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 | 21.1× | |
| Harvard University MA | 7.9× | |
| Yale University CT | 7.1× | |
| Cornell University NY | 3.1× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 3.4× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 1.6× | |
| Brown University RI | 5.5× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 6.0× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 3.1× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 2.2× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 2.7× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 6.7× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 5.2× | |
| New York University NY | 3.3× | |
| University of Washington WA | 0.9× | |
| Stanford University CA | 6.1× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 2.9× | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 11.3× | |
| University at Buffalo NY | 2.1× | |
| Kenyon College OH | 43.3× |
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 |