Enrollment Trends at RMCAD

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,482 where 2,061 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 3.22 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in RMCAD than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,079	384	695
2016-17	906 -173	309 -75	597 -98
2017-18	864 -42	269 -40	595 -2
2018-19	1,054 190	315 46	739 144
2019-20	1,454 400	438 123	1,016 277
2020-21	1,631 177	451 13	1,180 164
2021-22	1,837 206	440 -11	1,397 217
2022-23	2,050 213	534 94	1,516 119
2023-24	1,888 -162	465 -69	1,423 -93
2024-25	2,061 173	488 23	1,573 150
Average	1,482	409	1,073

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.71%. The percentage was 59.12% 10 years ago and RMCAD still has a high percentage of white students. 2.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.02% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 16.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.12% to 53.71%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.65% to 2.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.39% to 14.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.04% to 16.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6618 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6326 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rocky Mountain College of Art and 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	30	29	70	121	0	648	12
2016-17	24	28	61	92	0	571	12
2017-18	21	25	50	92	0	527	18
2018-19	24	33	72	131	0	622	19
2019-20	33	51	148	186	0	846	12
2020-21	32	63	137	214	0	981	28
2021-22	31	61	173	232	0	1,110	37
2022-23	43	75	213	290	0	1,167	25
2023-24	30	68	206	266	2	1,065	76
2024-25	39	58	289	330	2	1,107	117
Average	31	49	142	195	0	864	36