Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).
Inkpot Award
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 |
|---|---|---|
| School of Visual Arts NY | 102.3× | |
| Pratt Institute-Main NY | 77.1× | |
| New York University NY | 8.5× | |
| Columbia University NY | 13.8× | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 108.3× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 6.6× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 6.2× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 10.1× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 3.6× | |
| Syracuse University NY | 8.2× | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 10.1× | |
| Ohio State University OH | 3.1× | |
| Stanford University CA | 11.4× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 4.5× | |
| San Diego State University CA | 3.9× | |
| Rhode Island School of Design RI | 74.0× | |
| Harvard University MA | 6.9× | |
| CUNY City College NY | 7.8× | |
| Michigan State University MI | 2.2× | |
| Art Center College of Design CA | 66.9× | |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY | 110.3× | |
| California Institute of the Arts CA | 106.6× | |
| University of Missouri MO | 4.0× | |
| State University of New York at New Paltz NY | 13.6× | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 6.2× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| School of Visual Arts NY | 15 | |
| Pratt Institute-Main NY | 10 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 7 | |
| University of California-San Diego CA | 5 |