Enrollment Trends at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,515 where 3,394 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

82.65% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.35% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 38 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 159 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.11 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in School of the Art Institute of Chicago than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,812 where 2,805 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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 702 where 589 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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 34.65% and the percentage of black students is 5.89% at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 9.43% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 12.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.32% to 34.65%. Asian enrollment declined from 10.92% to 9.43%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.76% to 5.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.61% to 12.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8498 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8375 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at School of the Art Institute of Chicago over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

55 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,293.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2015 to 2025.