Comparing undergrad alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
Purdue University
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue University IN | 11.1× | |
| Harvard University MA | 5.7× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 9.3× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 82.7× | |
| Cornell University NY | 6.5× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 1.4× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 1.6× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 1.4× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 7.7× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 3.2× | |
| Yale University CT | 10.2× | |
| Ohio State University OH | 1.5× | |
| Columbia University NY | 1.3× | |
| Brown University RI | 3.5× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 1.1× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Purdue University IN | 17 |