Enrollment Trends at CalArts

The student population at California Institute of the Arts is 1,440 (940 undergraduate and 500 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CalArts is 65.28% which is decreased by 10 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 9 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (California Institute of the Arts does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,443 where 1,440 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

65.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 10 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 9 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CalArts than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California Institute of the Arts since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,441	950	446	504	491	252	239
2013-14	1,489 48	995 45	466 20	529 25	494 3	242 -10	252 13
2014-15	1,471 -18	970 -25	411 -55	559 30	501 7	241 -1	260 8
2015-16	1,448 -23	949 -21	381 -30	568 9	499 -2	227 -14	272 12
2016-17	1,455 7	959 10	403 22	556 -12	496 -3	212 -15	284 12
2017-18	1,498 43	984 25	428 25	556 0	514 18	221 9	293 9
2018-19	1,506 8	1,010 26	455 27	555 -1	496 -18	209 -12	287 -6
2019-20	1,520 14	1,021 11	454 -1	567 12	499 3	201 -8	298 11
2020-21	1,166 -354	762 -259	360 -94	402 -165	404 -95	176 -25	228 -70
2021-22	1,444 278	965 203	401 41	564 162	479 75	178 2	301 73
2022-23	1,440 -4	940 -25	365 -36	575 11	500 21	180 2	320 19
Average	1,443	955	415	540	488	213	276

California Institute of the Arts Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 955 where 940 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 California Institute of the Arts since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	950	945	443	502	5	3	2
2013-14	995	982	456	526	13	10	3
2014-15	970	961	405	556	9	6	3
2015-16	949	943	376	567	6	5	1
2016-17	959	943	395	548	16	8	8
2017-18	984	959	419	540	25	9	16
2018-19	1,010	997	447	550	13	8	5
2019-20	1,021	1,011	448	563	10	6	4
2020-21	762	665	307	358	97	53	44
2021-22	965	938	389	549	27	12	15
2022-23	940	923	353	570	17	12	5
Average	955	955	403	530	955	12	10

California Institute of the Arts Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 488 where 500 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 California Institute of the Arts since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	491	487	248	239	4	4	0
2013-14	494	490	239	251	4	3	1
2014-15	501	498	239	259	3	2	1
2015-16	499	493	224	269	6	3	3
2016-17	496	490	209	281	6	3	3
2017-18	514	502	213	289	12	8	4
2018-19	496	490	206	284	6	3	3
2019-20	499	495	198	297	4	3	1
2020-21	404	353	150	203	51	26	25
2021-22	479	472	173	299	7	5	2
2022-23	500	479	172	307	21	8	13
Average	488	488	206	271	488	6	5

California Institute of the Arts Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.68% and the percentage of black students is 4.58% at California Institute of the Arts. 7.92% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California Institute of the Arts 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	9	125	86	148	8	652	129
2013-14	12	138	95	156	9	639	145
2014-15	8	172	93	178	10	589	92
2015-16	8	226	83	201	7	620	61
2016-17	7	143	82	175	2	586	102
2017-18	4	140	64	190	2	607	52
2018-19	3	133	62	195	3	609	68
2019-20	4	137	61	186	1	596	73
2020-21	2	82	58	154	2	444	68
2021-22	6	115	62	180	2	519	80
2022-23	5	114	66	177	2	485	78
Average	6	139	74	176	4	577	86

California Institute of the Arts Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at CalArts

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes