Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 6 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 41 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 6 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 20 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 13 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 13 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 10 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 6 | |
| Stanford University CA | 17 | |
| Union College NY | 6 | |
| Cornell University NY | 15 | |
| Yale University CT | 15 | |
| Harvard University MA | 25 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 13 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 11 |