That's not evidence of eliteness. It's evidence that they produce a lot of professors. And as the top-10 list above points out, they produce a lot of PhDs.
It is an open question as to whether the reason they make a lot of professors is because they make a lot of PhDs, or because they are "elite".
Thanks for clarifying. But it's actually if they're top 10 in any department, so there's a clear tilt in favor of universities that are large and have lots of departments.
Lots of universities are large and have lots of departments. That doesn't explain the success of the top 5 elite. For example, 6 universities grant more PhDs than UW-Madison yet have less success.
This conversation is getting repetitive and tiresome, I'm done.
It is an open question as to whether the reason they make a lot of professors is because they make a lot of PhDs, or because they are "elite".