Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
National Medal of Technology and Innovation
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 99.4× | |
| Stanford University CA | 26.4× | |
| Harvard University MA | 18.1× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 10.9× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 168.1× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 8.3× | |
| Cornell University NY | 21.1× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 41.6× | |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 35.2× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 4.7× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 5.2× | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 26.8× | |
| Yale University CT | 18.2× | |
| University of Washington WA | 4.2× | |
| Michigan State University MI | 3.4× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 2.6× | |
| Duke University NC | 10.7× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 3.3× | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology IL | 16.4× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 2.5× | |
| University of Utah UT | 4.7× | |
| University of Nebraska NE | 4.9× | |
| Iowa State University IA | 4.5× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY | 6 | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 5 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 25 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 8 | |
| Stanford University CA | 10 |