Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
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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 | 49.7× | |
| Columbia University NY | 29.0× | |
| Yale University CT | 48.8× | |
| New York University NY | 10.2× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 55.4× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 14.0× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 10.0× | |
| Brown University RI | 43.1× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 26.3× | |
| Cornell University NY | 21.9× | |
| CUNY City College NY | 15.6× | |
| Boston University MA | 5.7× | |
| Wesleyan University CT | 40.1× | |
| CUNY Hunter College NY | 6.5× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 9.3× | |
| George Washington University DC | 5.7× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 5.9× | |
| University of Rochester NY | 13.7× | |
| Oberlin College OH | 43.0× | |
| Brandeis University MA | 30.1× | |
| Duke University NC | 11.1× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CUNY City College NY | 5 | |
| Harvard University MA | 24 |