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 | 62.6× | |
| Harvard University MA | 41.8× | |
| Yale University CT | 37.8× | |
| Cornell University NY | 22.9× | |
| Brown University RI | 24.7× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 17.2× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 3.9× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 4.9× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 5.2× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 4.5× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 4.6× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 11.3× | |
| Stanford University CA | 10.1× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 15.1× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 6.5× | |
| New York University NY | 4.2× | |
| University at Buffalo NY | 4.5× | |
| University of Washington WA | 3.0× | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 51.2× | |
| Kenyon College OH | 72.4× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 6.7× | |
| Oberlin College OH | 39.4× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University NY | 33 | |
| Harvard University MA | 22 |