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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 6 | |
| Union College NY | 6 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 6 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 41 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 13 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 13 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 6 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 20 | |
| Stanford University CA | 17 | |
| Cornell University NY | 15 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 10 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 13 | |
| Yale University CT | 15 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 11 | |
| Harvard University MA | 25 |