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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
42
 103.1×
School of Visual Arts NY
35
 97.2×
New York University NY
33
 6.1×
Pratt Institute-Main NY
33
 33.3×
Yale University CT
31
 50.6×
Columbia University NY
30
 8.9×
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
30
 603.0×
California Institute of the Arts CA
26
 246.2×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
24
 9.2×
Rhode Island School of Design RI
22
 152.3×
University of California-Berkeley CA
21
 3.5×
CUNY Hunter College NY
19
 5.8×
Harvard University MA
16
 3.7×
Bard College NY
14
 121.2×
California College of the Arts CA
13
 102.4×
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
13
 137.8×
University of Pennsylvania PA
12
 11.1×
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
11
 725.1×
Carnegie Mellon University PA
11
 7.8×
Syracuse University NY
10
 4.6×
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
10
 28.3×
Art Center College of Design CA
9
 65.3×
University of California-San Diego CA
9
 5.2×
University of Chicago IL
9
 3.3×
Wesleyan University CT
8
 50.5×
Brown University RI
8
 14.4×
University of Illinois Chicago IL
8
 3.6×
Howard University DC
8
 6.4×
Otis College of Art and Design CA
8
 16.0×
Kansas City Art Institute MO
8
 86.7×
CUNY City College NY
8
 3.2×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
8
 0.5×
Ohio University OH
7
 0.6×
University of Michigan MI
7
 0.7×
Stanford University CA
7
 5.7×
Pennsylvania State University PA
6
 2.7×
University of Washington WA
6
 1.6×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
6
 0.9×
Princeton University NJ
6
 6.9×
SUNY at Purchase College NY
6
 21.1×

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
11.3%
 30
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
6.3%
 13
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
5.9%
 11
School of Visual Arts NY
5.7%
 35
Rhode Island School of Design RI
5.0%
 22
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL
4.9%
 42
Bard College NY
4.6%
 14
California Institute of the Arts CA
3.8%
 26
California College of the Arts CA
3.7%
 13
Pratt Institute-Main NY
3.0%
 33
Art Center College of Design CA
2.9%
 9
Kansas City Art Institute MO
2.3%
 8
CUNY Hunter College NY
2.2%
 19
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
2.0%
 10
University of Illinois Chicago IL
1.9%
 8
Wesleyan University CT
1.8%
 8
SUNY at Purchase College NY
1.7%
 6
University of California-San Diego CA
1.7%
 9
Yale University CT
1.7%
 31
University of Pennsylvania PA
1.5%
 12
CUNY City College NY
1.2%
 8
San Francisco State University CA
1.0%
 5
Howard University DC
1.0%
 8
Carnegie Mellon University PA
1.0%
 11
Teachers College at Columbia University NY
1.0%
 5
Otis College of Art and Design CA
0.8%
 8
CUNY Brooklyn College NY
0.8%
 5
New York University NY
0.8%
 33
University of California-Los Angeles CA
0.7%
 24
Columbia University NY
0.6%
 30
The New School NY
0.3%
 5
Syracuse University NY
0.3%
 10
University of South Florida FL
0.3%
 5
University of New Mexico NM
0.2%
 5
University of California-Berkeley CA
0.2%
 21
Ohio University OH
0.2%
 7
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA
0.2%
 5