Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
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 | 45 | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 7 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 5 | |
| Amherst College MA | 6 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 49 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 15 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 37 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 44 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 20 | |
| Swarthmore College PA | 5 | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 14 | |
| University of Maryland-College Park MD | 5 | |
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| Columbia University NY | 42 | |
| Harvard University MA | 80 | |
| Tufts University MA | 5 | |
| Purdue University IN | 5 | |
| Cornell University NY | 17 | |
| Oberlin College OH | 5 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 18 | |
| Yale University CT | 25 | |
| New York University NY | 13 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 15 |