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
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 Pennsylvania PA | 11 | |
| Barnard College NY | 5 | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 7 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 12 | |
| Columbia University NY | 49 | |
| New York University NY | 19 | |
| Yale University CT | 28 | |
| Harvard University MA | 71 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 19 | |
| Cornell University NY | 10 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 26 | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 5 | |
| Colgate University NY | 6 | |
| CUNY City College NY | 9 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 11 | |
| Stanford University CA | 10 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 10 |