opinion journalist
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Barnard College NY | 5 | |
| Yeshiva University NY | 5 | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 7 | |
| Yale University CT | 35 | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 13 | |
| Columbia University NY | 61 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 13 | |
| New York University NY | 22 | |
| Harvard University MA | 92 | |
| Northwestern University IL | 12 | |
| Georgetown University DC | 11 | |
| Dartmouth College NH | 10 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 19 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 5 | |
| Cornell University NY | 10 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 26 | |
| Colgate University NY | 6 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 9 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 11 | |
| Stanford University CA | 10 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 11 |