You could say Hillary Clinton is a teacher’s pet.
As students return to class from summer break, their teachers, professors and school administrators are following a historical pattern: Those in 
Two rival Ivy League schools stand out as big sources of funds, though the winner for Clinton is somewhat obvious: Employees of Yale University have given her more than $95,000, making the school her fourth-largest contributor, according to Center for Responsive Politics data. Clinton attended Yale Law School, where she met her husband. Two years ago, the law school awarded her its highest honor.
Yale’s rival favored a rival of Clinton the last time she ran for the White House. Harvard University employees have donated $61,000 to Clinton so far this cycle, but Harvard was a big supporter of Barack Obama, a Harvard Law School graduate, in 2008 and 2012, giving him more than $900,000 and . about $681,000, respectively.
Education was Obama’s third-largest industry donor in both of his presidential races, boosting his fundraising by more than $20 million each cycle.
The University of California gave him more than any other school. UC employees and their families sent more than $1.3 million his way during the 2012 cycle. Now, UC employees account for more than $80,000 of Clinton’s overall funds raised.
UC has also given $9,000 to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), making the the public university system his third-biggest contributor. Sanders, with $16.4 million raised as of June 30, has received $139,000 from those in the education industry, including four-figure donations from University of Illinois, Dartmouth College and Columbia University employees.
As for Republicans in the presidential race, they’re not so well-loved by educators, it seems.
Obama’s two Republican opponents trailed far behind the president in terms of donations from the industry in 2008 and 2012: John McCain and Mitt Romney received $1.8 million and $4 million, respectively.
And 2016 data already shows similar margins. Jeb Bush (R-Fla.) has received $95,700 from education donors, making education only his 13th largest contributor industry. For Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), it comes in 14th at $60,000, and for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) the $40,000 given by schools makes education his ninth most generous donor. No colleges or universities appear as top 20 donors for most of the Republican candidates.