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).

Legionnaire of Legion of Merit

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
519
 308.8×
United States Naval Academy MD
405
 266.5×
George Washington University DC
117
 15.6×
Harvard University MA
91
 12.1×
United States Air Force Academy CO
80
 104.1×
Naval Postgraduate School CA
76
 184.6×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
57
 14.7×
University of Southern California CA
36
 5.2×
Auburn University AL
34
 6.0×
United States Coast Guard Academy CT
32
 150.2×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
30
 2.1×
Texas A&M University TX
30
 1.8×
Central Michigan University MI
28
 8.1×
Virginia Military Institute VA
27
 42.4×
Columbia University NY
27
 2.8×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
25
 26.0×
University of Michigan MI
23
 1.9×
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
22
 12.0×
Stanford University CA
22
 4.5×
Georgetown University DC
21
 6.3×
University of Oklahoma OK
20
 3.4×
Cornell University NY
20
 3.6×
Webster University MO
20
 12.5×
Duke University NC
19
 6.6×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
18
 3.4×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
18
 3.8×
Ohio State University OH
18
 0.9×
Yale University CT
18
 3.3×
Princeton University NJ
18
 7.2×
Florida State University FL
17
 2.2×
Norwich University VT
17
 16.5×
University of Florida FL
16
 1.5×
Syracuse University NY
16
 3.2×
University of California-Berkeley CA
14
 0.9×
Purdue University IN
14
 1.6×
University of Notre Dame IN
13
 4.7×
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA
13
 8.1×
University of Virginia VA
12
 2.1×
Troy University AL
12
 4.6×
University of Washington WA
12
 0.8×

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
43.5%
 519
United States Naval Academy MD
42.1%
 405
Naval Postgraduate School CA
31.9%
 76
United States Air Force Academy CO
30.3%
 80
United States Coast Guard Academy CT
23.4%
 32
Central Michigan University MI
23.3%
 28
Webster University MO
17.8%
 20
George Washington University DC
16.4%
 117
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
16.2%
 25
Golden Gate University CA
14.2%
 11
Auburn University AL
13.2%
 34
Salve Regina University RI
12.6%
 11
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA
12.1%
 13
Troy University AL
11.6%
 12
Virginia Military Institute VA
11.5%
 27
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
11.0%
 18
Norwich University VT
9.5%
 17
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
9.2%
 22
Florida Institute of Technology FL
8.4%
 7
University of West Florida FL
8.0%
 6
Mercer University GA
6.8%
 5
Texas A&M University TX
6.6%
 30
Kansas State University KS
6.5%
 8
University of Oklahoma OK
6.5%
 20
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
6.1%
 18
Pepperdine University CA
5.9%
 6
University of Rhode Island RI
5.9%
 6
Creighton University NE
5.8%
 6
Mississippi State University MS
5.7%
 7
University of Vermont VT
5.7%
 9
Florida State University FL
5.7%
 17
Western Kentucky University KY
5.5%
 5
San Diego State University CA
5.3%
 7
College of the Holy Cross MA
5.2%
 5
Marquette University WI
5.2%
 6
University of Wyoming WY
5.1%
 5
Texas Tech University TX
5.1%
 6
Oklahoma State University OK
5.0%
 11
Villanova University PA
5.0%
 7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
4.9%
 8