United States Geological Survey
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 employer 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 | 14.9× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 22.3× | |
| Yale University CT | 21.5× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 8.5× | |
| Stanford University CA | 25.9× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 157.8× | |
| Cornell University NY | 14.7× | |
| Columbia University NY | 4.0× | |
| University of Washington WA | 6.1× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 4.0× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 20.9× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 19.8× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 7.1× | |
| George Washington University DC | 3.8× | |
| Brown University RI | 26.8× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 4.5× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 3.3× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 3.5× | |
| Amherst College MA | 47.4× | |
| University of New Mexico NM | 2.8× | |
| Pomona College CA | 48.5× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 3.3× | |
| New York University NY | 0.9× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 3.3× | |
| University of Arizona AZ | 6.5× | |
| Oberlin College OH | 64.5× | |
| Iowa State University IA | 1.1× | |
| University of Florida FL | 5.4× |
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 | 12 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 23 | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 13 | |
| Stanford University CA | 13 | |
| Cornell University NY | 11 | |
| Yale University CT | 22 | |
| Harvard University MA | 28 |