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 occupation as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.
Most alumni
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University NY | 29.7× | |
| Harvard University MA | 23.8× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 12.7× | |
| New York University NY | 9.7× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 8.4× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 7.1× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 14.7× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 5.4× | |
| CUNY Hunter College NY | 8.3× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 3.7× | |
| California Institute of the Arts CA | 122.5× | |
| New York Film Academy CA | 62.3× | |
| Barnard College NY | 46.1× | |
| Hampshire College MA | 91.2× | |
| Yale University CT | 10.8× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 7.0× | |
| Cornell University NY | 9.0× | |
| Stanford University CA | 7.9× | |
| Brigham Young University UT | 3.8× | |
| San Francisco State University CA | 4.4× | |
| The New School NY | 20.3× | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 12.6× | |
| Brown University RI | 15.5× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of Southern California CA | 10 | |
| Columbia University NY | 15 |