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 | 66.7× | |
| Columbia University NY | 27.8× | |
| Yale University CT | 57.7× | |
| New York University NY | 8.2× | |
| Cornell University NY | 17.5× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 8.0× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 4.9× | |
| Bryn Mawr College PA | 93.9× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 6.5× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 4.3× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 5.1× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 12.5× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 4.4× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 10.0× | |
| Brown University RI | 20.2× | |
| Wellesley College MA | 62.4× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 4.3× | |
| Vanderbilt University TN | 13.3× | |
| Amherst College MA | 61.2× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 23.6× | |
| Ohio State University OH | 1.5× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bryn Mawr College PA | 5 | |
| Harvard University MA | 40 | |
| Columbia University NY | 15 |