Comparing undergrad 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
| School | Alumni | vs. typical |
|---|---|---|
| New York University NY | 21.1× | |
| California Institute of the Arts CA | 385.8× | |
| New York Film Academy CA | 348.9× | |
| University of California-Los Angeles CA | 9.0× | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 104.3× | |
| Harvard University MA | 10.2× | |
| Columbia University NY | 24.6× | |
| University of Southern California CA | 6.6× | |
| Brown University RI | 31.2× | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 4.1× | |
| Bard College NY | 134.4× | |
| Yale University CT | 29.7× | |
| CUNY City College NY | 4.7× | |
| Dartmouth College NH | 10.4× | |
| University of Pennsylvania PA | 7.6× | |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA | 59.5× | |
| San Francisco State University CA | 6.4× | |
| Wesleyan University CT | 29.9× | |
| School of Visual Arts NY | 37.9× | |
| Carnegie Mellon University PA | 8.2× | |
| University of Florida FL | 3.3× | |
| Pratt Institute-Main NY | 62.4× | |
| University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA | 7.7× | |
| American University DC | 16.1× | |
| Berklee College of Music MA | 22.6× | |
| The New School NY | 20.7× |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| New York Film Academy CA | 11 | |
| Bard College NY | 5 | |
| California Institute of the Arts CA | 11 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 9 | |
| New York University NY | 12 |