Enrollment Trends at Art Center College of Design

The student population at Art Center College of Design is 2,308 (2,038 undergraduate and 270 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 175 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Art Center College of Design is 88.30% which is increased by 123 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 52 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

28 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 761.96% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,272 where 2,308 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

88.30% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.70% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 123 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 52 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Art Center College of Design than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Art Center College of Design since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,133	1,915	951	964	218	119	99
2016-17	2,138 5	1,908 -7	907 -44	1,001 37	230 12	129 10	101 2
2017-18	2,251 113	2,005 97	924 17	1,081 80	246 16	128 -1	118 17
2018-19	2,249 -2	2,008 3	912 -12	1,096 15	241 -5	123 -5	118
2019-20	2,335 86	2,062 54	895 -17	1,167 71	273 32	123	150 32
2020-21	2,182 -153	1,912 -150	815 -80	1,097 -70	270 -3	116 -7	154 4
2021-22	2,319 137	2,028 116	845 30	1,183 86	291 21	124 8	167 13
2022-23	2,420 101	2,135 107	898 53	1,237 54	285 -6	135 11	150 -17
2023-24	2,382 -38	2,079 -56	847 -51	1,232 -5	303 18	134 -1	169 19
2024-25	2,308 -74	2,038 -41	826 -21	1,212 -20	270 -33	106 -28	164 -5
Average	2,272	2,009	882	1,127	263	124	139

Art Center College of Design Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,009 where 2,038 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 Art Center College of Design since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,915	1,613	793	820	302	158	144
2016-17	1,908	1,649	773	876	259	134	125
2017-18	2,005	1,717	774	943	288	150	138
2018-19	2,008	1,731	763	968	277	149	128
2019-20	2,062	1,793	781	1,012	269	114	155
2020-21	1,912	1,600	681	919	312	134	178
2021-22	2,028	1,730	730	1,000	298	115	183
2022-23	2,135	1,849	768	1,081	286	130	156
2023-24	2,079	1,844	734	1,110	235	113	122
2024-25	2,038	1,807	724	1,083	231	102	129
Average	2,009	2,009	752	981	2,009	130	146

Art Center College of Design Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 263 where 270 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 Art Center College of Design since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	218	161	81	80	57	38	19
2016-17	230	177	89	88	53	40	13
2017-18	246	206	100	106	40	28	12
2018-19	241	221	107	114	20	16	4
2019-20	273	241	99	142	32	24	8
2020-21	270	235	88	147	35	28	7
2021-22	291	260	109	151	31	15	16
2022-23	285	263	123	140	22	12	10
2023-24	303	261	108	153	42	26	16
2024-25	270	237	83	154	33	23	10
Average	263	263	99	128	263	25	12

Art Center College of Design Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.49% and the percentage of black students is 1.13% at Art Center College of Design. 27.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 18.24% to 10.49%. Asian enrollment declined from 33.76% to 27.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.27% to 1.13%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 11.25% to 8.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9042 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8384 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Art Center College of Design 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	5	720	27	240	10	389	85
2016-17	6	693	32	244	7	354	92
2017-18	5	682	29	262	7	375	89
2018-19	7	683	37	237	9	320	86
2019-20	4	709	34	216	7	306	74
2020-21	2	665	31	196	7	271	66
2021-22	1	666	37	198	6	290	69
2022-23	1	668	36	221	5	277	88
2023-24	0	652	39	222	5	238	88
2024-25	2	634	26	198	4	242	100
Average	3	677	33	223	7	306	84

Art Center College of Design Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

28 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 761.96% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Art Center College of Design from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,133	0	92	2,041
2016-17	2,138	0	95	2,043
2017-18	2,251	0	79	2,172
2018-19	2,249	0	88	2,161
2019-20	2,335	0	128	2,207
2020-21	2,182	2,182	0	0
2021-22	2,319	376	1,763	180
2022-23	2,420	99	1,761	560
2023-24	2,382	43	1,377	962
2024-25	2,308	28	793	1,487
Average	2,272	273	618	1,381

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Enrollment Trends at Art Center College of Design

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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