Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
BBC 100 Women
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
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University MA | 28.2× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 41.6× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 43.5× | |
| Columbia University NY | 13.0× | |
| Yale University CT | 28.7× | |
| Stanford University CA | 21.1× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 9.2× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 6.7× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 5.2× | |
| Cornell University NY | 11.0× | |
| New York University NY | 5.6× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 4.2× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 5.6× | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 5.3× | |
| Duke University NC | 14.2× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 10.3× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 9.7× |
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 |
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