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 | 45.9× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 18.4× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 47.8× | |
| Cornell University NY | 29.6× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 58.4× | |
| Columbia University NY | 17.5× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 31.7× | |
| Yale University CT | 27.8× | |
| Stanford University CA | 20.2× | |
| University of Rochester NY | 28.8× | |
| University of California-Davis CA | 11.4× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 137.8× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 9.3× | |
| Duke University NC | 19.5× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 4.6× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 4.1× | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 23.4× | |
| Brandeis University MA | 42.3× | |
| Stony Brook University NY | 7.5× | |
| New York University NY | 3.6× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 2.8× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 7.8× |
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 California-Davis CA | 6 | |
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 6 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 14 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 11 | |
| Harvard University MA | 21 |