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).

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
 276.4×
United States Naval Academy MD
84
 181.2×
United States Air Force Academy CO
60
 167.3×
George Washington University DC
56
 24.4×
Harvard University MA
21
 9.1×
Naval Postgraduate School CA
19
 131.8×
Auburn University AL
18
 8.8×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
18
 17.5×
Texas A&M University TX
15
 3.2×
University of Southern California CA
15
 4.6×
Purdue University IN
13
 3.8×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
13
 2.8×
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
12
 8.0×
Columbia University NY
10
 4.0×
University of Florida FL
9
 2.3×
University of Michigan MI
8
 2.1×
University of Arizona AZ
8
 2.2×
University of Minnesota MN
8
 1.4×
Princeton University NJ
8
 10.5×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
8
 1.9×
New York University NY
7
 1.6×
University of Nebraska NE
7
 3.1×
University of Washington WA
7
 1.6×
Stanford University CA
7
 4.4×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
7
 4.0×
California Institute of Technology CA
7
 35.5×
University of Chicago IL
6
 4.2×
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
6
 18.3×
Syracuse University NY
6
 3.2×
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL
6
 1.9×
Troy University AL
6
 6.3×
University of Tennessee TN
6
 2.8×
Virginia Military Institute VA
6
 39.0×
Central Michigan University MI
6
 3.6×
Louisiana State University LA
6
 1.8×
Kansas State University KS
6
 2.6×
Oregon State University OR
5
 2.0×
University of California-Berkeley CA
5
 1.2×
Florida State University FL
5
 1.8×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
5
 1.3×

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
27.0%
 60
United States Military Academy NY
12.9%
 142
University of Nebraska at Omaha NE
12.8%
 12
George Washington University DC
10.7%
 56
Naval Postgraduate School CA
10.5%
 19
United States Naval Academy MD
9.9%
 84
Auburn University AL
9.8%
 18
Troy University AL
8.6%
 6
Golden Gate University CA
8.3%
 5
Citadel Military College of South Carolina SC
6.8%
 6
Central Michigan University MI
6.4%
 6
Virginia Military Institute VA
5.6%
 6
Texas A&M University TX
5.2%
 15
University of Nebraska NE
4.0%
 7
University of Tennessee TN
3.8%
 6
Kansas State University KS
3.7%
 6
Purdue University IN
3.3%
 13
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
3.0%
 7
Oregon State University OR
2.8%
 5
Florida State University FL
2.2%
 5
Louisiana State University LA
2.2%
 6
University of Arizona AZ
2.1%
 8
University of Southern California CA
1.8%
 15
Iowa State University IA
1.5%
 5
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
0.9%
 13
California Institute of Technology CA
0.9%
 7
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
0.7%
 18
Harvard University MA
0.3%
 21