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 | 55.4× | |
| Harvard University MA | 53.6× | |
| New York University NY | 15.5× | |
| Yale University CT | 35.6× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 58.3× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 22.7× | |
| Barnard College NY | 97.0× | |
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY | 55.6× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 6.5× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 4.6× | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 80.3× | |
| Smith College MA | 58.2× | |
| Vassar College NY | 58.3× | |
| CUNY Hunter College NY | 7.5× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 6.1× | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 6.4× | |
| Sarah Lawrence College NY | 86.1× | |
| Cornell University NY | 8.1× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 6.3× | |
| Bard College NY | 92.9× | |
| The New School NY | 18.4× | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 4.1× | |
| Boston University MA | 3.7× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 5.1× | |
| Stanford University CA | 7.1× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| CUNY Graduate School and University Center NY | 6 | |
| Barnard College NY | 7 | |
| Smith College MA | 5 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 5 | |
| New York University NY | 16 | |
| Columbia University NY | 31 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 11 | |
| Harvard University MA | 30 |