Missy Woods has a bachelors degree in Psychology from the University of Texas at Permian Basin. She got into the adult industry to work through her own sexual compulsions and to help with research toward her masters degree.

Lorelei Lee is a graduate from San Francisco State University, she is currently enrolled in New York University's graduate program for Creative Writing.

Sasha Grey regularly espouses concepts you would find in upper division undergraduate courses like existentialism, German expressionism, and French New Wave.

Joanna Angel holds a degree in English Literature from Rutgers University and a minor in Film Studies. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times and Spin Magazine.

Ron Jeremy earned a bachelors degree in Education and Theater and a masters degree in Special Education from Queens College in New York.

A.J. Bailey has Masters Degrees in both Anthropology and Museum studies from St. Andrews University in Scotland. She first entered the world of adult entertainment when she needed to find a way to finance her postgraduate studies.

Sharon Mitchell holds a Ph.D in Human Sexuality and founded the Adult Industry Medical Health Care Foundation.

Tera Patrick is a Registered Nurse and a certified EMT. She even went on to earn a bachelors in Microbiology. She launched her own production company Teravision.

Nina Hartley graduated magna cum laude from San Francisco State Universitys nursing school, and is a registered nurse.

Asia Carrera studied piano as a child and played Carnegie hall twice even before she was 15. By 16, she taught English at Tsuruga College in Japan She won a full academic scholarship to Rutgers University, where she double-majored in Business and Japanese. She also went on to become a member of Mensa.