Enrollment Trends at SCAD

The student population at Savannah College of Art and Design is 18,550 (15,552 undergraduate and 2,998 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,689 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SCAD is 83.84% which is increased by 5,941 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 748 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.37 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,798 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 149.03% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,875 where 18,550 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

83.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,941 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 748 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.37 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SCAD than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,861	9,611	3,310	6,301	2,250	828	1,422
2016-17	12,364 503	10,005 394	3,338 28	6,667 366	2,359 109	857 29	1,502 80
2017-18	13,163 799	10,674 669	3,475 137	7,199 532	2,489 130	913 56	1,576 74
2018-19	14,086 923	11,508 834	3,717 242	7,791 592	2,578 89	901 -12	1,677 101
2019-20	14,840 754	12,167 659	3,873 156	8,294 503	2,673 95	912 11	1,761 84
2020-21	14,265 -575	11,679 -488	3,667 -206	8,012 -282	2,586 -87	811 -101	1,775 14
2021-22	15,636 1,371	12,772 1,093	3,928 261	8,844 832	2,864 278	841 30	2,023 248
2022-23	16,414 778	13,582 810	4,082 154	9,500 656	2,832 -32	853 12	1,979 -44
2023-24	17,575 1,161	14,657 1,075	4,343 261	10,314 814	2,918 86	875 22	2,043 64
2024-25	18,550 975	15,552 895	4,576 233	10,976 662	2,998 80	925 50	2,073 30
Average	14,875	12,221	3,831	8,390	2,655	872	1,783

Savannah College of Art and Design Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,221 where 15,552 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 Savannah College of Art and Design since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,611	7,981	2,677	5,304	1,630	633	997
2016-17	10,005	8,411	2,756	5,655	1,594	582	1,012
2017-18	10,674	9,013	2,913	6,100	1,661	562	1,099
2018-19	11,508	9,752	3,081	6,671	1,756	636	1,120
2019-20	12,167	10,260	3,230	7,030	1,907	643	1,264
2020-21	11,679	9,126	2,812	6,314	2,553	855	1,698
2021-22	12,772	10,536	3,222	7,314	2,236	706	1,530
2022-23	13,582	11,494	3,430	8,064	2,088	652	1,436
2023-24	14,657	12,642	3,747	8,895	2,015	596	1,419
2024-25	15,552	13,419	3,946	9,473	2,133	630	1,503
Average	12,221	12,221	3,181	7,082	12,221	650	1,308

Savannah College of Art and Design Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,655 where 2,998 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 Savannah College of Art and Design since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,250	1,566	586	980	684	242	442
2016-17	2,359	1,697	618	1,079	662	239	423
2017-18	2,489	1,810	673	1,137	679	240	439
2018-19	2,578	1,899	670	1,229	679	231	448
2019-20	2,673	1,991	666	1,325	682	246	436
2020-21	2,586	1,840	574	1,266	746	237	509
2021-22	2,864	2,158	649	1,509	706	192	514
2022-23	2,832	2,167	663	1,504	665	190	475
2023-24	2,918	2,280	700	1,580	638	175	463
2024-25	2,998	2,348	722	1,626	650	203	447
Average	2,655	2,655	652	1,324	2,655	220	460

Savannah College of Art and Design Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.93% and the percentage of black students is 12.37% at Savannah College of Art and Design. 5.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.93% to 46.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.78% to 5.65%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.42% to 12.37%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 7.84% to 7.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7558 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7292 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Savannah College of Art and 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	58	567	1,354	930	34	5,922	5
2016-17	62	640	1,347	959	46	6,242	4
2017-18	64	676	1,418	962	51	6,604	2
2018-19	71	769	1,477	982	58	7,035	3
2019-20	80	751	1,581	1,025	46	7,259	3
2020-21	78	725	1,615	943	33	6,705	1
2021-22	81	849	1,770	1,014	32	7,348	0
2022-23	89	924	1,813	1,038	33	7,864	46
2023-24	105	1,035	1,991	1,140	32	8,370	163
2024-25	124	1,048	2,294	1,332	38	8,706	276
Average	81	798	1,666	1,033	40	7,206	50

Savannah College of Art and Design Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,798 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 149.03% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Savannah College of Art and Design from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	11,861	722	1,424	9,715
2016-17	12,364	942	1,392	10,030
2017-18	13,163	993	1,576	10,594
2018-19	14,086	1,040	1,578	11,468
2019-20	14,840	1,096	1,808	11,936
2020-21	14,265	1,417	2,226	10,622
2021-22	15,636	1,258	2,186	12,192
2022-23	16,414	1,819	2,833	11,762
2023-24	17,575	1,739	3,363	12,473
2024-25	18,550	1,798	3,854	12,898
Average	14,875	1,282	2,224	11,369

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Enrollment Trends at SCAD

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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