Enrollment Trends at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,993 where 1,989 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

94.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 8 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 7 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.96 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Massachusetts College of Art and Design than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Massachusetts College of Art and 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	1,990	1,879	541	1,338	111	33	78
2016-17	1,982 -8	1,842 -37	532 -9	1,310 -28	140 29	46 13	94 16
2017-18	2,064 82	1,933 91	573 41	1,360 50	131 -9	56 10	75 -19
2018-19	2,087 23	1,954 21	541 -32	1,413 53	133 2	56	77 2
2019-20	2,095 8	1,955 1	539 -2	1,416 3	140 7	52 -4	88 11
2020-21	1,894 -201	1,770 -185	470 -69	1,300 -116	124 -16	47 -5	77 -11
2021-22	1,907 13	1,778 8	473 3	1,305 5	129 5	48 1	81 4
2022-23	1,939 32	1,833 55	479 6	1,354 49	106 -23	31 -17	75 -6
2023-24	1,986 47	1,876 43	465 -14	1,411 57	110 4	36 5	74 -1
2024-25	1,989 3	1,871 -5	466 1	1,405 -6	118 8	36	82 8
Average	1,993	1,869	508	1,361	124	44	80

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,869 where 1,871 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 Massachusetts College of Art and 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	1,879	1,546	451	1,095	333	90	243
2016-17	1,842	1,560	449	1,111	282	83	199
2017-18	1,933	1,658	475	1,183	275	98	177
2018-19	1,954	1,650	444	1,206	304	97	207
2019-20	1,955	1,682	443	1,239	273	96	177
2020-21	1,770	1,505	383	1,122	265	87	178
2021-22	1,778	1,556	412	1,144	222	61	161
2022-23	1,833	1,577	394	1,183	256	85	171
2023-24	1,876	1,659	413	1,246	217	52	165
2024-25	1,871	1,684	411	1,273	187	55	132
Average	1,869	1,869	428	1,180	1,869	80	181

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 124 where 118 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 Massachusetts College of Art and 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	111	91	28	63	20	5	15
2016-17	140	112	41	71	28	5	23
2017-18	131	96	44	52	35	12	23
2018-19	133	89	37	52	44	19	25
2019-20	140	96	39	57	44	13	31
2020-21	124	88	37	51	36	10	26
2021-22	129	102	40	62	27	8	19
2022-23	106	96	27	69	10	4	6
2023-24	110	99	33	66	11	3	8
2024-25	118	109	34	75	9	2	7
Average	124	124	36	62	124	8	18

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.85%. The percentage was 59.35% 10 years ago and Massachusetts College of Art and Design still has a high percentage of white students. 5.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.42% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.35% to 53.85%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.29% to 5.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.91% to 4.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.79% to 14.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6799 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6338 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Massachusetts College of Art and Design over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	5	145	58	175	6	1,181	18
2016-17	5	147	74	184	3	1,175	24
2017-18	4	168	90	199	2	1,215	33
2018-19	3	158	92	205	5	1,195	34
2019-20	3	142	93	218	4	1,182	67
2020-21	1	138	79	224	4	1,028	76
2021-22	1	134	69	238	0	1,013	75
2022-23	2	128	68	264	2	983	91
2023-24	1	133	78	278	2	1,053	91
2024-25	1	116	88	297	2	1,071	99
Average	3	141	79	228	3	1,110	61