dollars from her successful music career.

Even though she wasn’t able to attend college because of her busy schedules and commitments, Spears still values education and did her best to at least get a high school diploma. She took online classes from the University of Nebraska High School just to complete her high school studies and that must have been the best choice for her.

Chris Rock

Chris Rock is one of the most entertaining personalities in show business. He’s known for his fast-witted jokes. He used that to his advantage as a stand-up comedian. He also got a couple of awards under his name, including three Grammys and four Emmys. Now that’s a lot of credits for someone who started as a stand-up comedian.

Though he has a successful career in Hollywood, his education wasn’t as wonderful as his career. He was picked by his fellow students during his high school years. This led him and his family to decide that he should drop out of high school and seek alternative forms of learning. Good thing, he managed to get a GED, which is the equivalent of a high school diploma.

Leonardo DiCaprio

At a young age, Leonardo DiCaprio already showed early signs of star potential. However, all of his early success came at a cost of his overall education and a possible college degree. But the prize he achieved might have offset the cost since he acquired millions of dollars and a whole lot of fame over the course of his acting career. Not only that, but he’s also well recognized as one of the top actors of his generation.

He really came a long way since he first started appearing in television commercials back in the ‘80s. Of course, who can forget his stellar performance in This Boy’s Life and the 1993 film What’s Eating Gilbert Grape. With the way things are running right now, he can clearly go back anytime and get his well-deserved college diploma.

Emma Stone

The award-winning actress and highest-paid actress of 2017, Emma Stone, had her fair share of ups and downs right before she hit the big leagues. Stone struggled during her childhood with panic attacks that put a big hurdle in her social life. Her condition caused her social skills to suffer but she managed to overcome her fears and bounce back from her situation.

During that time, acting also became one of the main avenues that helped get into better mental shape. Little did she know that it would also catapult her to riches. But in exchange, she had to drop out of her high school studies. However, it was a good trade-off considering her credit score is now at the high greens nowadays.

Drake

Drake is one of the most successful music personalities in the industry today, he’s also one of the wealthiest. He truly worked his way up the ladder of success, and all of his efforts paid off big time. For those who don’t know, Drake had a pretty rough childhood and he thought that acting and working in the entertainment industry was his only way out.

He read that situation correctly and he initially worked as an actor in the Canadian teen drama series Degrassi: The Next Generation after dropping out of high school. He later tried his luck in the music industry and found his golden ticket to fame. Drake also started working on his investment portfolio ever since and that pretty much secured his financial future.

Marilyn Monroe

Norma Jeane Mortenson, or professionally known as Marilyn Monroe, used to be one of the most influential female personalities in Hollywood thanks to her unparalleled looks, paired with her overwhelming talent. The ‘50s and the ‘60s became her prime years and she was one of the top actresses during that span of time. She remains a pop-cultural icon even to this day. She also had numerous film credits under her name that helped her get that superstar status.

Her success didn’t come free and she had her fair share of hi and low moments. She was an average student back then but had an excellent and creative mind when it came to writing. Monroe then married James Dougherty and at the later part of their relationship, she ventured into modeling and the rest is history.

Lisa Bonet

We all remember Lisa Bonet from her role as Denise Huxtable on the hit ‘80s sitcom The Cosby Show. She also appeared in the show’s spinoff, A Different World, during its first season. Over the course of her career, she managed to maintain a pretty solid career even though she wasn’t able to get a college degree under her name. Instead, she admitted herself at the Actor’s Studio in Hollywood, where she learned all the techniques of acting.

With her fortune and the help of her current husband, Jason Momoa, she can easily take a detour and start her college journey once again if she wants to. After all, it is never too late for one to finish their studies and there will always be that kind of self-achievement after getting a degree in college.

Wesley Snipes

Wesley Snipes is more than just your typical actor, he’s also a producer, writer, author, and a well-respected martial artist. Back in the day, he was an above-average student for the State University of New York, where he got his Bachelor of Arts degree. Later that year, he played a role in the Wildcats.

Snipes later teamed up with Spike Lee and gambled with his role in Do the Right Thing. It paid off big time and he later became a superstar in Hollywood. Soon after, action films started to flood Hollywood. Snipes’ background in martial arts helped him a lot as he jumped the bandwagon and appeared in a couple of action flicks. That’s the Wesley Snipes that we know today and he still occasionally does action films from time to time.