Enrollment Trends at California College of the Arts

The student population at California College of the Arts is 1,308 (1,004 undergraduate and 304 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 667 (33.77%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at California College of the Arts is 76.76% which is decreased by 516 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 151 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, down from 60 in 2015.
1 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -93.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,693 where 1,308 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,983 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,308 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,975 to 1,308 students, a net loss of 667 (33.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California College of the Arts since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,975	1,520	584	936	455	158	297
2016-17	1,983 8	1,528 8	552 -32	976 40	455	163 5	292 -5
2017-18	1,927 -56	1,486 -42	541 -11	945 -31	441 -14	157 -6	284 -8
2018-19	1,805 -122	1,468 -18	553 12	915 -30	337 -104	124 -33	213 -71
2019-20	1,860 55	1,466 -2	524 -29	942 27	394 57	148 24	246 33
2020-21	1,612 -248	1,239 -227	472 -52	767 -175	373 -21	125 -23	248 2
2021-22	1,630 18	1,249 10	453 -19	796 29	381 8	114 -11	267 19
2022-23	1,501 -129	1,145 -104	429 -24	716 -80	356 -25	103 -11	253 -14
2023-24	1,333 -168	1,012 -133	335 -94	677 -39	321 -35	94 -9	227 -26
2024-25	1,308 -25	1,004 -8	327 -8	677	304 -17	100 6	204 -23
Average	1,693	1,312	477	835	382	129	253

California College of the Arts Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,312 where 1,004 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 California College of the Arts since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,520	1,434	544	890	86	40	46
2016-17	1,528	1,444	525	919	84	27	57
2017-18	1,486	1,409	509	900	77	32	45
2018-19	1,468	1,406	524	882	62	29	33
2019-20	1,466	1,401	507	894	65	17	48
2020-21	1,239	1,162	444	718	77	28	49
2021-22	1,249	1,178	430	748	71	23	48
2022-23	1,145	1,086	398	688	59	31	28
2023-24	1,012	934	304	630	78	31	47
2024-25	1,004	959	307	652	45	20	25
Average	1,312	1,312	449	792	1,312	28	43

California College of the Arts Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 382 where 304 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 California College of the Arts since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	455	419	146	273	36	12	24
2016-17	455	430	153	277	25	10	15
2017-18	441	414	143	271	27	14	13
2018-19	337	304	111	193	33	13	20
2019-20	394	367	136	231	27	12	15
2020-21	373	317	107	210	56	18	38
2021-22	381	345	107	238	36	7	29
2022-23	356	334	96	238	22	7	15
2023-24	321	304	88	216	17	6	11
2024-25	304	287	95	192	17	5	12
Average	382	382	118	234	382	10	19

California College of the Arts Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 19.42% and the percentage of black students is 3.59% at California College of the Arts. 13.53% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 29.37% to 19.42%. Asian enrollment declined from 14.13% to 13.53%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.56% to 3.59%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.56% to 14.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9184 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8759 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California College of the Arts 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	9	279	90	248	12	580	0
2016-17	6	304	109	232	13	494	0
2017-18	6	288	98	241	11	462	0
2018-19	5	251	77	240	7	385	0
2019-20	19	233	69	241	13	385	26
2020-21	11	263	78	211	5	280	23
2021-22	1	225	63	211	3	300	100
2022-23	3	208	53	200	2	291	79
2023-24	4	185	47	192	1	251	68
2024-25	5	177	47	189	2	254	76
Average	7	241	73	221	7	368	37

California College of the Arts Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -93.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California College of the Arts from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,975	15	0	1,960
2016-17	1,983	18	0	1,965
2017-18	1,927	19	0	1,908
2018-19	1,805	25	0	1,780
2019-20	1,860	0	23	1,837
2020-21	1,612	23	0	1,589
2021-22	1,630	1,630	0	0
2022-23	1,501	5	344	1,152
2023-24	1,333	1	32	1,300
2024-25	1,308	1	41	1,266
Average	1,693	174	44	1,476

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Enrollment Trends at California College of the Arts

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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