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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 26.5× | |
| Harvard University MA | 6.2× | |
| Columbia University NY | 2.7× | |
| Yale University CT | 5.5× | |
| University of Rhode Island RI | 9.7× | |
| University of Washington WA | 3.3× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 13.5× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 2.5× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 0.8× | |
| Cornell University NY | 2.7× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 1.1× | |
| United States Naval Academy MD | 13.8× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 6.6× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 1.4× | |
| Naval Postgraduate School CA | 20.5× | |
| Texas A&M University TX | 3.7× | |
| Oregon State University OR | 3.0× | |
| University of California-Santa Barbara CA | 2.6× | |
| George Washington University DC | 1.1× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 1.1× | |
| Duke University NC | 2.4× | |
| Brown University RI | 2.9× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 1.2× |
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 California-San Diego CA | 7 | |
| University of Rhode Island RI | 11 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 20 | |
| United States Naval Academy MD | 5 |