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 | 35.2× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 29.8× | |
| Columbia University NY | 13.5× | |
| Stanford University CA | 21.8× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 6.2× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 8.5× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 15.0× | |
| Yale University CT | 21.2× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 29.4× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 9.1× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 13.7× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 17.0× | |
| New York University NY | 3.3× | |
| Cornell University NY | 6.8× | |
| Swarthmore College PA | 63.0× | |
| CUNY City College NY | 3.1× | |
| Michigan State University MI | 3.8× | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 8.1× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 2.4× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 4.2× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 4.1× | |
| Tufts University MA | 11.3× | |
| Carleton College MN | 40.9× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 3.9× | |
| Boston University MA | 2.4× | |
| Wayne State University MI | 1.7× |
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 Chicago IL | 16 | |
| Harvard University MA | 35 | |
| Stanford University CA | 12 | |
| Columbia University NY | 15 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 11 |