Enrollment Trends at DIT

The student population at DigiPen Institute of Technology is 1,084 (1,016 undergraduate and 68 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8 (0.74%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at DIT is 93.73% which is increased by 27 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 19 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 199 male students for every 100 female students, down from 358 in 2015.
2 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -99.50% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,101 where 1,084 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 1,197 students in 2022 and was lowest at 970 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,076 to 1,084 students, a net gain of 8 (0.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at DigiPen Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,076	989	767	222	87	74	13
2016-17	1,062 -14	984 -5	751 -16	233 11	78 -9	65 -9	13
2017-18	1,102 40	1,028 44	785 34	243 10	74 -4	61 -4	13
2018-19	970 -132	874 -154	668 -117	206 -37	96 22	75 14	21 8
2019-20	1,174 204	1,084 210	806 138	278 72	90 -6	71 -4	19 -2
2020-21	1,120 -54	1,061 -23	788 -18	273 -5	59 -31	44 -27	15 -4
2021-22	1,197 77	1,138 77	804 16	334 61	59	45 1	14 -1
2022-23	1,124 -73	1,067 -71	741 -63	326 -8	57 -2	40 -5	17 3
2023-24	1,100 -24	1,042 -25	720 -21	322 -4	58 1	40	18 1
2024-25	1,084 -16	1,016 -26	678 -42	338 16	68 10	43 3	25 7
Average	1,101	1,028	751	278	73	56	17

DigiPen Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,028 where 1,016 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 DigiPen Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	989	875	681	194	114	86	28
2016-17	984	908	697	211	76	54	22
2017-18	1,028	964	738	226	64	47	17
2018-19	874	831	640	191	43	28	15
2019-20	1,084	1,027	765	262	57	41	16
2020-21	1,061	979	725	254	82	63	19
2021-22	1,138	1,041	729	312	97	75	22
2022-23	1,067	972	670	302	95	71	24
2023-24	1,042	952	658	294	90	62	28
2024-25	1,016	921	611	310	95	67	28
Average	1,028	1,028	691	256	1,028	59	22

DigiPen Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 73 where 68 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 DigiPen Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	87	49	42	7	38	32	6
2016-17	78	48	40	8	30	25	5
2017-18	74	44	37	7	30	24	6
2018-19	96	72	56	16	24	19	5
2019-20	90	65	50	15	25	21	4
2020-21	59	38	29	9	21	15	6
2021-22	59	45	31	14	14	14	0
2022-23	57	40	27	13	17	13	4
2023-24	58	36	22	14	22	18	4
2024-25	68	43	24	19	25	19	6
Average	73	73	36	12	73	20	5

DigiPen Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.31%. The percentage was 38.57% 10 years ago and DIT still has a high percentage of white students. 10.89% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.86% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.41% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 38.57% to 52.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.46% to 10.89%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.74% to 2.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.11% to 9.41%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6958 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.8450 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DigiPen Institute of Technology 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	2	48	8	55	2	415	43
2016-17	4	54	12	57	3	398	43
2017-18	3	68	15	64	2	484	55
2018-19	3	74	11	68	3	549	62
2019-20	3	92	17	81	3	590	73
2020-21	2	101	17	88	2	607	84
2021-22	3	121	26	103	2	656	88
2022-23	3	115	22	100	2	599	94
2023-24	3	122	28	108	1	578	103
2024-25	2	118	31	102	2	567	103
Average	3	91	19	83	2	544	75

DigiPen Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2 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 -99.50% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at DigiPen Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,076	0	0	1,076
2016-17	1,062	0	0	1,062
2017-18	1,102	0	0	1,102
2018-19	970	0	0	970
2019-20	1,174	0	0	1,174
2020-21	1,120	397	723	0
2021-22	1,197	47	1,055	95
2022-23	1,124	8	621	495
2023-24	1,100	7	413	680
2024-25	1,084	2	237	845
Average	1,101	46	305	750

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Enrollment Trends at DIT

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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