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