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 office held 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 | 41.5× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 57.7× | |
| Stanford University CA | 30.1× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 61.5× | |
| Columbia University NY | 18.7× | |
| Yale University CT | 33.8× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 14.0× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 7.5× | |
| Cornell University NY | 18.8× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 5.7× | |
| Brandeis University MA | 40.1× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 15.0× | |
| Brown University RI | 21.6× | |
| New York University NY | 4.6× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 3.9× | |
| University of California-Santa Barbara CA | 7.0× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 3.8× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 9.3× | |
| California Institute of Technology CA | 65.4× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 3.3× | |
| University of Arizona AZ | 3.7× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 14 | |
| Stanford University CA | 11 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 10 | |
| Harvard University MA | 20 |