Enrollment Trends at MECA

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 474 where 475 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 517 students in 2018 and was lowest at 435 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 468 to 475 students, a net gain of 7 (1.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Maine College of Art & Design since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	468	434	131	303	34	8	26
2016-17	488 20	459 25	123 -8	336 33	29 -5	8	21 -5
2017-18	517 29	459	135 12	324 -12	58 29	15 7	43 22
2018-19	462 -55	395 -64	118 -17	277 -47	67 9	19 4	48 5
2019-20	497 35	432 37	113 -5	319 42	65 -2	23 4	42 -6
2020-21	435 -62	380 -52	98 -15	282 -37	55 -10	18 -5	37 -5
2021-22	491 56	409 29	105 7	304 22	82 27	18	64 27
2022-23	436 -55	380 -29	87 -18	293 -11	56 -26	13 -5	43 -21
2023-24	474 38	422 42	102 15	320 27	52 -4	10 -3	42 -1
2024-25	475 1	417 -5	91 -11	326 6	58 6	12 2	46 4
Average	474	419	110	308	56	14	41

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 419 where 417 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 Maine College of Art & Design since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	434	411	120	291	23	11	12
2016-17	459	431	113	318	28	10	18
2017-18	459	430	125	305	29	10	19
2018-19	395	377	109	268	18	9	9
2019-20	432	418	110	308	14	3	11
2020-21	380	368	95	273	12	3	9
2021-22	409	390	101	289	19	4	15
2022-23	380	370	84	286	10	3	7
2023-24	422	408	99	309	14	3	11
2024-25	417	403	89	314	14	2	12
Average	419	419	105	296	419	6	12

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 56 where 58 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 Maine College of Art & Design since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	34	34	8	26	0	0	0
2016-17	29	29	8	21	0	0	0
2017-18	58	58	15	43	0	0	0
2018-19	67	62	19	43	5	0	5
2019-20	65	65	23	42	0	0	0
2020-21	55	49	18	31	6	0	6
2021-22	82	67	14	53	15	4	11
2022-23	56	53	12	41	3	1	2
2023-24	52	48	7	41	4	3	1
2024-25	58	56	12	44	2	0	2
Average	56	56	14	39	56	1	3

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.42%. The percentage was 82.05% 10 years ago and MECA still has a high percentage of white students. 2.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.95% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.05% to 76.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.71% to 2.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.07% to 1.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.34% to 6.95%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4049 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3220 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Maine College of Art & Design 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	3	8	5	25	0	384	18
2016-17	14	11	7	25	0	387	7
2017-18	3	19	14	23	0	411	15
2018-19	7	13	21	30	0	344	10
2019-20	5	19	19	35	0	371	12
2020-21	4	10	11	25	0	323	15
2021-22	9	15	5	14	0	341	31
2022-23	1	20	10	14	0	328	34
2023-24	2	13	8	33	0	344	44
2024-25	3	12	6	33	0	363	35
Average	5	14	11	26	0	360	22

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Maine College of Art & Design does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.