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 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 37 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 45 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 20 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 44 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 49 | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 14 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 11 | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 7 | |
| Swarthmore College PA | 5 | |
| Cornell University NY | 17 | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 5 | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 15 | |
| Amherst College MA | 6 | |
| Harvard University MA | 80 | |
| University of Maryland-College Park MD | 5 | |
| Columbia University NY | 42 | |
| Purdue University IN | 5 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 18 | |
| Yale University CT | 25 | |
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| Tufts University MA | 5 | |
| Oberlin College OH | 5 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 | |
| New York University NY | 13 | |
| Stanford University CA | 15 |