E 6.4 Educational Origins of
American Nobel Laureates,
1920-2002
Rank University BAs PhDs Total
1T Harvard 15 25 39
1T Columbia 15 24 39
3 Chicago 10 19 29
4T MIT 9 15 24
4T UCal/Berkeley 8 16 24
6 CalTech 7 10 17
7 Yale 8 7 15
8 Princeton 2 10 12
9T Cornell 6 4 10
9T Illinois 5 5 10
9T Wisconsin 4 6 10
12 Stanford 2 4 6
Source: G. E. Erikson Biographical Institute, Providence Rhode Island