Enrollment Trends at MIAD

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 799 where 838 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 4.24 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in MIAD than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	627	219	408
2016-17	630 3	218 -1	412 4
2017-18	660 30	200 -18	460 48
2018-19	756 96	237 37	519 59
2019-20	870 114	261 24	609 90
2020-21	925 55	252 -9	673 64
2021-22	898 -27	223 -29	675 2
2022-23	896 -2	193 -30	703 28
2023-24	885 -11	186 -7	699 -4
2024-25	838 -47	160 -26	678 -21
Average	799	215	584

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.84%. The percentage was 67.78% 10 years ago and MIAD still has a high percentage of white students. 4.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.97% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 18.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.78% to 63.84%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.83% to 4.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 7.66% to 5.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.56% to 18.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5496 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5119 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Milwaukee Institute 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	2	24	48	85	0	425	34
2016-17	3	21	46	91	1	413	37
2017-18	3	26	48	91	1	451	34
2018-19	2	30	50	120	1	501	40
2019-20	5	39	55	147	2	555	54
2020-21	9	44	57	160	2	596	52
2021-22	4	38	45	149	3	593	56
2022-23	3	45	42	153	3	582	62
2023-24	4	38	50	149	3	577	61
2024-25	2	39	50	153	2	535	51
Average	4	34	49	130	2	523	48