Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
American Book Awards
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
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 alumni | Alumni |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco State University CA | 11 | |
| University of New Mexico NM | 11 | |
| San Jose State University CA | 5 | |
| University at Buffalo NY | 7 | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 6 | |
| University of Oregon OR | 8 | |
| Howard University DC | 6 | |
| CUNY Hunter College NY | 5 | |
| University of California-Davis CA | 5 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 6 | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 5 | |
| New York University NY | 14 | |
| Columbia University NY | 32 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 25 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 15 | |
| Harvard University MA | 28 |