Not surprisingly, 15 of the 47 (32%) currently active NASA astronauts attended a US service academy. The rest are from a wide variety of colleges, though, and include only 17% from the MC25. If you’ve got the right stuff, it appears you’ve got an equal chance at being an astronaut regardless of where you attended college. (Note: Click on the word ‘Lists’ in the menu for important notes for this section.)
Currently active NASA astronauts
US Military Academy (6)
US Air Force Academy (4)
U San Diego (2)
UC Santa Barbara
Washington U in St. Louis
Albion College
LeMoyne College
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Tulane
Davidson
Brown
Oregon State
St. John’s U (MN)
Harvard
Southeastern Massachusetts U
U Kansas
US Naval Academy (5)
MIT (3)
U North Carolina Chapel Hill
U Washington
The Citadel
CSU Fullerton
Purdue
U Illinois
North Carolina State
UCLA
Boston U
UC San Diego
Rice
Rensselear
Tennessee Tech
Stanford
Source: nasa.gov
(last updated 3/31/2021)