I passed high school. What's next? College.
Like thousands of children across the country, Barron Trump, the only son of former President Donald Trump and former First Lady Melania Trump, received his high school diploma and was accepted as part of the class of 2024. Barron Trump will graduate on May 17, 2024, from Oxbridge Academy near West Palm Beach, Florida, where both his parents attended.
Will Barron Trump go to college? Will the 6-foot-7 former first son take a gap year? The former first couple haven't said much. One possibility is New York University in Manhattan, where Barron Trump spent most of his childhood and lived until his father was inaugurated as the 45th president in early 2017.
As of Friday, June 14, there has been no announcement as to where Barron Trump will attend college, but like many other celebrity kids or “nepo babies” (an abbreviation used to describe the children or relatives of famous people or prominent people, a.k.a. “nepotism babies”), people are curious about their future and whether or not they'll follow in the footsteps of their famous parents.
Here are some celebrity kids graduating in 2024 and where they'll be attending college in the fall of 2024. Keep reading for our roundup of celebrity kids graduating in 2024 and celebrity college alumni. Some of the celebrities listed have ties to Florida.
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Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise's daughter, Suri Cruise
Suri Cruise, the only daughter of Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible series, Top Gun: Maverick) and Katie Holmes (Dawson's Creek, Batman Begins), graduated from LaGuardia High School in June 2024.
According to a June 7, 2024, E! Online article, speculation about where Suri Cruise plans to attend college surfaced after a classmate posted a TikTok on May 20 with the caption “LaG Commitment Day,” which showed Suri and friends celebrating their college choices and showing off their college sweaters. E! Online reports that the privately released video was filmed to the Hannah Montana song “I'll Always Remember You” and shows Cruise, 18, “wearing a red Carnegie Mellon University sweater, making silly faces for the camera and dancing cutely with friends.”
Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise were married from 2006 to 2012. Cruise has two adult children, Isabella Cruise and Connor Cruise, with ex-wife Nicole Kidman, and has owned a condo in Florida for many years.
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Ryder Fieri, son of Food Network star Guy Fieri
Ryder Fieri, the youngest son of Food Network star Guy Fieri (Guy's Grocery Games, Tournament of Champions) and his wife Lori, graduated from Windsor High School in Windsor, California in June 2024.
Ryder Fieri played basketball and lacrosse for the Windsor Jaguars, according to maxpreps.com. His celebrity chef father, Guy Fieri, praised his son's athletic achievements and grade point average in an Instagram post, and other celebrities, including Sammy Hagar, Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli and Michael Simone, also reacted to the news.
Since 2021, Food Network star Guy Fieri has doubled down on his investments in South Florida, purchasing homes in Lake Worth Beach and Singer Island near West Palm Beach. In September 2023, the Palm Beach Post reported that Fieri, who signed a three-year, $80 million contract with Food Network in 2021, was a frequent visitor to Palm Beach County but it was unclear if he intended to make the area his permanent residence. He told the Bradenton Herald in 2021 that he planned to keep his family in Northern California at least until his youngest son, Ryder, graduates from high school.
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Justin Pippen, Chicago Bulls star and son of NBA legend Scottie Pippen
Justin Pippen, the youngest son of NBA legends Scottie Pippen and Larsa Pippen, will graduate from Sierra Canyon High School in California in May 2024.
Scottie Pippen, a seven-time NBA All-Star (six times with the Chicago Bulls), posted on Instagram about his son Justin Pippen, who played guard on his high school basketball team, calling himself a “proud father.” According to an April 2024 article on espn.com, Justin Pippen has officially committed to the University of Michigan and will join the Wolverines in the fall. ESPN reported that Justin Pippen chose new coach Dusty May and the Wolverines from a final list that included the University of California, the University of Florida Gators, Stanford University, and Texas A&M University.
Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck's daughter, Violet Affleck
Violet Affleck, the eldest daughter of Ben Affleck (DC's “Justice League,” “Armageddon”) and Jennifer Garner (“13 Love Thirty,” “The Family Switch”), graduated from a Los Angeles-area high school on May 30, 2024.
The Class of 2024, who has siblings Seraphina and Samuel, is set to attend Yale University, according to a public post on the school's Instagram, which showed Violet Affleck in a sweater from the Ivy League school.
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Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin's son, Moses Martin
Moses Martin, the youngest son of Academy Award winner Gwyneth Paltrow (Iron Man, The Avengers) and Coldplay's Chris Martin, will graduate from high school on May 30, 2024.
His older sister, Apple Martin, is in the Class of 2024. According to thecut.com, Moses Martin plans to attend Brown University.
Heidi Klum and Seal's son, Henry Samuel
Henry Samuel, the eldest son of actress and Victoria's Secret supermodel Heidi Klum (America's Got Talent, Project Runway) and singer Seal, graduated from Pacifica Christian High School in Santa Monica, California on June 7, 2024.
Klum posted a video to her Instagram congratulating the 18-year-old, who has a half-sister, Leni Klum, and brothers, Johan Samuel and Lou Samuel, of the Class of 2024. “Going to college,” Klum wrote in the caption, but did not reveal which university Henry Samuel chose.
Shepherd Seinfeld, son of Jessica and Jerry Seinfeld
Shepard Seinfeld, the youngest son of Jessica Seinfeld and comedian Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld, Unfrosted), graduated from high school on June 10, 2024.
His siblings in the Class of 2024 include Sascha Seinfeld and Julian Seinfeld. Jessica Seinfeld didn't discuss her youngest son's college plans, but she did post a photo of Shepard Seinfeld's retro graduation gift to Instagram: a flip phone.
Celebrity kids graduating from college in 2024
Celebrities are just like us! Who says famous parents don't get excited and “empty-nester” when their kids graduate from college? Here's a roundup of the college grads of 2024: Celebrity Kids, or “Nepo Babies” Edition.
Nikko GonzalesBezos, the son of journalist Lauren Sanchez (soon to be the wife of one of the richest men on the planet, Jeff Bezos) and her ex-husband, former NFL player Tony Gonzales, graduated from college in May 2024. Sanchez, Bezos, and Tony Gonzales attended the graduation ceremony. Bezos and Sanchez have moved to Florida, where they own multiple properties in Indian Creek Village, a private estate known as the “Billionaire Bunker.” In 2023, USA Today reported that Bezos said he wanted to live in Miami to be closer to his parents and the Cape Canaveral operations of his space exploration company, Blue Origin.
Karma BridgeThe daughter of actor and rapper Ludacris (whose real name is Chris Bridges) graduated from Spelman College in May 2024. Ludacris, who starred in the long-running “Fast and Furious” films, posted about his daughter's college graduation on Instagram, adding in the caption, “Don't forget to Summa Cum Laude.”
Liv FreundlichThe daughter of Academy Award-winning actress Julianne Moore (Still Alice, The Kids Are All Right) and film director Bert Freundlich, she will graduate from Northwestern University in May 2024.
Sofia MeloniSofia, the daughter of actor Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU, Runaway Bride) and his wife Sherman Williams, graduated from college in May 2024. According to People magazine, Christopher Meloni's longtime SVU co-star Mariska Hargitay is Sofia Meloni's godmother and attended her college graduation.
Bridgit MendlerMendler, a star of “Good Luck Charlie” and the Disney Channel, graduated with a master's degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2020. Mendler, who recently founded his own startup, Northwood Space, was pursuing a PhD at MIT before taking a hiatus, according to a post on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. However, Mendler graduated from Harvard Law School in May 2024.
Masai DorseyThe son of actress Nia Long (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) and ex-boyfriend Masai Z. Dorsey, he graduated from New York University in May 2024.
Ella StillerThe daughter of actress Christine Taylor (Friends, Dodgeball) and Ben Stiller (The Pretty Things, Night at the Museum films), is set to graduate from the Juilliard School in New York in May 2024.
Contributors: Antonio Fins and Kimberly Miller, Palm Beach Post
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