National Inventors Hall of Fame
Which schools produce the most (left), and where it's the biggest part of the school's identity (right). "3×" = that school's notable alumni are three times as likely to have this award as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.
Most alumni
Biggest part of the school's identity
Shares are shrunk toward the national rate for small counts, and
each school must clear the same size-scaled minimum (5–20 people) as the school pages.
| School | % of its noted alumni | Alumni |
|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 6 | |
| Union College NY | 6 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 41 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 6 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 13 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 13 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 6 | |
| Stanford University CA | 18 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 20 | |
| Cornell University NY | 15 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 10 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 13 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 12 | |
| Columbia University NY | 18 | |
| Harvard University MA | 31 | |
| Yale University CT | 17 |