Enrollment Trends at Cornish College of the Arts

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 567 where 505 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 724 students in 2016 and was lowest at 443 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 724 to 505 students, a net loss of 219 (30.2%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	720	260	460
2016-17	674 -46	246 -14	428 -32
2017-18	658 -16	227 -19	431 3
2018-19	625 -33	204 -23	421 -10
2019-20	602 -23	195 -9	407 -14
2020-21	482 -120	158 -37	324 -83
2021-22	455 -27	145 -13	310 -14
2022-23	443 -12	156 11	287 -23
2023-24	502 59	156	346 59
2024-25	505 3	144 -12	361 15
Average	567	189	378

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.01%. The percentage was 60.36% 10 years ago and Cornish College of the Arts still has a high percentage of white students. 4.55% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.54% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.36% to 59.01%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.66% to 4.55%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.73% to 5.35%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 11.05% to 5.54%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6343 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6124 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cornish College of the Arts 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	2	41	27	80	4	437	58
2016-17	5	36	21	75	5	426	64
2017-18	5	29	22	90	4	405	64
2018-19	4	36	20	87	2	378	63
2019-20	4	37	28	79	1	348	57
2020-21	4	31	21	50	0	287	48
2021-22	4	22	26	26	0	275	53
2022-23	6	19	22	12	0	282	43
2023-24	6	24	24	5	0	330	41
2024-25	4	23	27	28	2	298	49
Average	4	30	24	53	2	347	54

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Cornish College of the Arts does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.