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Where did people who work as animators at Dreamworks Animation go to college?
| College | Location | % of Employee Degrees |
|---|---|---|
| California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) | California | 6% |
| Academy of Art University (AAU) | California | 4% |
| Ringling College of Art and Design | Florida | 3% |
| University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | California | 3% |
| University of Southern California (USC) | California | 3% |
| Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) | Georgia | 3% |
| School of Visual Arts (SVA) | New York | 2% |
| ArtCenter College of Design | California | 2% |
| San Jose State University (SJSU) | California | 2% |
| New York University (NYU) | New York | 1% |
| California State University, Northridge | California | 1% |
| Pratt Institute | New York | 1% |
| Texas A&M University (TAMU) | Texas | 1% |
| Brigham Young University (BYU) | Utah | 1% |
| California State University, Fullerton | California | 1% |
| Gnomon School of Visual Effects | California | 1% |
| Loyola Marymount University (LMU) | California | 1% |
| California State University, Long Beach | California | 1% |
| Full Sail University | Florida | 1% |
| Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) | Rhode Island | 1% |
| Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | New York | 1% |
| Columbia College Chicago | Illinois | 1% |
| Otis College of Art and Design | California | 1% |
| Syracuse University | New York | 1% |
| Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) | Ohio | 1% |
| Carnegie Mellon University | Pennsylvania | 1% |
| Ohio State University (OSU) | Ohio | 1% |
We analyzed the academic backgrounds of over 1900 current and former Dreamworks Animation employees who worked as animators, or in animation related jobs, at Dreamworks Animation. The percentages of the schools and colleges listed above represent the amount of current and former Dreamworks Animation animators that have a bachelor’s and/or master’s degree from that institution. We listed only those schools and colleges above 1% in our analysis. In total, the 27 schools listed above represent 42% of the academic backgrounds we considered.
Notes:
- For the purposes of our analysis, we only listed above the colleges offering animation related degrees.
- Many current and ex-Dreamworks Animation employees have academic backgrounds that include unfinished degrees, associate degrees, diplomas, certificate programs, and other continuing training programs. While these are all relevant and important educational experiences, we excluded them from our analysis in an effort to focus on degree granting programs.
- Non-degree granting animation career training programs offered by Animation Mentor, The Animation Collaborative, Animsquad, iAnimate, and AnimSchool are not included in our analysis but it is worth noting these programs are enormously popular among current and former Dreamworks animators. These programs are often utilized by working, professional animators to enhance their skill set in specific areas.
- While most professional animators have a formal college degree in animation, there are some professional animators who studied a major other than animation in college. These people are included in our analysis.
- This data is not meant to indicate nor suggest that Dreamworks Animation actively recruits from any of these schools or colleges. It only conveys from which schools and colleges current and former Dreamworks Animation animators earned their degrees.
- This analysis is as of February, 2024.