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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Art Center College of Design CA | 28 | |
| Rhode Island School of Design RI | 21 | |
| The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art NY | 23 | |
| Pratt Institute-Main NY | 30 | |
| Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA | 7 | |
| School of Visual Arts NY | 13 | |
| College for Creative Studies MI | 6 | |
| Illinois Institute of Technology IL | 7 | |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA | 24 | |
| California Institute of the Arts CA | 9 | |
| Otis College of Art and Design CA | 5 | |
| Fashion Institute of Technology NY | 8 | |
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago IL | 19 | |
| University of California-Santa Barbara CA | 5 | |
| Kansas City Art Institute MO | 6 | |
| New York University NY | 17 | |
| Columbia University NY | 25 | |
| Yale University CT | 28 | |
| Harvard University MA | 30 | |
| Syracuse University NY | 10 | |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts PA | 7 | |
| University of Southern California CA | 10 | |
| Stanford University CA | 12 | |
| University of California-Berkeley CA | 15 |