Michael Burry earned a bachelor's degree in economics at UCLA and then an MD at Vanderbilt School of Medicine.

True: biographical records (UCLA and Vanderbilt records, reputable profiles, The Big Short) show Burry earned a bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA and later an MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. Mostly true: both degrees are confirmed, but a minor detail differs (e.g. the bachelor's included pre-med studies or a different degree label such as BA vs BS). Mixed: one of the two degrees is confirmed and the other is wrong in a material respect (e.g. a different institution). Mostly false: the institutions are correct, but the degrees were substantially different. False: he did not earn these degrees from these institutions.

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1. E1 Fought childhood eye cancer, predicted 2008 subprime crisis: Who is Michael Burry and why did he deregister Scion? The Economic Times · 14 November 2025

   “Burry earned a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he also completed a premedical curriculum. He went on to receive an M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and later began a neurology residency at Stanford University Hospital”

2. E2 Dr. Michael J. Burry at UCLA Economics Commencement 2012 UCLA (transcript hosted at bishoprockcap.com) · June 2012

   “Michael was an exceptional undergraduate here at UCLA. As if a full course load as an econ major wasn't enough, he also managed to fulfill rigorous pre-med requirements. After leaving UCLA, he proceeded to earn his medical degree at Vanderbilt.”

3. E3 These Doctors Mean Business Vanderbilt University Medical Center news · 9 June 2026

   “Michael Burry, M.D.,’97, was sitting in first class during a transcontinental flight when a flight attendant asked if there was a doctor on board who could help with a medical emergency.”

4. E4 Dr. Michael J. Burry at UCLA Economics Commencement 2012 UCLA (transcript hosted at bishoprockcap.com) · June 2012 Own record

   “Still, as I graduated from UCLA, I headed to Vanderbilt Medical School.”

E1 (The Economic Times) reports that Burry earned a bachelor's degree in economics from UCLA and an M.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. UCLA's 2012 commencement introduction (E2) agrees: it calls him an economics major at UCLA who went on to earn his medical degree at Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt's medical center (E3) lists him as "Michael Burry, M.D., '97", which confirms the M.D. So both degrees are confirmed, but E1 and E2 add that he also completed a pre-med curriculum, and none of the evidence confirms the "BA" label. The criteria name pre-med studies as an example of a minor difference that makes the verdict mostly true.