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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of California-Davis CA | 5 | |
| University of Oregon OR | 8 | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 6 | |
| Columbia University NY | 31 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 24 | |
| San Francisco State University CA | 11 | |
| San Jose State University CA | 5 | |
| Howard University DC | 6 | |
| New York University NY | 14 | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 5 | |
| University of New Mexico NM | 10 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 6 | |
| University at Buffalo NY | 7 | |
| CUNY Hunter College NY | 5 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 14 | |
| Harvard University MA | 26 |