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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
New York University NY
825
 17.8×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
516
 11.2×
University of Southern California CA
440
 11.2×
Yale University CT
362
 26.1×
Columbia University NY
305
 12.2×
Harvard University MA
287
 11.4×
The Juilliard School NY
283
 192.2×
Northwestern University IL
242
 11.3×
Carnegie Mellon University PA
186
 19.8×
Boston University MA
174
 4.7×
University of Michigan MI
172
 3.5×
University of California-Berkeley CA
144
 3.4×
New York Film Academy CA
132
 55.2×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
118
 1.9×
Brown University RI
111
 11.5×
Stanford University CA
105
 5.5×
The New School NY
96
 13.1×
Syracuse University NY
92
 3.5×
Cornell University NY
88
 5.3×
California Institute of the Arts CA
87
 71.6×
Emerson College MA
87
 24.0×
University of Washington WA
80
 1.6×
Princeton University NJ
78
 9.2×
Fordham University NY
74
 3.8×
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC
73
 100.0×
San Francisco State University CA
73
 2.1×
DePaul University IL
72
 3.6×
Sarah Lawrence College NY
70
 44.8×
Florida State University FL
68
 2.0×
Southern Methodist University TX
68
 5.5×
University of Miami FL
66
 3.3×
University of Pennsylvania PA
66
 2.2×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
64
 1.2×
Howard University DC
63
 4.4×
University of Minnesota MN
61
 0.8×
Loyola Marymount University CA
60
 6.6×
University of Chicago IL
58
 4.2×
Temple University PA
58
 1.3×
SUNY at Purchase College NY
56
 11.6×
Berklee College of Music MA
56
 13.3×

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
American Musical and Dramatic Academy NY
53.3%
 35
University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC
52.6%
 73
New York Film Academy CA
47.2%
 132
Marymount Manhattan College NY
35.8%
 34
SUNY at Purchase College NY
29.5%
 56
Point Park University PA
28.1%
 17
Santa Monica College CA
27.4%
 41
Emerson College MA
26.3%
 87
DeSales University PA
24.0%
 7
Gallaudet University DC
22.7%
 22
Stephens College MO
20.9%
 16
University of Evansville IN
20.3%
 19
Columbia College Chicago IL
19.3%
 36
Woodbury University CA
19.0%
 9
Ithaca College NY
18.3%
 40
The Juilliard School NY
17.7%
 283
Sarah Lawrence College NY
17.3%
 70
Loyola Marymount University CA
16.5%
 60
California Institute of the Arts CA
16.1%
 87
Elon University NC
16.1%
 13
Chapman University CA
16.0%
 20
American Film Institute Conservatory CA
15.9%
 28
Ramapo College of New Jersey NJ
15.9%
 6
Rocky Mountain College MT
15.8%
 5
Montclair State University NJ
15.8%
 22
Carnegie Mellon University PA
15.5%
 186
Pace University NY
15.3%
 29
California State University-Los Angeles CA
14.1%
 30
University of the Incarnate Word TX
13.9%
 5
Skidmore College NY
13.5%
 20
California State University-Northridge CA
13.5%
 54
University of Dallas TX
13.5%
 7
New York University NY
12.9%
 825
Southern Oregon University OR
12.8%
 8
DePaul University IL
12.7%
 72
Academy of Art University CA
12.3%
 13
Mary Baldwin University VA
12.1%
 5
Otterbein University OH
12.0%
 11
Bard College NY
11.9%
 36
Bridgewater State University MA
11.8%
 9