Comparing undergrad 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University MA | 119.2× | |
| Columbia University NY | 100.1× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 79.4× | |
| New York University NY | 22.2× | |
| Yale University CT | 55.8× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 12.0× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 47.9× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 14.2× | |
| Stanford University CA | 24.2× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 5.6× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 2.9× | |
| Dartmouth College NH | 28.0× | |
| Barnard College NY | 35.8× | |
| University of Virginia VA | 6.2× | |
| Duke University NC | 12.8× | |
| University of Missouri MO | 4.2× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 5.7× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 13.1× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 8.7× | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 6.8× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 96.0× | |
| Wellesley College MA | 35.3× | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 7.8× | |
| Boston University MA | 4.5× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 3.3× | |
| Cornell University NY | 8.9× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York University NY | 14 | |
| Columbia University NY | 23 | |
| Harvard University MA | 45 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 14 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 10 |