Capitol Hill staff brackets: The colleges that rule in Congress

Data is from Legistorm, which collects education information from staffers directly and from social media and public biographies. The data (as of March 20) is available for about 12,500 of 16,800 current staffers in personal offices, committees, leadership offices and administrative offices. It includes those who earned an associate’s degree or bachelor’s degree. Staffers who attended a school but dropped out, transferred or had an unclear outcome are included in the counts.

In the case of a tie, the school with more lawmakers who attended for undergraduate studies, per Legistorm data, won the tiebreaker. If the tie remained, the team with the better seed in the NCAA tournament advanced.