Enrollment Trends at SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 654 where 1,712 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,800 students in 2024 and was lowest at 141 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 141 to 1,712 students, a net gain of 1,571 (1114.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	141	118	23
2016-17	157 16	129 11	28 5
2017-18	192 35	150 21	42 14
2018-19	197 5	163 13	34 -8
2019-20	303 106	284 121	19 -15
2020-21	211 -92	175 -109	36 17
2021-22	271 60	228 53	43 7
2022-23	1,556 1,285	1,314 1,086	242 199
2023-24	1,800 244	1,498 184	302 60
2024-25	1,712 -88	1,389 -109	323 21
Average	654	545	109

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.55% and the percentage of black students is 59.46% at SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville. 1.34% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.74% to 13.55%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 1.34%. Black student enrollment increased from 33.33% to 59.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.38% to 15.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5991 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5624 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville 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	1	0	47	9	0	80	3
2016-17	2	3	74	11	0	61	3
2017-18	0	3	97	8	1	72	10
2018-19	0	2	84	14	1	80	16
2019-20	0	0	120	149	0	27	7
2020-21	0	0	112	9	0	82	2
2021-22	0	2	159	8	0	88	0
2022-23	8	9	867	276	4	245	96
2023-24	9	23	1,058	294	5	265	100
2024-25	16	23	1,018	269	4	232	108
Average	4	7	364	105	2	123	35

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

SAE Institute of Technology-Nashville does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.