Enrollment Trends at Pacific Northwest College of Art

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 524 where 466 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 650 students in 2020 and was lowest at 466 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 501 to 466 students, a net loss of 35 (7%).

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	501	407	124	283	94	31	63
2016-17	480 -21	405 -2	125 1	280 -3	75 -19	33 2	42 -21
2017-18	512 32	418 13	138 13	280	94 19	32 -1	62 20
2018-19	574 62	463 45	153 15	310 30	111 17	34 2	77 15
2019-20	650 76	514 51	169 16	345 35	136 25	40 6	96 19
2020-21	569 -81	445 -69	134 -35	311 -34	124 -12	34 -6	90 -6
2021-22	481 -88	397 -48	115 -19	282 -29	84 -40	17 -17	67 -23
2022-23	487 6	376 -21	86 -29	290 8	111 27	29 12	82 15
2023-24	524 37	412 36	85 -1	327 37	112 1	26 -3	86 4
2024-25	466 -58	422 10	91 6	331 4	44 -68	7 -19	37 -49
Average	524	426	122	304	99	28	70

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 426 where 422 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 Pacific Northwest College of Art 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	407	377	112	265	30	12	18
2016-17	405	363	111	252	42	14	28
2017-18	418	378	125	253	40	13	27
2018-19	463	430	139	291	33	14	19
2019-20	514	486	160	326	28	9	19
2020-21	445	413	121	292	32	13	19
2021-22	397	360	101	259	37	14	23
2022-23	376	359	80	279	17	6	11
2023-24	412	396	83	313	16	2	14
2024-25	422	412	87	325	10	4	6
Average	426	426	112	286	426	10	18

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 99 where 44 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 Pacific Northwest College of Art 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	94	91	31	60	3	0	3
2016-17	75	74	33	41	1	0	1
2017-18	94	92	31	61	2	1	1
2018-19	111	107	33	74	4	1	3
2019-20	136	134	38	96	2	2	0
2020-21	124	123	33	90	1	1	0
2021-22	84	77	16	61	7	1	6
2022-23	111	105	29	76	6	0	6
2023-24	112	110	25	85	2	1	1
2024-25	44	43	6	37	1	1	0
Average	99	99	28	68	99	1	2

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.01%. The percentage was 67.66% 10 years ago and Pacific Northwest College of Art still has a high percentage of white students. 2.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.66% to 59.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.40% to 2.79%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.20% to 4.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.59% to 16.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6134 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5243 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pacific Northwest College of Art 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	5	12	6	28	1	339	59
2016-17	6	18	9	26	2	305	45
2017-18	11	23	8	32	3	257	32
2018-19	8	22	8	39	4	296	49
2019-20	14	30	21	44	0	381	37
2020-21	12	18	20	36	1	301	55
2021-22	7	16	23	37	1	278	41
2022-23	5	15	25	40	2	296	42
2023-24	3	19	24	56	3	321	42
2024-25	2	13	21	76	1	275	44
Average	7	19	17	41	2	305	45

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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