Enrollment Trends at Seattle Film Institute

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 97 where 85 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2017 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 124 students in 2022 and was lowest at 71 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 71 to 85 students, a net gain of 14 (19.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Seattle Film Institute since 2016.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	71	49	35	14	22	14	8
2017-18	113 42	80 31	52 17	28 14	33 11	20 6	13 5
2018-19	100 -13	67 -13	46 -6	21 -7	33	16 -4	17 4
2019-20	106 6	80 13	57 11	23 2	26 -7	18 2	8 -9
2020-21	96 -10	73 -7	50 -7	23	23 -3	11 -7	12 4
2021-22	124 28	86 13	56 6	30 7	38 15	26 15	12
2022-23	100 -24	69 -17	47 -9	22 -8	31 -7	21 -5	10 -2
2023-24	81 -19	60 -9	42 -5	18 -4	21 -10	16 -5	5 -5
2024-25	85 4	65 5	46 4	19 1	20 -1	16	4 -1
Average	97	70	48	22	27	18	10

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 70 where 65 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 Seattle Film Institute since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	49	45	32	13	4	3	1
2017-18	80	76	51	25	4	1	3
2018-19	67	58	39	19	9	7	2
2019-20	80	67	49	18	13	8	5
2020-21	73	65	45	20	8	5	3
2021-22	86	81	53	28	5	3	2
2022-23	69	64	44	20	5	3	2
2023-24	60	58	41	17	2	1	1
2024-25	65	62	44	18	3	2	1
Average	70	70	44	20	70	4	2

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 27 where 20 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 Seattle Film Institute since 2016.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2016-17	22	21	13	8	1	1	0
2017-18	33	32	19	13	1	1	0
2018-19	33	32	15	17	1	1	0
2019-20	26	26	18	8	0	0	0
2020-21	23	23	11	12	0	0	0
2021-22	38	38	26	12	0	0	0
2022-23	31	31	21	10	0	0	0
2023-24	21	21	16	5	0	0	0
2024-25	20	20	16	4	0	0	0
Average	27	27	17	10	27	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.41% and the percentage of black students is 14.12% at Seattle Film Institute. 8.24% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.28% to 49.41%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.63% to 8.24%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.23% to 14.12%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 9.86% to 7.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7124 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.3408 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Seattle Film Institute over the past 10 years (2016-2025).

• 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
	2016-17	0	4	3	7	0	57	0
2017-18	1	4	8	8	2	83	3
2018-19	2	6	14	3	1	67	2
2019-20	3	7	14	11	1	63	4
2020-21	5	7	9	8	0	62	5
2021-22	3	6	17	13	2	70	12
2022-23	1	3	14	7	3	61	8
2023-24	0	4	13	8	3	45	6
2024-25	0	7	12	6	2	42	9
Average	2	5	12	8	2	61	5

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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