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
206
 146.6×
United States Naval Academy MD
80
 129.4×
Harvard University MA
39
 7.2×
George Washington University DC
35
 2.7×
Texas A&M University TX
23
 1.1×
Yale University CT
20
 3.6×
Columbia University NY
17
 1.3×
Virginia Military Institute VA
17
 25.3×
Cornell University NY
17
 2.9×
Princeton University NJ
15
 3.3×
University of Michigan MI
14
 1.0×
University of Southern California CA
13
 1.7×
Georgetown University DC
12
 7.5×
Ohio State University OH
12
 0.7×
University of Missouri MO
12
 1.2×
Louisiana State University LA
12
 1.1×
University of Florida FL
11
 1.6×
University of Oklahoma OK
11
 1.1×
University of Minnesota MN
11
 2.1×
Stanford University CA
10
 2.0×
University of Washington WA
10
 1.0×
United States Air Force Academy CO
9
 14.7×
Pennsylvania State University PA
9
 3.9×
New York University NY
8
 0.9×
University of Oregon OR
8
 0.8×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
8
 1.8×
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC
8
 1.5×
University of Georgia GA
8
 1.6×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
7
 4.2×
Norwich University VT
7
 4.3×
University of Chicago IL
7
 1.0×
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
7
 1.1×
University of Pittsburgh PA
7
 1.0×
Auburn University AL
7
 1.1×
University of Maryland-College Park MD
7
 2.9×
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO
7
 4.4×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
6
 1.4×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
6
 1.6×
Duke University NC
6
 5.1×
University of Notre Dame IN
6
 1.8×

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
United States Military Academy NY
6.3%
 206
United States Naval Academy MD
5.8%
 80
Colorado State University-Fort Collins CO
1.7%
 7
Georgetown University DC
1.1%
 12
Virginia Military Institute VA
1.0%
 17
University of Maryland-College Park MD
1.0%
 7
United States Air Force Academy CO
0.9%
 9
University of Minnesota MN
0.9%
 11
George Washington University DC
0.8%
 35
Central Michigan University MI
0.8%
 5
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
0.7%
 6
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
0.7%
 7
Norwich University VT
0.6%
 7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
0.6%
 7
University of Georgia GA
0.6%
 8
Texas A&M University TX
0.6%
 23
University of Florida FL
0.6%
 11
University of Missouri MO
0.5%
 12
University of Nebraska NE
0.5%
 5
Auburn University AL
0.5%
 7
University of Oklahoma OK
0.5%
 11
University of Pittsburgh PA
0.5%
 7
University of Notre Dame IN
0.4%
 6
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
0.4%
 5
Louisiana State University LA
0.4%
 12
Oregon State University OR
0.4%
 5
University of Southern California CA
0.4%
 13
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA
0.4%
 5
University of Arizona AZ
0.4%
 6
Cornell University NY
0.4%
 17
University of Oregon OR
0.3%
 8
Ohio State University OH
0.3%
 12
University of Washington WA
0.3%
 10
Harvard University MA
0.3%
 39
University of Michigan MI
0.2%
 14
Yale University CT
0.2%
 20
Princeton University NJ
0.2%
 15
Columbia University NY
0.2%
 17
Stanford University CA
0.1%
 10