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
 345.3×
United States Naval Academy MD
405
 275.8×
George Washington University DC
117
 17.1×
Harvard University MA
91
 13.6×
United States Air Force Academy CO
80
 79.9×
Naval Postgraduate School CA
76
 173.6×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
57
 16.6×
University of Southern California CA
36
 4.5×
Auburn University AL
34
 5.8×
United States Coast Guard Academy CT
32
 133.3×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
30
 2.2×
Texas A&M University TX
30
 2.1×
Central Michigan University MI
28
 6.2×
Virginia Military Institute VA
27
 51.9×
Columbia University NY
27
 3.6×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
25
 24.7×
University of Michigan MI
23
 2.0×
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
22
 11.6×
Stanford University CA
22
 4.7×
Georgetown University DC
21
 5.9×
University of Oklahoma OK
20
 3.0×
Cornell University NY
20
 4.2×
Webster University MO
20
 10.9×
Duke University NC
19
 6.2×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
18
 3.7×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
18
 4.1×
Ohio State University OH
18
 1.0×
Yale University CT
18
 4.3×
Princeton University NJ
18
 8.0×
Florida State University FL
17
 2.2×
Norwich University VT
17
 20.7×
University of Florida FL
16
 1.4×
Syracuse University NY
16
 2.9×
University of California-Berkeley CA
14
 1.1×
Purdue University IN
14
 1.5×
University of Notre Dame IN
13
 4.6×
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA
13
 7.7×
University of Virginia VA
12
 2.1×
Troy University AL
12
 4.5×
University of Washington WA
12
 0.9×

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
47.3%
 519
United States Naval Academy MD
44.4%
 405
Naval Postgraduate School CA
40.4%
 76
United States Air Force Academy CO
38.4%
 80
United States Coast Guard Academy CT
38.3%
 32
Central Michigan University MI
32.1%
 28
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
26.5%
 25
Webster University MO
25.2%
 20
Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania PA
22.6%
 13
George Washington University DC
22.1%
 117
Virginia Military Institute VA
21.6%
 27
Golden Gate University CA
20.8%
 11
Salve Regina University RI
20.8%
 11
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
20.7%
 18
Auburn University AL
19.7%
 34
Troy University AL
18.9%
 12
Norwich University VT
17.6%
 17
Florida Institute of Technology FL
13.5%
 7
University of West Florida FL
13.4%
 6
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY
12.5%
 22
Mercer University GA
10.7%
 5
Texas A&M University TX
10.3%
 30
Creighton University NE
9.2%
 6
Western Kentucky University KY
9.0%
 5
Pepperdine University CA
8.9%
 6
University of Rhode Island RI
8.9%
 6
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
8.4%
 18
Mississippi State University MS
8.2%
 7
Florida State University FL
8.2%
 17
University of Vermont VT
8.0%
 9
University of Oklahoma OK
7.9%
 20
Oklahoma State University OK
7.8%
 11
Villanova University PA
7.5%
 7
Kansas State University KS
7.3%
 8
University of Wyoming WY
7.1%
 5
College of the Holy Cross MA
7.1%
 5
Texas Tech University TX
7.0%
 6
Marquette University WI
6.7%
 6
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University VA
6.7%
 8
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC
6.3%
 12