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 | 32.1× | |
| Yale University CT | 44.7× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 58.6× | |
| Georgetown University DC | 22.0× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 6.9× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 9.0× | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 24.6× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 5.1× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 14.6× | |
| The Catholic University of America DC | 26.5× | |
| New York University NY | 4.1× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 8.7× | |
| University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL | 3.9× | |
| Cornell University NY | 11.2× | |
| Brown University RI | 19.3× | |
| Purdue University IN | 4.1× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 6.3× |
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 |
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