On Sunday, after a new group of seniors graduates from Notre Dame, they will head off in the fall to colleges and universities located in Michigan and throughout the United States. Then, after graduating from college, many will return to Michigan to fulfill career dreams and goals. Many others will find employment and homes elsewhere.
So, we wondered, where in the U.S. do alums in our current list of all former graduates live?
In the map shown above, also available by PDF here, the Notre Dame Alumni Association shows by state what its current database lists as primary residences for current members of the association.
It is perhaps no surprise that Michigan has the most alums by far at 9,398 or that Florida comes in at number two given the number of alumni retirees in the database.
But what may be just a little surprising is that many alums currently live as far west from Michigan as one can go in the contiguous United States with California at 248, Washington 40, Oregon 25, Nevada 51 and Arizona at 112 alums.
And yet as we go even farther west, we find eight alums checking in from (usually) sunny Hawaii and two in (usually) snowy Alaska.
The Office of Alumni Relations, which compiled this data and oversees the Notre Dame Alumni Association, is part of the Advancement Office at Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy. It is dedicated to serving the alumni and friends of Notre Dame Preparatory School as well as those of the schools that preceded it and shared in its rich history and legacy:
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, 1994 – present
Notre Dame High School (Harper Woods), 1954 – 2005
Oakland Catholic (Pontiac), 1988 – 1994
Pontiac Catholic (Pontiac), 1967 – 1988
St. Michael (Pontiac)
St. Frederick (Pontiac)
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About Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy is a private, Catholic, independent, coeducational day school located in Oakland County. The school's upper division enrolls students in grades nine through twelve and has been named one of the nation's best 50 Catholic high schools (Acton Institute) four times since 2005. Notre Dame's middle and lower divisions enroll students in jr. kindergarten through grade eight. All three divisions are International Baccalaureate "World Schools." The Marist Fathers and Brothers sponsor NDPMA's Catholic identity and manages its educational program. Notre Dame is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools, the Independent Schools Association of the Central States and the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. For more on Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist Academy, visit the school's home page at www.ndpma.org.