| The_prestige, I agree with your analysis. Of the 27 Michigan alums, 16 (60%)completed their undergraduate studies there. That's a pretty good perecentage if you compare it to many of schools on the list. I did not check how many Princeton alums completed there undergraduate studies at Princeton but like you, I am pretty certain it is more than 16.
However, like I said in my post above, there are two reasons why I think the absolute number matters more in this case:
1) Strength in numbers. The more alums representing a school, the more influence that group of alums has in recruiting efforts.
2) Maybe only 5% of the students at university X are interested in a career in finance compared to 30% of the students at university Y. In such a case, even if university X is 5 times larger than university Y, all other things being equal, university Y should still produce more finance professionals. |