Donald Trump Shares Barron’s Plans for College

Former President Donald Trump has given an update about his son Barron Trump’s plans for college.

Speculation has grown about where Barron plans to study after graduating from high school this year, and the Trump family has remained quiet about his plans for higher education. As the youngest child of the Trump family, Barron has kept a much lower profile than his parents or siblings in the media.

Trump gave an update about Barron’s college plans on Wednesday, May 9, during an NFT event at Mar-a-Lago. However, video of his remarks first emerged on social media on Tuesday, May 14, after attendee Ben Berry, who asked Trump about his aspirations for his son, posted it to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

The former president remarked that his son is getting “very popular,” before saying that he has continued looking at colleges.

“Right now, he’s doing a great job. He has great marks. He’s going to be going to college soon. And we’re looking at some colleges that are different [than] they were two months ago,” Trump said.

However, he didn’t go into details about the specific colleges Barron is considering attending in the fall.

Newsweek reached out to Trump’s campaign for comment via email.

Barron Trump is set to graduate from Oxbridge Academy in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday. Trump is expected to attend the graduation after Judge Juan Merchan, the judge overseeing his hush money trial in New York, allowed him to do so because the trial is moving “per schedule.”

In a September 2023 interview with journalist Megyn Kelly, Trump said Barron was “thinking about” attending The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, his alma mater, adding that Barron Trump is a “great student” and athlete.

Trump’s children, Ivanka Trump, Tiffany Trump and Donald Trump Jr. also attended the University of Pennsylvania.

Other reports suggest he may have been considering other schools.

In April, The Daily Beast reported that Barron was considering attending New York University in Manhattan. However, that report was based on anonymous sources and it hasn’t been confirmed by either the Trump family or the college.

The online sportsbook Bovada released a set of odds in September about where Barron may attend college and play basketball, according to a report from the Staten Island Advance. Some have speculated that, due to his height, he could potentially play basketball, though it is unknown whether he actually has any interest in doing so.

St. John’s University and the University of Miami were the leading options among those who bet on the odds, the report said.