Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
National Medal of Arts
Which schools produce the most (left), and where it's the biggest part of the school's identity (right). "3×" = that school's notable alumni are three times as likely to have this award as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.
Most alumni
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| Harvard University MA | 43.9× | |
| Columbia University NY | 25.3× | |
| The Juilliard School NY | 402.2× | |
| Yale University CT | 36.7× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 9.2× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 21.4× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 6.5× | |
| Stanford University CA | 13.4× | |
| New York University NY | 5.5× | |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY | 180.2× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 4.6× | |
| University of Washington WA | 4.4× | |
| University of Iowa IA | 4.9× | |
| Pratt Institute-Main NY | 30.3× | |
| Cornell University NY | 10.2× | |
| Northeastern University Oakland CA | 130.8× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 2.8× | |
| Teachers College at Columbia University NY | 22.9× | |
| Bard College NY | 87.7× | |
| Bates College ME | 62.9× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 4.8× | |
| University of New Mexico NM | 4.2× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 15.1× | |
| Pomona College CA | 69.5× | |
| University of Wisconsin-Madison WI | 2.4× |
Biggest part of the school's identity
Shares are shrunk toward the national rate for small counts, and
each school must clear the same size-scaled minimum (5–20 people) as the school pages.
| School | % of its noted alumni | Alumni |
|---|---|---|
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY | 5 | |
| The Juilliard School NY | 14 | |
| Columbia University NY | 15 | |
| Harvard University MA | 26 |