Enrollment Trends at MECA

The student population at Maine College of Art & Design is 436 (380 undergraduate and 56 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 33 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MECA is 87.16% which is increased by 11 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 22 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.36 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Maine College of Art & Design does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 460 where 436 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.16% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.84% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 11 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 22 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.36 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MECA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Maine College of Art & Design since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	403	369	109	260	34	11	23
2013-14	409 6	378 9	110 1	268 8	31 -3	11 0	20 -3
2014-15	457 48	424 46	114 4	310 42	33 2	7 -4	26 6
2015-16	468 11	434 10	131 17	303 -7	34 1	8 1	26 0
2016-17	488 20	459 25	123 -8	336 33	29 -5	8 0	21 -5
2017-18	517 29	459 0	135 12	324 -12	58 29	15 7	43 22
2018-19	462 -55	395 -64	118 -17	277 -47	67 9	19 4	48 5
2019-20	497 35	432 37	113 -5	319 42	65 -2	23 4	42 -6
2020-21	435 -62	380 -52	98 -15	282 -37	55 -10	18 -5	37 -5
2021-22	491 56	409 29	105 7	304 22	82 27	18 0	64 27
2022-23	436 -55	380 -29	87 -18	293 -11	56 -26	13 -5	43 -21
Average	460	411	113	298	49	14	36

Maine College of Art & Design Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 411 where 380 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 Maine College of Art & Design since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	369	353	102	251	16	7	9
2013-14	378	361	105	256	17	5	12
2014-15	424	407	107	300	17	7	10
2015-16	434	411	120	291	23	11	12
2016-17	459	431	113	318	28	10	18
2017-18	459	430	125	305	29	10	19
2018-19	395	377	109	268	18	9	9
2019-20	432	418	110	308	14	3	11
2020-21	380	368	95	273	12	3	9
2021-22	409	390	101	289	19	4	15
2022-23	380	370	84	286	10	3	7
Average	411	411	106	286	411	7	12

Maine College of Art & Design Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 49 where 56 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 Maine College of Art & Design since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	34	34	11	23	0	0	0
2013-14	31	31	11	20	0	0	0
2014-15	33	33	7	26	0	0	0
2015-16	34	34	8	26	0	0	0
2016-17	29	29	8	21	0	0	0
2017-18	58	58	15	43	0	0	0
2018-19	67	62	19	43	5	0	5
2019-20	65	65	23	42	0	0	0
2020-21	55	49	18	31	6	0	6
2021-22	82	67	14	53	15	4	11
2022-23	56	53	12	41	3	1	2
Average	49	49	13	34	49	0	2

Maine College of Art & Design Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.23%. The percentage was 80.89% 10 years ago and MECA still has a high percentage of white students. 4.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.29% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Maine College of Art & Design 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	3	7	5	12	0	326	14
2013-14	3	6	8	19	1	324	18
2014-15	0	10	7	27	0	372	22
2015-16	3	8	5	25	0	384	18
2016-17	14	11	7	25	0	387	7
2017-18	3	19	14	23	0	411	15
2018-19	7	13	21	30	0	344	10
2019-20	5	19	19	35	0	371	12
2020-21	4	10	11	25	0	323	15
2021-22	9	15	5	14	0	341	31
2022-23	1	20	10	14	0	328	34
Average	5	13	10	23	0	356	18

Maine College of Art & Design Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at MECA

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes