College Outcomes Explorer

Main University Alumni (no named professional schools)

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Comparing main university alumni only — counts and multiples below are within that lens (switch it with the tabs at the top).

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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 occupation as the typical school's. People who attended recently weigh more than those from earlier eras.

Most alumni

SchoolAlumnivs. typical
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL
376
354.4×
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
235
3896.9×
Pratt Institute-Main NY
168
78.9×
Yale University CT
163
30.9×
Columbia University NY
140
14.7×
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
133
297.9×
Harvard University MA
118
12.4×
Rhode Island School of Design RI
101
113.9×
University of California-Berkeley CA
93
5.8×
New York University NY
88
5.0×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
79
4.5×
California College of the Arts CA
77
125.6×
CUNY Hunter College NY
65
7.1×
School of Visual Arts NY
65
27.0×
California Institute of the Arts CA
58
125.6×
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
56
89.2×
Otis College of Art and Design CA
55
207.3×
Syracuse University NY
50
4.9×
University of Michigan MI
49
2.6×
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
48
45.7×
Kansas City Art Institute MO
47
158.4×
University of Pennsylvania PA
44
3.9×
Cornell University NY
43
6.8×
University of Iowa IA
43
3.2×
Stanford University CA
40
5.5×
Washington University in St Louis MO
39
6.8×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
38
1.8×
University of Chicago IL
38
7.2×
Art Center College of Design CA
32
43.5×
University of Washington WA
32
1.7×
Carnegie Mellon University PA
31
8.7×
University of Minnesota MN
29
1.0×
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development NM
27
248.9×
Princeton University NJ
26
8.1×
CUNY Brooklyn College NY
26
3.2×
University of Southern California CA
25
1.7×
George Washington University DC
25
2.4×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
24
5.0×
Cleveland Institute of Art OH
24
86.8×
Art Academy of Cincinnati OH
24
204.3×

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 alumniAlumni
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
64.6%
235
Art Academy of Cincinnati OH
45.0%
24
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL
44.8%
376
Otis College of Art and Design CA
39.8%
55
New York Academy of Art NY
39.0%
20
Kansas City Art Institute MO
32.8%
47
California College of the Arts CA
32.7%
77
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
31.6%
48
Cleveland Institute of Art OH
31.1%
24
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
30.4%
56
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
29.7%
133
Minneapolis College of Art and Design MN
28.4%
21
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development NM
28.1%
27
Pratt Institute-Main NY
26.8%
168
Moore College of Art and Design PA
24.6%
13
Rhode Island School of Design RI
21.6%
101
Columbus College of Art & Design OH
19.1%
11
School of Visual Arts NY
16.1%
65
Art Center College of Design CA
15.3%
32
College for Creative Studies MI
14.5%
9
California Institute of the Arts CA
10.7%
58
Academy of Art University CA
10.2%
11
CUNY Hunter College NY
9.9%
65
Scripps College CA
7.8%
5
Bennington College VT
7.1%
19
Bard College NY
6.9%
21
Savannah College of Art and Design GA
6.7%
6
Claremont Graduate University CA
6.7%
13
Rochester Institute of Technology NY
6.4%
11
Northeastern University Oakland CA
6.3%
13
Alfred University NY
6.3%
9
Fashion Institute of Technology NY
5.4%
10
Skidmore College NY
5.4%
8
SUNY at Purchase College NY
5.4%
10
Northeastern State University OK
5.3%
5
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA
5.2%
6
Virginia Commonwealth University VA
4.5%
14
The New School NY
4.5%
22
Teachers College at Columbia University NY
4.4%
21
Drexel University PA
4.2%
14