Enrollment Trends at Academy of Art

The student population at Academy of Art University is 5,498 (3,644 undergraduate and 1,854 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 8,302 (60.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Academy of Art is 66.28% which is decreased by 5,473 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2,829 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, down from 70 in 2015.
2,948 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -35.18% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,385 where 5,498 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 13,800 to 5,498 students, a loss of 8,302 (60.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Academy of Art University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,800	9,117	3,872	5,245	4,683	1,806	2,877
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
2023-24	6,320 -466	4,191 -364	1,769 -177	2,422 -187	2,129 -102	736 -13	1,393 -89
2024-25	5,498 -822	3,644 -547	1,590 -179	2,054 -368	1,854 -275	631 -105	1,223 -170
Average	9,385	6,269	2,692	3,577	3,115	1,104	2,011

Academy of Art University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,269 where 3,644 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Academy of Art University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	4,191	2,166	1,008	1,158	2,025	761	1,264
2024-25	3,644	1,910	934	976	1,734	656	1,078
Average	6,269	6,269	1,570	1,852	6,269	1,122	1,725

Academy of Art University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,115 where 1,854 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Academy of Art University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,129	1,053	414	639	1,076	322	754
2024-25	1,854	880	348	532	974	283	691
Average	3,115	3,115	655	1,084	3,115	449	928

Academy of Art University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.19% and the percentage of black students is 12.99% at Academy of Art University. 7.46% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 21.75% to 28.19%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.94% to 7.46%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.44% to 12.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.45% to 18.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8622 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9343 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Academy of Art University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	25	443	703	1,062	26	1,666	322
2024-25	28	410	714	990	25	1,550	320
Average	41	557	696	1,029	44	1,835	287

Academy of Art University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,948 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 54% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -35.18% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Academy of Art University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	6,320	3,420	2,216	684
2024-25	5,498	2,948	1,943	607
Average	9,385	4,105	2,704	2,575

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Enrollment Trends at Academy of Art

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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