College Outcomes Explorer

Main University Alumni (no named professional schools)

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Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).

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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
 357.7×
United States Naval Academy MD
80
 133.7×
Harvard University MA
39
 15.1×
George Washington University DC
35
 12.2×
Texas A&M University TX
23
 4.4×
Yale University CT
20
 14.0×
Cornell University NY
18
 10.5×
Virginia Military Institute VA
18
 99.2×
Columbia University NY
17
 6.6×
Princeton University NJ
15
 17.2×
University of Michigan MI
14
 2.8×
University of Southern California CA
13
 3.2×
Georgetown University DC
12
 6.9×
Louisiana State University LA
12
 3.1×
University of Missouri MO
12
 3.5×
Ohio State University OH
12
 1.7×
University of Florida FL
11
 2.2×
University of Oklahoma OK
11
 3.6×
University of Minnesota MN
11
 1.4×
Stanford University CA
10
 5.1×
University of Washington WA
10
 2.0×
Pennsylvania State University PA
9
 1.8×
United States Air Force Academy CO
9
 15.0×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
8
 6.2×
University of Pittsburgh PA
8
 2.1×
University of Oregon OR
8
 3.3×
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC
8
 2.6×
New York University NY
8
 1.7×
Norwich University VT
8
 29.1×
University of Georgia GA
8
 2.3×
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
7
 2.1×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
7
 15.0×
University of Maryland-College Park MD
7
 1.4×
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO
7
 2.5×
University of Chicago IL
7
 4.9×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
7
 1.3×
Auburn University AL
7
 2.6×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
6
 1.3×
University of Notre Dame IN
6
 4.6×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
6
 3.2×

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
United States Naval Academy MD
8.1%
 80
George Washington University DC
7.3%
 35
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO
6.9%
 7
Central Michigan University MI
6.6%
 5
Villanova University PA
6.4%
 5
Louisiana State University LA
6.3%
 12
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
6.1%
 7
Auburn University AL
5.2%
 7
University of Oklahoma OK
4.7%
 11
United States Air Force Academy CO
4.6%
 9
University of Missouri MO
4.5%
 12
Oregon State University OR
4.1%
 5
University of Georgia GA
3.9%
 8
Georgetown University DC
3.6%
 12
University of Nebraska NE
3.3%
 5
University of Florida FL
3.2%
 11
University of Oregon OR
3.2%
 8
University of Pittsburgh PA
2.9%
 8
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
2.5%
 5
University of Notre Dame IN
2.4%
 6
University of Maryland-College Park MD
2.3%
 7
Ohio State University OH
2.2%
 12
University of Arizona AZ
2.0%
 6
University of Southern California CA
2.0%
 13
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA
1.6%
 5
University of Kansas KS
1.6%
 5
University of Minnesota MN
1.5%
 11
University of Washington WA
1.5%
 10
Cornell University NY
1.1%
 18
University of Michigan MI
0.9%
 14
Yale University CT
0.8%
 20
Princeton University NJ
0.7%
 15
Harvard University MA
0.7%
 39
Columbia University NY
0.6%
 17