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 |
|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology CA | 47 | |
| University of California-Santa Cruz CA | 11 | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 9 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 55 | |
| University of Chicago IL | 36 | |
| Harvard University MA | 81 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 54 | |
| Cornell University NY | 36 | |
| Yale University CT | 15 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 52 | |
| University of Arizona AZ | 13 | |
| Oberlin College OH | 5 | |
| University of Michigan MI | 15 | |
| University of Washington WA | 11 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 14 | |
| University of Rochester NY | 5 | |
| Swarthmore College PA | 7 | |
| Stanford University CA | 15 | |
| Rice University TX | 5 | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 13 | |
| University of Colorado Boulder CO | 6 | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 12 | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 6 | |
| Columbia University NY | 17 |