Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
geophysicist
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 occupation as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.
Most alumni
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology CA | 486.0× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 82.3× | |
| Harvard University MA | 28.4× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 20.5× | |
| Stanford University CA | 28.9× | |
| Columbia University NY | 13.3× | |
| Cornell University NY | 21.0× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 17.8× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 6.9× | |
| Yale University CT | 24.5× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 15.1× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 6.4× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 27.3× | |
| Lehigh University PA | 14.0× | |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks AK | 26.6× | |
| Brown University RI | 17.9× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 2.7× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 3.6× | |
| University of Utah UT | 4.4× | |
| University of Colorado Boulder CO | 4.9× | |
| Rice University TX | 21.2× | |
| University of Oklahoma OK | 2.4× | |
| University of Arizona AZ | 4.1× | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 12.9× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 2.8× | |
| Colorado School of Mines CO | 23.0× |
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 | 33 | |
| University of Alaska Fairbanks AK | 5 | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 9 | |
| Lehigh University PA | 5 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 26 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 21 | |
| Cornell University NY | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 14 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 10 | |
| Harvard University MA | 21 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 10 |