| Institution | Count |
| Harvard University | 12 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 12 |
| University of California, Berkeley | 10 |
| Stanford University | 8 |
| Yale University | 7 |
| California Institute of Technology | 4 |
| Cornell University | 4 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 4 |
| University of Illinois | 4 |
| Michigan State University | 3 |
| Northwestern University | 3 |
| University of Colorado, Boulder | 3 |
| Brown University | 2 |
| College of William and Mary | 2 |
| Duke University | 2 |
| Oberlin College | 2 |
| Princeton University | 2 |
| UCLA | 2 |
| University of Michigan | 2 |
| University Of Toronto | 2 |
| University of Wisconsin, Madison | 2 |
| Amherst College | 1 |
| Boston University | 1 |
| California State University, Northridge | 1 |
| College of Wooster | 1 |
| Columbia University | 1 |
| East Carolina University | 1 |
| Eastern Michigan University | 1 |
| Hollins College | 1 |
| Indiana University | 1 |
| Louisiana State University | 1 |
| McGill University | 1 |
| Mount Saint Mary’s College | 1 |
| New College | 1 |
| New York University | 1 |
| Ohio State University | 1 |
| Pan American University | 1 |
| Pennsylvania State University | 1 |
| Purdue University | 1 |
| Rutgers University | 1 |
| Scripps Research Institute | 1 |
| State University of New York at Albany | 1 |
| SUNY College at Oneonta | 1 |
| Swarthmore College | 1 |
| Syracuse University | 1 |
| Texas A&M University | 1 |
| Union College, Barbourville KY | 1 |
| University of Alberta | 1 |
| University of California, Santa Barbara | 1 |
| UC San Diego | 1 |
| University of California, Irvine | 1 |
| University of California San Francisco | 1 |
| University of Georgia | 1 |
| University of Guelph | 1 |
| University of Massachusetts, Amherst | 1 |
| University of Minnesota | 1 |
| University of Notre Dame | 1 |
| University of Pennsylvania | 1 |
| University of Rhode Island | 1 |
| University of Rochester | 1 |
| Vanderbilt University | 1 |
| Wabash College | 1 |
| Wake Forest University | 1 |
| Washington & Lee University, | 1 |
| Wayne State University | 1 |
| Wellesley College | 1 |
| Wichita State University | 1 |
注：同一院士如果分别在X和Y获得不同的学位，X和Y计数都各增加1。其实，这个分布本身说明，个人成就跟毕业院校没有太大的关系。
