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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

School	Alumni	vs. typical
Berklee College of Music MA	496	251.6×
The Juilliard School NY	408	528.9×
Harvard University MA	265	16.5×
Yale University CT	220	29.1×
Columbia University NY	213	13.4×
University of Rochester NY	192	28.8×
University of Southern California CA	175	9.6×
New York University NY	172	7.6×
University of Michigan MI	170	6.8×
Manhattan School of Music NY	144	281.5×
The New England Conservatory of Music MA	124	220.2×
University of California-Los Angeles CA	103	4.6×
Northwestern University IL	100	7.9×
University of California-Berkeley CA	91	3.7×
Princeton University NJ	85	18.3×
University of North Texas TX	81	5.0×
Oberlin College OH	80	40.6×
The New School NY	79	20.8×
Stanford University CA	64	7.1×
Johns Hopkins University MD	63	6.2×
Curtis Institute of Music PA	62	538.4×
Boston University MA	57	3.2×
Cornell University NY	56	5.7×
University of Pennsylvania PA	53	3.1×
University of Miami FL	51	5.6×
University of Minnesota MN	46	1.1×
Wesleyan University CT	45	26.2×
University of Wisconsin-Madison WI	43	1.5×
California Institute of the Arts CA	41	75.0×
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL	40	1.4×
University of Chicago IL	40	4.8×
University of Cincinnati OH	38	1.8×
Indiana University IN	38	1.8×
University of Hartford CT	37	7.5×
The University of Texas at Austin TX	37	1.2×
University of Iowa IA	36	1.8×
Northeastern University Oakland CA	36	56.8×
Howard University DC	35	4.7×
University of California-San Diego CA	34	2.9×
University of Washington WA	31	1.3×

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 alumni	Alumni
Berklee College of Music MA	46.2%	496
Manhattan School of Music NY	35.7%	144
The New England Conservatory of Music MA	31.0%	124
San Francisco Conservatory of Music CA	26.3%	20
Cleveland Institute of Music OH	25.5%	31
The Juilliard School NY	24.3%	408
Musicians Institute CA	19.5%	24
University of Rochester NY	18.9%	192
Northeastern University Oakland CA	18.7%	36
Los Angeles College of Music CA	18.1%	6
Longy School of Music of Bard College MA	17.7%	11
Five Towns College NY	15.8%	7
Curtis Institute of Music PA	15.4%	62
University of North Texas TX	14.9%	81
University of Hartford CT	14.7%	37
Full Sail University FL	9.5%	6
William Paterson University of New Jersey NJ	9.5%	7
The New School NY	9.5%	79
SUNY at Purchase College NY	9.3%	16
Oberlin College OH	8.9%	80
Roosevelt University IL	8.8%	18
California Institute of the Arts CA	8.3%	41
Hampshire College MA	8.0%	11
California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt CA	7.8%	8
St Olaf College MN	7.6%	14
Bard College NY	7.6%	23
Sarah Lawrence College NY	7.5%	25
Fisk University TN	7.0%	16
Bennington College VT	6.9%	18
The Evergreen State College WA	6.5%	7
Western Washington University WA	6.4%	9
Lincoln University MO	6.4%	6
Wesleyan University CT	6.2%	45
Belmont University TN	6.1%	8
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University FL	5.9%	11
California State University-Northridge CA	5.6%	22
Lawrence University WI	5.5%	8
Stony Brook University NY	5.5%	23
Santa Monica College CA	5.4%	7
CUNY Queens College NY	5.3%	17

Full University Alumni

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Most alumni

Biggest part of the school's identity