College Outcomes Explorer

Main University Alumni (no named professional schools)

← All awards

Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).

Distinguished Flying Cross

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
142
 300.4×
United States Naval Academy MD
84
 171.8×
United States Air Force Academy CO
64
 130.9×
George Washington University DC
56
 23.9×
Harvard University MA
24
 11.4×
Naval Postgraduate School CA
19
 112.4×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
19
 17.9×
Auburn University AL
18
 8.0×
University of Southern California CA
16
 4.9×
Texas A&M University TX
15
 3.5×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
15
 3.3×
Purdue University IN
13
 3.4×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
12
 7.9×
Columbia University NY
10
 4.8×
University of Florida FL
9
 2.2×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
8
 1.6×
University of Arizona AZ
8
 2.2×
Princeton University NJ
8
 11.3×
University of Minnesota MN
8
 1.2×
University of Michigan MI
8
 2.0×
California Institute of Technology CA
7
 34.9×
New York University NY
7
 1.8×
University of Nebraska NE
7
 2.7×
University of Washington WA
7
 1.7×
Stanford University CA
7
 4.4×
Troy University AL
7
 7.0×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
7
 4.3×
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL
6
 1.5×
Louisiana State University LA
6
 1.9×
Kansas State University KS
6
 2.8×
University of Chicago IL
6
 5.2×
Virginia Military Institute VA
6
 40.5×
Central Michigan University MI
6
 2.8×
University of Tennessee TN
6
 1.9×
Syracuse University NY
6
 2.7×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
6
 15.7×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
5
 1.3×
University of California-Berkeley CA
5
 1.4×
Oregon State University OR
5
 2.4×
Florida State University FL
5
 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 Air Force Academy CO
32.0%
 64
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
21.2%
 12
Troy University AL
15.2%
 7
Auburn University AL
13.1%
 18
Golden Gate University CA
12.9%
 5
United States Military Academy NY
11.9%
 142
George Washington University DC
11.6%
 56
Naval Postgraduate School CA
11.0%
 19
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
8.6%
 6
United States Naval Academy MD
8.5%
 84
Central Michigan University MI
7.7%
 6
Virginia Military Institute VA
7.2%
 6
Texas A&M University TX
6.5%
 15
Kansas State University KS
5.0%
 6
University of Nebraska NE
4.5%
 7
Oregon State University OR
4.0%
 5
University of Tennessee TN
3.7%
 6
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
3.4%
 7
Purdue University IN
3.3%
 13
Louisiana State University LA
3.2%
 6
Florida State University FL
2.9%
 5
University of Arizona AZ
2.7%
 8
University of Southern California CA
2.4%
 16
Iowa State University IA
2.1%
 5
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
1.2%
 15
California Institute of Technology CA
0.9%
 7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
0.8%
 19
Harvard University MA
0.4%
 24