Enrollment Trends at Kansas City Art Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 708 where 813 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 813 students in 2025 and was lowest at 635 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 645 to 813 students, a net gain of 168 (26%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Kansas City Art Institute since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	645	216	429
2016-17	635 -10	167 -49	468 39
2017-18	663 28	185 18	478 10
2018-19	672 9	195 10	477 -1
2019-20	699 27	193 -2	506 29
2020-21	698 -1	192 -1	506
2021-22	726 28	188 -4	538 32
2022-23	738 12	167 -21	571 33
2023-24	789 51	167	622 51
2024-25	813 24	178 11	635 13
Average	708	185	523

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.89%. The percentage was 62.95% 10 years ago and Kansas City Art Institute still has a high percentage of white students. 3.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.36% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.61% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.95% to 60.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.95% to 3.44%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.58% to 8.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.13% to 16.61%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5881 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5805 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kansas City Art Institute 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	0	19	36	46	0	406	77
2016-17	4	17	40	47	0	397	71
2017-18	5	18	26	48	0	414	71
2018-19	2	27	40	78	0	425	37
2019-20	3	33	45	85	0	463	46
2020-21	3	34	54	86	0	454	41
2021-22	8	36	57	103	0	446	51
2022-23	6	34	60	108	0	455	48
2023-24	3	28	64	115	0	486	65
2024-25	5	28	68	135	0	495	60
Average	4	27	49	85	0	444	57

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Kansas City Art Institute does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.