Enrollment Trends at Pacifica Graduate Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 874 where 833 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 939 students in 2016 and was lowest at 829 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 939 to 833 students, a net loss of 106 (11.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pacifica Graduate Institute since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	939	237	702
2016-17	923 -16	230 -7	693 -9
2017-18	852 -71	199 -31	653 -40
2018-19	871 19	194 -5	677 24
2019-20	829 -42	215 21	614 -63
2020-21	856 27	239 24	617 3
2021-22	908 52	247 8	661 44
2022-23	851 -57	229 -18	622 -39
2023-24	882 31	229	653 31
2024-25	833 -49	227 -2	606 -47
Average	874	225	650

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.14%. The percentage was 67.41% 10 years ago and Pacifica Graduate Institute still has a high percentage of white students. 3.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.88% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.41% to 51.14%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.56% to 3.00%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 10.01% to 7.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7277 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5315 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pacifica Graduate 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	3	24	27	94	1	633	47
2016-17	2	20	32	105	2	606	40
2017-18	3	18	27	99	5	539	34
2018-19	3	15	32	106	5	496	36
2019-20	3	21	27	115	4	450	37
2020-21	5	21	36	112	0	437	31
2021-22	3	26	31	106	1	480	43
2022-23	4	25	29	95	1	475	48
2023-24	5	34	27	78	4	503	53
2024-25	5	25	24	63	2	426	48
Average	4	23	29	97	3	505	42

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Pacifica Graduate Institute does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.