Enrollment Trends at CRAS

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 603 where 692 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 692 students in 2025 and was lowest at 450 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 655 to 692 students, a net gain of 37 (5.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	655	583	72
2016-17	612 -43	548 -35	64 -8
2017-18	541 -71	483 -65	58 -6
2018-19	568 27	496 13	72 14
2019-20	628 60	540 44	88 16
2020-21	629 1	558 18	71 -17
2021-22	450 -179	396 -162	54 -17
2022-23	615 165	535 139	80 26
2023-24	637 22	547 12	90 10
2024-25	692 55	571 24	121 31
Average	603	526	77

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.54% and the percentage of black students is 12.86% at Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences. 2.02% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.81% to 47.54%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.98% to 2.02%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.44% to 12.86%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 18.02% to 26.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6770 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6405 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	19	13	88	118	1	359	56
2016-17	15	8	104	131	1	307	44
2017-18	10	7	78	127	1	280	38
2018-19	5	5	79	123	3	298	54
2019-20	5	6	84	138	3	337	54
2020-21	8	12	89	138	4	331	46
2021-22	5	7	70	102	1	234	31
2022-23	10	17	92	126	1	331	38
2023-24	13	14	74	155	0	335	46
2024-25	11	14	89	186	3	329	60
Average	10	10	85	134	2	314	47

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Conservatory of Recording Arts and Sciences does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.