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).

NASA Distinguished Service Medal

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 Naval Academy MD
35
 152.2×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
34
 68.1×
California Institute of Technology CA
20
 211.8×
United States Air Force Academy CO
20
 87.0×
Naval Postgraduate School CA
19
 238.9×
United States Military Academy NY
15
 67.5×
Purdue University IN
15
 8.3×
Harvard University MA
13
 13.1×
Stanford University CA
12
 16.0×
University of Southern California CA
11
 7.1×
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
9
 11.8×
University of Michigan MI
9
 4.7×
University of California-Berkeley CA
7
 4.3×
University of Houston-Clear Lake TX
7
 21.6×
Auburn University AL
7
 6.6×
Rice University TX
6
 27.9×
Texas A&M University TX
6
 3.0×
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL
6
 3.1×
University of Florida FL
6
 3.2×
University of Washington WA
6
 3.1×
George Washington University DC
6
 5.5×
Princeton University NJ
6
 18.0×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
5
 2.8×
University of Arizona AZ
5
 2.9×
University of Minnesota MN
5
 1.6×
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL
5
 7.3×
University of Colorado Boulder CO
4
 3.1×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
4
 1.9×
University of Virginia VA
4
 4.2×
University of Central Florida FL
4
 3.3×
University of Oklahoma OK
4
 3.5×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
4
 1.7×
University of Chicago IL
3
 5.5×
University of Kansas KS
3
 2.4×
Columbia University NY
3
 3.1×
Pennsylvania State University PA
3
 1.6×
Vanderbilt University TN
3
 6.1×
Carnegie Mellon University PA
3
 8.1×
University of Notre Dame IN
3
 6.1×
Missouri University of Science and Technology MO
3
 8.9×

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
University of Houston-Clear Lake TX
23.0%
 7
Naval Postgraduate School CA
10.9%
 19
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL
10.7%
 5
United States Air Force Academy CO
10.0%
 20
Auburn University AL
5.1%
 7
Georgia Institute of Technology GA
4.2%
 9
Purdue University IN
3.8%
 15
United States Naval Academy MD
3.6%
 35
Texas A&M University TX
2.6%
 6
Rice University TX
2.6%
 6
California Institute of Technology CA
2.5%
 20
University of Southern California CA
1.7%
 11
University of Arizona AZ
1.6%
 5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
1.4%
 34
United States Military Academy NY
1.3%
 15
Stanford University CA
0.5%
 12