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).

film director

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

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
New York Film Academy CA
40.3%
113
American Film Institute Conservatory CA
38.5%
22
California Institute of the Arts CA
29.5%
160
Academy of Art University CA
18.3%
20
SUNY at Purchase College NY
14.2%
27
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC
13.8%
19
Columbia College Chicago IL
13.4%
25
Emerson College MA
13.0%
43
Marymount Manhattan College NY
12.7%
12
Full Sail University FL
12.6%
9
Art Center College of Design CA
12.5%
26
School of Visual Arts NY
11.9%
48
Chapman University CA
11.9%
15
Loyola Marymount University CA
11.0%
36
Sarah Lawrence College NY
10.1%
41
Pitzer College CA
9.9%
7
The New School NY
9.6%
47
University of Southern California CA
9.3%
328
Simon's Rock at Bard College NY
9.2%
6
California State University-Northridge CA
8.2%
33
Santa Monica College CA
8.1%
12
Southern Oregon University OR
7.9%
5
Savannah College of Art and Design GA
7.8%
7
Bard College NY
7.6%
23
SUNY Buffalo State University NY
7.0%
5
San Francisco State University CA
7.0%
51
New York Institute of Technology NY
7.0%
7
The Evergreen State College WA
7.0%
8
Hampshire College MA
6.9%
12
University of California-Los Angeles CA
6.8%
313
New York University NY
6.4%
283
Wesleyan University CT
6.2%
63
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
6.1%
9
Antioch College OH
5.9%
18
Rhode Island School of Design RI
5.8%
27
William Paterson University of New Jersey NJ
5.8%
5
Hofstra University NY
5.6%
19
Gallaudet University DC
5.4%
5
Bennington College VT
5.3%
14
Wright State University OH
5.0%
7