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 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 5 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 11 | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 7 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 California-San Diego CA | 5 | |
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| Tufts University MA | 5 | |
| Purdue University IN | 5 | |
| Columbia University NY | 44 | |
| Oberlin College OH | 5 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 21 | |
| Cornell University NY | 18 | |
| Harvard University MA | 86 | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 10 | |
| New York University NY | 17 | |
| Yale University CT | 27 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 15 |