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