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