Enrollment Trends at SVA

The student population at School of Visual Arts is 3,812 (3,255 undergraduate and 557 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 596 (13.52%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SVA is 85.39% which is decreased by 453 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 143 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 35 male students for every 100 female students, down from 53 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (School of Visual Arts does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,192 where 3,812 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 4,562 students in 2020 and was lowest at 3,692 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,408 to 3,812 students, a net loss of 596 (13.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at School of Visual Arts since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,408	3,708	1,294	2,414	700	233	467
2016-17	4,406 -2	3,755 47	1,249 -45	2,506 92	651 -49	231 -2	420 -47
2017-18	4,393 -13	3,750 -5	1,171 -78	2,579 73	643 -8	205 -26	438 18
2018-19	4,390 -3	3,714 -36	1,099 -72	2,615 36	676 33	209 4	467 29
2019-20	4,562 172	3,872 158	1,100 1	2,772 157	690 14	203 -6	487 20
2020-21	3,692 -870	3,192 -680	855 -245	2,337 -435	500 -190	146 -57	354 -133
2021-22	4,111 419	3,529 337	966 111	2,563 226	582 82	145 -1	437 83
2022-23	4,127 16	3,533 4	915 -51	2,618 55	594 12	138 -7	456 19
2023-24	4,016 -111	3,442 -91	902 -13	2,540 -78	574 -20	123 -15	451 -5
2024-25	3,812 -204	3,255 -187	865 -37	2,390 -150	557 -17	131 8	426 -25
Average	4,192	3,575	1,042	2,533	617	176	440

School of Visual Arts Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,575 where 3,255 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 Visual Arts since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,708	3,467	1,205	2,262	241	89	152
2016-17	3,755	3,493	1,144	2,349	262	105	157
2017-18	3,750	3,506	1,091	2,415	244	80	164
2018-19	3,714	3,610	1,060	2,550	104	39	65
2019-20	3,872	3,784	1,067	2,717	88	33	55
2020-21	3,192	3,107	826	2,281	85	29	56
2021-22	3,529	3,455	935	2,520	74	31	43
2022-23	3,533	3,472	892	2,580	61	23	38
2023-24	3,442	3,395	887	2,508	47	15	32
2024-25	3,255	3,198	848	2,350	57	17	40
Average	3,575	3,575	996	2,453	3,575	46	80

School of Visual Arts Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 617 where 557 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 Visual Arts since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	700	638	211	427	62	22	40
2016-17	651	595	211	384	56	20	36
2017-18	643	585	183	402	58	22	36
2018-19	676	597	187	410	79	22	57
2019-20	690	609	178	431	81	25	56
2020-21	500	436	130	306	64	16	48
2021-22	582	522	136	386	60	9	51
2022-23	594	517	123	394	77	15	62
2023-24	574	495	106	389	79	17	62
2024-25	557	486	115	371	71	16	55
Average	617	617	158	390	617	18	50

School of Visual Arts Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.93% and the percentage of black students is 3.10% at School of Visual Arts. 12.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.78% to 14.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 12.77% to 12.85%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.58% to 3.10%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.83% to 10.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9485 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8708 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 Visual Arts 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	18	563	246	213	11	1,445	0
2016-17	5	543	168	469	3	1,107	55
2017-18	2	536	178	451	1	1,024	24
2018-19	1	560	172	435	0	946	3
2019-20	0	605	162	423	0	900	0
2020-21	0	523	141	354	0	690	0
2021-22	0	589	129	365	0	729	0
2022-23	3	598	123	346	0	649	21
2023-24	4	544	113	363	0	528	33
2024-25	3	490	118	409	0	569	55
Average	4	555	155	383	2	859	19

School of Visual Arts Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at SVA

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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