Enrollment Trends at Academy of Art

The student population at Academy of Art University is 6,786 (4,555 undergraduate and 2,231 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 11,085 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Academy of Art is 67.12% which is decreased by 7,246 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 3,839 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,906 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -24.78% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 11,919 where 6,786 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 7,246 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 3,839 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Academy of Art than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Academy of Art University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	17,871	11,801	5,176	6,625	6,070	2,430	3,640
2013-14	16,001 -1,870	10,508 -1,293	4,612 -564	5,896 -729	5,493 -577	2,175 -255	3,318 -322
2014-15	15,212 -789	10,044 -464	4,337 -275	5,707 -189	5,168 -325	2,060 -115	3,108 -210
2015-16	13,800 -1,412	9,117 -927	3,872 -465	5,245 -462	4,683 -485	1,806 -254	2,877 -231
2016-17	12,608 -1,192	8,303 -814	3,537 -335	4,766 -479	4,305 -378	1,591 -215	2,714 -163
2017-18	11,672 -936	7,652 -651	3,294 -243	4,358 -408	4,020 -285	1,439 -152	2,581 -133
2018-19	10,616 -1,056	7,051 -601	3,084 -210	3,967 -391	3,565 -455	1,249 -190	2,316 -265
2019-20	9,812 -804	6,694 -357	2,898 -186	3,796 -171	3,118 -447	1,060 -189	2,058 -258
2020-21	8,928 -884	6,124 -570	2,607 -291	3,517 -279	2,804 -314	945 -115	1,859 -199
2021-22	7,805 -1,123	5,363 -761	2,327 -280	3,036 -481	2,442 -362	831 -114	1,611 -248
2022-23	6,786 -1,019	4,555 -808	1,946 -381	2,609 -427	2,231 -211	749 -82	1,482 -129
Average	11,919	7,928	3,426	4,502	3,991	1,485	2,506

Academy of Art University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,928 where 4,555 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Academy of Art University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,801	6,551	3,023	3,528	5,250	2,153	3,097
2013-14	10,508	5,727	2,637	3,090	4,781	1,975	2,806
2014-15	10,044	5,622	2,524	3,098	4,422	1,813	2,609
2015-16	9,117	5,339	2,349	2,990	3,778	1,523	2,255
2016-17	8,303	4,827	2,146	2,681	3,476	1,391	2,085
2017-18	7,652	4,422	2,022	2,400	3,230	1,272	1,958
2018-19	7,051	4,090	1,895	2,195	2,961	1,189	1,772
2019-20	6,694	3,758	1,762	1,996	2,936	1,136	1,800
2020-21	6,124	2,882	1,342	1,540	3,242	1,265	1,977
2021-22	5,363	2,639	1,223	1,416	2,724	1,104	1,620
2022-23	4,555	2,189	1,019	1,170	2,366	927	1,439
Average	7,928	7,928	1,995	2,373	7,928	1,432	2,129

Academy of Art University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,991 where 2,231 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Academy of Art University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,070	3,502	1,450	2,052	2,568	980	1,588
2013-14	5,493	3,311	1,310	2,001	2,182	865	1,317
2014-15	5,168	3,221	1,329	1,892	1,947	731	1,216
2015-16	4,683	2,962	1,163	1,799	1,721	643	1,078
2016-17	4,305	2,653	1,016	1,637	1,652	575	1,077
2017-18	4,020	2,357	876	1,481	1,663	563	1,100
2018-19	3,565	2,085	751	1,334	1,480	498	982
2019-20	3,118	1,765	626	1,139	1,353	434	919
2020-21	2,804	1,378	489	889	1,426	456	970
2021-22	2,442	1,185	452	733	1,257	379	878
2022-23	2,231	1,071	416	655	1,160	333	827
Average	3,991	3,991	898	1,419	3,991	587	1,087

Academy of Art University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.09% and the percentage of black students is 10.21% at Academy of Art University. 6.66% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Academy of Art University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	94	1,270	1,115	1,342	54	4,598	290
2013-14	72	1,115	1,023	1,352	59	3,965	341
2014-15	70	1,092	999	1,383	75	3,456	312
2015-16	64	958	889	1,304	79	3,001	310
2016-17	56	781	788	1,193	72	2,376	301
2017-18	51	665	720	1,063	66	1,990	281
2018-19	48	560	588	973	54	1,723	254
2019-20	42	480	578	884	42	1,461	236
2020-21	33	398	589	867	25	1,399	256
2021-22	34	424	702	975	22	1,613	293
2022-23	27	452	693	980	31	1,567	293
Average	54	745	789	1,120	53	2,468	288

Academy of Art University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,906 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 58% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -24.78% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Academy of Art University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,212	5,193	3,093	6,926
2015-16	13,800	4,548	2,945	6,307
2016-17	12,608	4,403	2,953	5,252
2017-18	11,672	4,227	2,867	4,578
2018-19	10,616	4,070	2,884	3,662
2019-20	9,812	4,209	2,583	3,020
2020-21	8,928	4,879	2,979	1,070
2021-22	7,805	4,441	3,364	0
2022-23	6,786	3,906	2,308	572
Average	10,804	4,431	2,886	3,487

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