Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
Humboldt Prize
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 | 25.4× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 15.2× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 38.5× | |
| Cornell University NY | 17.3× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 33.2× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 25.4× | |
| Columbia University NY | 11.0× | |
| Yale University CT | 19.1× | |
| University of Rochester NY | 23.7× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 97.6× | |
| Stanford University CA | 13.8× | |
| University of California-Davis CA | 7.7× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 9.5× | |
| Duke University NC | 11.1× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 3.8× | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 12.8× | |
| Brandeis University MA | 38.4× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 7.3× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 2.8× | |
| New York University NY | 2.1× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| University of California-Davis CA | 5 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 6 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 14 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 10 |