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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
Berklee College of Music MA
496
 282.1×
The Juilliard School NY
408
 578.6×
Harvard University MA
265
 11.4×
Yale University CT
220
 25.5×
Columbia University NY
213
 8.5×
University of Rochester NY
192
 19.1×
University of Southern California CA
175
 11.7×
New York University NY
172
 9.7×
University of Michigan MI
170
 6.5×
Manhattan School of Music NY
144
 337.6×
The New England Conservatory of Music MA
124
 239.4×
University of California-Los Angeles CA
103
 4.6×
Northwestern University IL
100
 4.7×
University of California-Berkeley CA
91
 3.0×
Princeton University NJ
85
 12.3×
University of North Texas TX
81
 4.3×
Oberlin College OH
80
 33.9×
The New School NY
79
 23.7×
Stanford University CA
64
 7.5×
Johns Hopkins University MD
63
 5.1×
Curtis Institute of Music PA
62
 578.2×
Boston University MA
57
 3.0×
Cornell University NY
56
 4.2×
University of Pennsylvania PA
53
 2.2×
University of Miami FL
51
 5.5×
University of Minnesota MN
46
 0.7×
Wesleyan University CT
45
 32.4×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI
43
 1.3×
California Institute of the Arts CA
41
 101.4×
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL
40
 0.5×
University of Chicago IL
40
 2.5×
University of Cincinnati OH
38
 2.4×
Indiana University IN
38
 2.3×
University of Hartford CT
37
 9.6×
The University of Texas at Austin TX
37
 1.1×
University of Iowa IA
36
 1.0×
Northeastern University Oakland CA
36
 77.6×
Howard University DC
35
 4.0×
University of California-San Diego CA
34
 1.7×
University of Washington WA
31
 1.7×

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 alumniAlumni
Berklee College of Music MA
37.3%
 496
Manhattan School of Music NY
21.5%
 144
The Juilliard School NY
16.2%
 408
The New England Conservatory of Music MA
15.6%
 124
University of Rochester NY
13.0%
 192
Musicians Institute CA
12.1%
 24
Northeastern University Oakland CA
10.8%
 36
Los Angeles College of Music CA
10.5%
 6
San Francisco Conservatory of Music CA
10.3%
 20
Cleveland Institute of Music OH
9.7%
 31
University of North Texas TX
9.5%
 81
The New School NY
8.5%
 79
Curtis Institute of Music PA
7.9%
 62
California Institute of the Arts CA
7.5%
 41
SUNY at Purchase College NY
7.2%
 16
Oberlin College OH
7.0%
 80
Sarah Lawrence College NY
6.7%
 25
William Paterson University of New Jersey NJ
6.6%
 7
University of Hartford CT
6.5%
 37
Hampshire College MA
6.3%
 11
Wesleyan University CT
5.7%
 45
Full Sail University FL
5.6%
 6
Bennington College VT
5.4%
 18
Bard College NY
5.3%
 23
CUNY City College NY
5.1%
 29
Five Towns College NY
4.9%
 7
Rhode Island School of Design RI
4.6%
 13
Longy School of Music of Bard College MA
4.5%
 11
Occidental College CA
4.1%
 6
University of Southern California CA
4.1%
 175
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL
4.0%
 11
Santa Monica College CA
3.9%
 7
CUNY Queens College NY
3.9%
 17
The Evergreen State College WA
3.9%
 7
St Olaf College MN
3.9%
 14
Johns Hopkins University MD
3.8%
 63
Vassar College NY
3.8%
 16
New York University NY
3.7%
 172
Belmont University TN
3.7%
 8
Clark Atlanta University GA
3.6%
 7