music critic
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
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| Columbia University NY | 56.9× | |
| Harvard University MA | 48.8× | |
| Yale University CT | 58.9× | |
| New York University NY | 9.6× | |
| Princeton University NJ | 44.3× | |
| University of Chicago IL | 19.6× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 6.5× | |
| University of Michigan MI | 5.6× | |
| Cornell University NY | 16.4× | |
| Northwestern University IL | 11.1× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 8.0× | |
| The Juilliard School NY | 161.6× | |
| University of Rochester NY | 17.9× | |
| University of Washington WA | 3.5× | |
| Brown University RI | 17.6× | |
| University of Virginia VA | 7.1× | |
| Stanford University CA | 7.2× | |
| The New School NY | 18.6× | |
| Brandeis University MA | 26.2× | |
| Johns Hopkins University MD | 8.0× | |
| University of Minnesota MN | 1.8× | |
| Barnard College NY | 31.6× | |
| Smith College MA | 26.5× | |
| CUNY Brooklyn College NY | 4.9× | |
| Manhattan School of Music NY | 94.3× | |
| Boston University MA | 2.8× | |
| University of Miami FL | 5.1× | |
| Vassar College NY | 33.2× | |
| Oberlin College OH | 28.2× | |
| The University of Texas at Austin TX | 1.7× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| University of Rochester NY | 6 | |
| The Juilliard School NY | 7 | |
| Columbia University NY | 42 | |
| Yale University CT | 24 | |
| New York University NY | 13 | |
| Princeton University NJ | 11 | |
| Harvard University MA | 36 |