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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
 139.0×
School of Visual Arts NY
35
 91.2×
New York University NY
33
 8.1×
Pratt Institute-Main NY
33
 58.4×
Yale University CT
31
 40.9×
Columbia University NY
30
 11.5×
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY
30
 434.6×
California Institute of the Arts CA
26
 269.7×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
24
 7.9×
Rhode Island School of Design RI
22
 142.3×
University of California-Berkeley CA
21
 5.1×
CUNY Hunter College NY
19
 8.5×
Harvard University MA
16
 5.4×
Bard College NY
14
 128.7×
California College of the Arts CA
13
 113.2×
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
13
 116.6×
University of Pennsylvania PA
12
 7.6×
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
11
 618.5×
Carnegie Mellon University PA
11
 11.3×
Syracuse University NY
10
 4.7×
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
10
 43.1×
Art Center College of Design CA
9
 69.8×
University of California-San Diego CA
9
 5.3×
University of Chicago IL
9
 4.9×
Wesleyan University CT
8
 34.9×
Brown University RI
8
 11.8×
University of Illinois Chicago IL
8
 4.1×
Howard University DC
8
 6.9×
Otis College of Art and Design CA
8
 61.5×
Kansas City Art Institute MO
8
 117.1×
CUNY City College NY
8
 4.9×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
8
 1.2×
Ohio University OH
7
 1.8×
University of Michigan MI
7
 1.3×
Stanford University CA
7
 5.7×
Pennsylvania State University PA
6
 2.2×
University of Washington WA
6
 1.6×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
6
 1.2×
Princeton University NJ
6
 9.3×
SUNY at Purchase College NY
6
 19.4×

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
11.4%
 30
Maryland Institute College of Art MD
8.3%
 13
School of Visual Arts NY
8.2%
 35
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA
7.9%
 11
School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL
6.4%
 42
California College of the Arts CA
6.1%
 13
Bard College NY
5.7%
 14
Rhode Island School of Design RI
5.6%
 22
Pratt Institute-Main NY
5.6%
 33
Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA
5.6%
 10
Kansas City Art Institute MO
5.0%
 8
California Institute of the Arts CA
4.7%
 26
Art Center College of Design CA
4.5%
 9
Otis College of Art and Design CA
3.6%
 8
CUNY Hunter College NY
3.5%
 19
University of Illinois Chicago IL
3.0%
 8
SUNY at Purchase College NY
2.7%
 6
University of California-San Diego CA
1.7%
 9
Wesleyan University CT
1.4%
 8
CUNY City College NY
1.3%
 8
Teachers College at Columbia University NY
1.3%
 5
Carnegie Mellon University PA
1.2%
 11
Howard University DC
1.1%
 8
Yale University CT
1.0%
 31
San Francisco State University CA
0.9%
 5
New York University NY
0.9%
 33
University of Pennsylvania PA
0.9%
 12
CUNY Brooklyn College NY
0.8%
 5
The New School NY
0.8%
 5
University of South Florida FL
0.8%
 5
University of California-Los Angeles CA
0.7%
 24
Ohio University OH
0.7%
 7
University of New Mexico NM
0.6%
 5
Columbia University NY
0.5%
 30
Syracuse University NY
0.4%
 10
University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA
0.4%
 5
University of California-Berkeley CA
0.3%
 21