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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
374
176.3×
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
234
305.7×
Pratt Institute-Main NY
164
80.5×
Yale University CT
162
41.5×
Columbia University NY
138
11.7×
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
132
477.8×
Harvard University MA
117
5.5×
Rhode Island School of Design RI
100
257.3×
University of California-Berkeley CA
90
5.8×
New York University NY
82
4.5×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
78
7.1×
California College of the Arts CA
77
152.0×
CUNY Hunter College NY
65
9.9×
School of Visual Arts NY
64
93.9×
California Institute of the Arts CA
58
177.5×
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
55
142.5×
Otis College of Art and Design CA
53
94.3×
Syracuse University NY
49
7.4×
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
48
40.0×
Kansas City Art Institute MO
46
54.8×
University of Michigan MI
46
2.5×
University of Pennsylvania PA
44
2.7×
University of Iowa IA
43
3.7×
Cornell University NY
42
3.5×
Stanford University CA
40
6.2×
University of Chicago IL
38
1.9×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
38
1.6×
Washington University in St Louis MO
37
4.6×
Carnegie Mellon University PA
31
4.8×
Art Center College of Design CA
31
117.0×
University of Washington WA
30
0.9×
University of Minnesota MN
27
1.3×
Princeton University NJ
26
3.8×
CUNY Brooklyn College NY
25
2.3×
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development NM
25
151.8×
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA
24
1.0×
Cleveland Institute of Art OH
24
48.3×
University of Southern California CA
24
2.8×
George Washington University DC
24
1.7×
Art Academy of Cincinnati OH
24
13.0×

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
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
15.8%
132
New York Academy of Art NY
15.1%
20
Rhode Island School of Design RI
14.7%
100
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL
14.6%
374
Pratt Institute-Main NY
12.6%
164
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
11.5%
55
School of Visual Arts NY
9.7%
64
California College of the Arts CA
9.6%
77
Art Center College of Design CA
8.9%
31
CUNY Hunter College NY
6.7%
65
Otis College of Art and Design CA
6.5%
53
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
4.9%
48
California Institute of the Arts CA
4.9%
58
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development NM
4.8%
25
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
4.7%
234
Fashion Institute of Technology NY
4.6%
10
Minneapolis College of Art and Design MN
3.9%
21
College for Creative Studies MI
3.3%
9
Columbus College of Art & Design OH
3.0%
11
Kansas City Art Institute MO
2.7%
46
Bard College NY
2.6%
21
Yale University CT
2.4%
162
Cleveland Institute of Art OH
2.3%
24
Bennington College VT
2.1%
19
Claremont Graduate University CA
1.9%
13
Washington University in St Louis MO
1.8%
37
Academy of Art University CA
1.7%
9
SUNY at Purchase College NY
1.7%
10
Virginia Commonwealth University VA
1.7%
13
San Francisco State University CA
1.6%
21
University of Illinois Chicago IL
1.6%
10
University of Hartford CT
1.6%
6
Emory University GA
1.6%
5
Rochester Institute of Technology NY
1.5%
11
Teachers College at Columbia University NY
1.5%
20
Skidmore College NY
1.4%
6
CUNY Brooklyn College NY
1.4%
25
Columbia University NY
1.4%
138
Northeastern University Oakland CA
1.3%
13
San Jose State University CA
1.2%
12