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 | 35.2× | |
| Harvard University MA | 28.4× | |
| Yale University CT | 49.9× | |
| New York University NY | 9.8× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 24.6× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 12.2× | |
| Cornell University NY | 8.8× | |
| The Juilliard School NY | 120.3× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 6.1× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 5.2× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 10.1× | |
| University of Washington WA | 3.7× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 8.0× | |
| University of Virginia VA | 9.0× | |
| Stanford University CA | 9.1× | |
| Brown University RI | 21.0× | |
| Brandeis University MA | 23.8× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 1.3× | |
| Manhattan School of Music NY | 96.6× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 6.7× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 1.6× | |
| Smith College MA | 21.3× | |
| Barnard College NY | 15.4× | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 3.6× | |
| Vassar College NY | 38.5× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University NY | 36 | |
| Yale University CT | 19 | |
| New York University NY | 12 | |
| The Juilliard School NY | 7 | |
| Harvard University MA | 31 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 11 |