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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University MA | 51.6× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 102.6× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 20.3× | |
| Columbia University NY | 33.8× | |
| Yale University CT | 43.2× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 8.2× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 5.5× | |
| New York University NY | 5.5× | |
| Cornell University NY | 15.0× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 6.8× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 4.2× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 3.8× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 14.4× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 23.6× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 7.6× | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 6.1× | |
| Boston University MA | 4.1× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 2.0× | |
| University of Washington WA | 3.1× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 26 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 17 | |
| Columbia University NY | 17 | |
| Harvard University MA | 26 |