Elon Musk began his college education at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, in 1989. After two years, he transferred to the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he completed his studies. He earned two bachelor's degrees there in 1997: a Bachelor of Science in Physics and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the Wharton School of Business
. In 1995, Musk was accepted to a graduate program in materials science and engineering at Stanford University but dropped out after just two days to pursue entrepreneurial ventures in the tech industry