The 18 Most Famous Students In College This Semester

College: New York University

Year: Senior

Carrie Fisher's little princess is following in mom's career path. According to her LinkedIn profile, Lourd has interned with HBO Documentary Films and Another Planet Entertainment. She told her mom that if Fisher's semi-autobiographical novel, "The Best Awful," gets optioned as a movie, she wants to play herself.

She also volunteered with the Obama for American campaign.

College: Santa Clara University

Year: Junior

During her father Bill de Blasio's mayoral campaign, the 19-year-old starred in an advertisement and made a dramatic, surprise return from college to cast a vote for him.

The floral-headband-wearing hipster recently made headlines of her own with a powerfully candid video about her struggles with depression, and history of drug and alcohol abuse.

College: University of Southern California

Year: Sophomore

Like her dad, Foxx has appeared in the red carpet spotlight, at multiple premiers, awards shows, and after parties since she was seven.

Now 19, she's a cheerleader and Public Relations major at USC, but she still finds time to party with Queen Bey and dish on her style for W Magazine.

College: New York University

Year: Junior

This film actress, who has starred in the "Twilight" films, "I Am Sam," and "The Runaways," is often spotted skulking around the Gallatin School, a small interdisciplinary college within NYU that provides "individualized study."

Fanning reportedly opts out of dorm life in favor of a two-bedroom apartment in the Nolita neighborhood, close to the heart of NYU's urban campus.

College: New York University

Year: Senior

The twin brothers first rose to fame playing the little boy in "Big Daddy" alongside Adam Sandler, and became the highest paid Disney television actors in 2010 with their sitcom "The Suite Life of Zack & Cody."

Dylan reportedly studies video game design with a double major in poetry and studio art, while Cole is pursuing a hodge-podge of disciplines including archaeology, anthropology, journalism, photography, and performance.

College: Occidental College

Year: Senior

She played the sidekick on "Hannah Montana," but the singer-actress is stepping out of Miley Cyrus's shadow. Osment recorded voicework for "Family Guy," filmed a couple TV movies, and recorded an album.

The youngest sister of "Sixth Sense" star Haley Joel Osment, she deferred college for a year and says she's "the oldest one in my class."

College: Oxford University & Brown University

Year: Senior

Watson, who is most famous for her role as the studious Hermione Granger in the "Harry Potter" movies, told W Magazine that "ignoring fame was my rebellion, in a funny way." In an attempt to be normal, she enrolled as a freshman at Brown University in 2009.

However, the pressure that comes with fame and rigorous studies caught up with her and she decided to transfer to Oxford University for her junior year. Watson is now back at Brown, where she plans to complete her undergraduate degree this May.

College: New York University

Year: Junior

The son of Dennis Quaid and Meg Ryan splashed onto the big-screen in the box-office hit "Hunger Games," playing the spear-wielding District 1 tribute who killed pint-sized, fan-favorite Rue. He's not so bad in real life.

The goofy young actor creates comedy sketches with friends on YouTube and Vine, and attends the Tisch School of the Arts at NYU.

College: Stanford University

Year: Freshman

The young redhead originally deferred her enrollment at Stanford for a year in order to pursue her budding acting career, and it paid off when she landed the part of a lifetime as Foxface in the first "Hunger Games" movie.

When she's not in class, Emerson can be found touring around Berlin, where her father works as the recently-sworn-in U.S. Ambassador to Germany.

College: Florida State University

Year: Freshman

The name "Famous Jameis" has been on everyone's lips since December when he became the second straight freshman to win the prestigious Heisman Trophy — the Golden Globe of college football. The quarterback also led his team to an epic victory in the Bowl Championship series against Auburn University with just 13 seconds on the clock.

Winston came under fire this year for an alleged sexual assault incident that reportedly took place over a year ago, but no charges have been filed.

College: Syracuse University

Year: Senior

Jordan said she initially hated attending Syracuse due to the attention (both positive and negative) she got for being the daughter of one of the greatest basketball players in history. But instead of transferring, she focused on her academics and will graduate this spring.

The six-foot-tall Jordan may not play basketball like her dad, but she's staying in the industry by majoring in sports management.

College: Duke University

Year: Senior

The 22-year-old daughter of Bruce Springsteen has been a competitive horseback rider since she was 15, and competes in competitions all over the world ... that is, when she's not steeped in her psychology studies at Duke.

The talented rider was an alternate for the U.S. Olympic team in London, and has plans to try out for the Olympic Games in Brazil in 2016.

College: University of California Los Angeles

Year: Sophomore

Justin Combs, known by way of his musician father Sean "P. Diddy" Combs, is attending UCLA — on a $54,000 football scholarship, inciting backlash from critics.

The scholarship reportedly had no bearing on need-based scholarships also given to students, and the 5'9", 170-pound defensive back defended his decision to accept the scholarship, tweeting that he "put that work in" and earned it.

College: University of California Los Angeles

Year: Sophomore

The 47-year-old Bateman gained her fame as the ditzy Mallory Keaton on "Family Ties," but she's proving she's not as ditzy as the character she played. A computer science major, Bateman chronicles the ins and outs of being an undergraduate in her 40s on her Tumblr blog, College Life.

College: University of California Berkeley

Year: Freshman

Franklin took home five medals — four of them gold — for the U.S. Olympic swim team at the London Olympic games, and plans to turn pro after the 2015 NCAA Championships. In the meantime, Franklin swims for the Golden Bears at UC Berkeley, lives on campus with her roommate (also a swimmer for Berkeley), and is still figuring out her major.

College: University of Southern California

Year: Sophomore

The son of actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and activist Maria Shriver (who helped him move in to his dorm at the start of freshman year), the young Schwarzenegger is an actor, model, and a sophomore at USC. Like his dad, the 20-year-old Schwarzenegger has been pumping some serious iron at the USC gym and trains with fitness guru to the stars Eric Fleishman.

College: Brown University

Year: Senior

After successful breakout performances in "Loverboy" (directed by dad Kevin Bacon) and "The Closer" (starring mom Kyra Sedgwick), the 21-year-old actress enrolled at Brown University, but is also developing her budding acting career with musical theater group CAP21 in New York.

She was just named Miss Golden Globe 2014, a Hollywood honor that gets Bacon the job of assisting Golden Globe hosts Amy Poehler and Tina Fey on stage at the awards ceremony this month.

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