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 |
|---|---|---|
| Union College NY | 6 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 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 | |
| Cornell University NY | 15 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 20 | |
| Stanford University CA | 17 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 13 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 10 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 11 | |
| Yale University CT | 15 | |
| Harvard University MA | 25 |