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