E 6.5 Educational Origins of
Fellows of the National
Academy of Sciences, 1920-2002
Rank University BAs PhDs Total
1 Harvard 270* 351 621
2 UCal/Berkeley 120 188 408
3 Chicago 87 178 265
4 Columbia 84** 167 251
5 MIT 113 132 245
6 CalTech 75 136 202
7 Yale 78 124 202
8 Princeton 54 138 192
9 Wisconsin 63 119 182
10 Cornell 66 79 145
11 Stanford 48 88 136
* Includes 11 Radcliffe graduates
** Includes 6 Barnard graduates
Source: G. E. Erickson Biographical Institute, Providence Rhode Island