National Medal of Science
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 |
|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology CA | 38 | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 7 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 11 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 5 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 47 | |
| Amherst College MA | 6 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 15 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 49 | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 18 | |
| Tufts University MA | 5 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 37 | |
| Swarthmore College PA | 5 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 45 | |
| University of Maryland-College Park MD | 5 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 20 | |
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 5 | |
| Oberlin College OH | 5 | |
| Columbia University NY | 44 | |
| Purdue University IN | 5 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 21 | |
| New York University NY | 17 | |
| Harvard University MA | 86 | |
| Cornell University NY | 18 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 | |
| Yale University CT | 27 | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 15 |