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
 168.3×
United States Naval Academy MD
405
 175.4×
George Washington University DC
117
 6.9×
Harvard University MA
91
 6.3×
United States Air Force Academy CO
80
 152.5×
Naval Postgraduate School CA
76
 139.6×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
57
 8.4×
University of Southern California CA
36
 7.1×
Auburn University AL
34
 3.8×
United States Coast Guard Academy CT
32
 119.7×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
30
 1.5×
Texas A&M University TX
30
 1.0×
Central Michigan University MI
28
 14.0×
Virginia Military Institute VA
27
 17.9×
Columbia University NY
27
 1.1×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
25
 19.7×
University of Michigan MI
23
 1.3×
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
22
 8.2×
Stanford University CA
22
 2.9×
Georgetown University DC
21
 4.3×
University of Oklahoma OK
20
 5.2×
Cornell University NY
20
 2.2×
Webster University MO
20
 12.6×
Duke University NC
19
 4.9×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
18
 2.0×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
18
 1.7×
Ohio State University OH
18
 0.7×
Yale University CT
18
 1.0×
Princeton University NJ
18
 4.3×
Florida State University FL
17
 1.4×
Norwich University VT
17
 7.7×
University of Florida FL
16
 1.4×
Syracuse University NY
16
 2.6×
University of California-Berkeley CA
14
 0.5×
Purdue University IN
14
 1.3×
University of Notre Dame IN
13
 3.5×
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA
13
 5.1×
University of Virginia VA
12
 1.7×
Troy University AL
12
 3.5×
University of Washington WA
12
 0.6×

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 Naval Academy MD
14.8%
 405
United States Military Academy NY
13.6%
 519
United States Air Force Academy CO
12.3%
 80
Naval Postgraduate School CA
8.5%
 76
Central Michigan University MI
7.8%
 28
Golden Gate University CA
6.0%
 11
Kansas State University KS
4.7%
 8
Webster University MO
4.6%
 20
United States Coast Guard Academy CT
4.3%
 32
George Washington University DC
3.7%
 117
University of Oklahoma OK
3.3%
 20
San Diego State University CA
3.2%
 7
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
3.2%
 25
Auburn University AL
2.9%
 34
University of Southern California CA
2.7%
 36
Salve Regina University RI
2.6%
 11
Troy University AL
2.6%
 12
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
2.5%
 22
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA
2.2%
 13
Florida Institute of Technology FL
2.2%
 7
Virginia Military Institute VA
2.1%
 27
The Catholic University of America DC
2.0%
 9
Norwich University VT
2.0%
 17
University of West Florida FL
2.0%
 6
Mercer University GA
2.0%
 5
University of Vermont VT
1.9%
 9
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
1.9%
 18
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
1.9%
 18
Marquette University WI
1.9%
 6
College of the Holy Cross MA
1.8%
 5
University of Rhode Island RI
1.8%
 6
Pepperdine University CA
1.8%
 6
Creighton University NE
1.8%
 6
Mississippi State University MS
1.8%
 7
Texas Tech University TX
1.7%
 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
1.7%
 8
University of Wyoming WY
1.7%
 5
Texas A&M University TX
1.6%
 30
Western Kentucky University KY
1.6%
 5
Florida State University FL
1.6%
 17