E 2.6 Graduates of American

Colleges in Dictionary of

American Biography, Born

Between 1770 and 1840

Rank	College	# Entrants
1	Harvard	347
2	Yale	308
3	West Point	297
4	Princeton	142
5	Dartmouth	117
6	Union	107
7	Brown	196
8	Columbia	92
9	Williams	80
10	Pennsylvania	78

Source: George W. Pierson, The Education of American

Leaders: Comparative Contributions of U.S. Colleges and

Universities (New York: Praeger, 1969), 5.