College Outcomes Explorer

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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

SchoolAlumnivs. typical
United States Military Academy NY
207
 329.0×
United States Naval Academy MD
80
 122.9×
Harvard University MA
65
 23.1×
George Washington University DC
47
 15.1×
Yale University CT
27
 17.4×
Texas A&M University TX
23
 4.0×
Columbia University NY
21
 7.5×
Cornell University NY
19
 10.2×
Virginia Military Institute VA
18
 91.2×
Georgetown University DC
18
 9.5×
Stanford University CA
16
 7.5×
University of Michigan MI
15
 2.7×
Princeton University NJ
15
 15.9×
University of Southern California CA
15
 3.4×
University of Minnesota MN
14
 1.6×
University of Virginia VA
13
 4.8×
University of Missouri MO
13
 3.5×
Louisiana State University LA
12
 2.9×
Ohio State University OH
12
 1.5×
University of Florida FL
12
 2.2×
University of Oklahoma OK
11
 3.3×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
11
 7.8×
University of Washington WA
10
 1.8×
Pennsylvania State University PA
9
 1.6×
University of Pittsburgh PA
9
 2.1×
United States Air Force Academy CO
9
 13.8×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
8
 1.3×
New York University NY
8
 1.6×
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC
8
 2.4×
University of Oregon OR
8
 3.0×
University of Georgia GA
8
 2.1×
Norwich University VT
8
 26.7×
Auburn University AL
7
 2.3×
University of Maryland-College Park MD
7
 1.3×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
7
 1.4×
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
7
 1.9×
University of California-Berkeley CA
7
 1.5×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
7
 13.8×
University of Arizona AZ
7
 1.4×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
7
 1.0×

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 alumniAlumni
Virginia Military Institute VA
21.1%
 18
United States Military Academy NY
17.4%
 207
Norwich University VT
11.9%
 8
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
10.9%
 6
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
10.1%
 7
Texas A&M University TX
9.9%
 23
George Washington University DC
8.7%
 47
United States Naval Academy MD
8.1%
 80
Hofstra University NY
8.1%
 5
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO
6.9%
 7
Central Michigan University MI
6.6%
 5
Louisiana State University LA
6.3%
 12
Villanova University PA
6.1%
 5
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
6.0%
 7
Auburn University AL
5.2%
 7
University of Missouri MO
4.8%
 13
University of Oklahoma OK
4.7%
 11
University of South Carolina SC
4.7%
 5
United States Air Force Academy CO
4.6%
 9
Illinois Institute of Technology IL
4.4%
 5
Oregon State University OR
4.1%
 5
Georgetown University DC
4.0%
 18
University of Georgia GA
3.9%
 8
Fordham University NY
3.7%
 6
The University of Alabama AL
3.7%
 5
University of Florida FL
3.5%
 12
University of Nebraska NE
3.3%
 5
American University DC
3.2%
 5
University of Oregon OR
3.1%
 8
University of Pittsburgh PA
3.1%
 9
University of Virginia VA
3.0%
 13
University of Miami FL
2.8%
 5
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
2.5%
 5
University of Notre Dame IN
2.4%
 6
University of Arizona AZ
2.3%
 7
University of Maryland-College Park MD
2.3%
 7
Ohio State University OH
2.2%
 12
University of Southern California CA
2.0%
 15
University of Minnesota MN
1.8%
 14
University of Kansas KS
1.8%
 6