Enrollment Trends at The New England Conservatory of Music

The student population at The New England Conservatory of Music is 853 (421 undergraduate and 432 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 64 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at The New England Conservatory of Music is 49.36% which is increased by 14 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 50 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 0.81 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (The New England Conservatory of Music does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 809 where 853 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

49.36% of total students is undergraduate students and 50.64% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 14 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 50 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.81 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in The New England Conservatory of Music than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The New England Conservatory of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	789	407	229	178	382	196	186
2016-17	819 30	413 6	235 6	178	406 24	210 14	196 10
2017-18	844 25	436 23	233 -2	203 25	408 2	216 6	192 -4
2018-19	838 -6	468 32	260 27	208 5	370 -38	192 -24	178 -14
2019-20	843 5	497 29	276 16	221 13	346 -24	179 -13	167 -11
2020-21	701 -142	404 -93	214 -62	190 -31	297 -49	157 -22	140 -27
2021-22	827 126	423 19	233 19	190	404 107	203 46	201 61
2022-23	796 -31	382 -41	206 -27	176 -14	414 10	214 11	200 -1
2023-24	784 -12	393 11	216 10	177 1	391 -23	207 -7	184 -16
2024-25	853 69	421 28	233 17	188 11	432 41	238 31	194 10
Average	809	424	234	191	385	201	184

The New England Conservatory of Music Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 424 where 421 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 The New England Conservatory of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	407	369	205	164	38	24	14
2016-17	413	381	217	164	32	18	14
2017-18	436	407	215	192	29	18	11
2018-19	468	438	242	196	30	18	12
2019-20	497	464	256	208	33	20	13
2020-21	404	374	193	181	30	21	9
2021-22	423	392	213	179	31	20	11
2022-23	382	353	190	163	29	16	13
2023-24	393	361	198	163	32	18	14
2024-25	421	377	208	169	44	25	19
Average	424	424	214	178	424	20	13

The New England Conservatory of Music Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 385 where 432 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 The New England Conservatory of Music since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	382	359	181	178	23	15	8
2016-17	406	380	198	182	26	12	14
2017-18	408	384	202	182	24	14	10
2018-19	370	347	181	166	23	11	12
2019-20	346	323	166	157	23	13	10
2020-21	297	270	139	131	27	18	9
2021-22	404	351	175	176	53	28	25
2022-23	414	396	203	193	18	11	7
2023-24	391	367	195	172	24	12	12
2024-25	432	387	214	173	45	24	21
Average	385	385	185	171	385	16	13

The New England Conservatory of Music Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.67% and the percentage of black students is 1.52% at The New England Conservatory of Music. 10.67% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.52% to 27.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.11% to 10.67%. Black student enrollment decreased from 1.65% to 1.52%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.18% to 4.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9072 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8492 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The New England Conservatory of Music 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	0	64	13	33	0	296	30
2016-17	0	71	18	33	0	293	37
2017-18	2	78	19	25	0	288	41
2018-19	2	77	18	24	0	304	39
2019-20	0	79	18	23	0	301	32
2020-21	1	79	14	18	0	237	37
2021-22	1	88	18	17	0	320	48
2022-23	0	98	15	19	0	287	34
2023-24	0	97	12	8	0	228	62
2024-25	0	91	13	38	0	236	44
Average	1	82	16	24	0	279	40

The New England Conservatory of Music Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at The New England Conservatory of Music

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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