Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
Benjamin Franklin Medal
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
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University MA | 27.9× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 79.2× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 16.1× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 30.2× | |
| Stanford University CA | 24.4× | |
| Cornell University NY | 21.1× | |
| Columbia University NY | 15.2× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 34.8× | |
| Yale University CT | 20.6× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 4.3× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 3.2× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 6.5× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 70.6× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 3.2× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 6.7× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 3.0× | |
| Duke University NC | 8.3× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 17 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 10 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 13 | |
| Harvard University MA | 20 |