Enrollment Trends at SCAD

The student population at Savannah College of Art and Design is 16,414 (13,582 undergraduate and 2,832 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,350 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SCAD is 82.75% which is increased by 4,737 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 613 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.33 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,819 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 160.60% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 13,285 where 16,414 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.75% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.25% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,737 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 613 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.33 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 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,064	8,845	3,200	5,645	2,219	891	1,328
2013-14	11,093 29	8,825 -20	3,163 -37	5,662 17	2,268 49	901 10	1,367 39
2014-15	11,347 254	9,092 267	3,178 15	5,914 252	2,255 -13	864 -37	1,391 24
2015-16	11,861 514	9,611 519	3,310 132	6,301 387	2,250 -5	828 -36	1,422 31
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
Average	13,285	10,796	3,539	7,257	2,488	870	1,618

Savannah College of Art and Design Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 10,796 where 13,582 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 Savannah College of Art and Design since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,845	7,448	2,680	4,768	1,397	520	877
2013-14	8,825	7,347	2,603	4,744	1,478	560	918
2014-15	9,092	7,570	2,628	4,942	1,522	550	972
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
Average	10,796	10,796	2,912	6,082	10,796	627	1,175

Savannah College of Art and Design Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,488 where 2,832 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 Savannah College of Art and Design since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,219	1,520	592	928	699	299	400
2013-14	2,268	1,603	627	976	665	274	391
2014-15	2,255	1,554	589	965	701	275	426
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
Average	2,488	2,488	628	1,173	2,488	242	446

Savannah College of Art and Design Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.91% and the percentage of black students is 11.05% at Savannah College of Art and Design. 5.63% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Savannah College of Art and 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	50	363	1,025	670	24	5,530	26
2013-14	59	447	1,213	798	24	5,882	23
2014-15	61	511	1,270	859	27	5,851	16
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
Average	68	657	1,444	925	37	6,567	12

Savannah College of Art and Design Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,819 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 160.60% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Savannah College of Art and Design from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,347	698	1,233	9,416
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
Average	13,775	1,109	1,806	10,859

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