Enrollment Trends at FIDM LA

The student population at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising is 1,814 (1,780 undergraduate and 34 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,645 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at FIDM LA is 98.13% which is decreased by 1,679 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 34 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 4.67 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

31 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -73.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,434 where 1,814 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.13% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.87% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,679 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 34 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 4.67 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in FIDM LA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,459	3,459	382	3,077	0	0	0
2014-15	3,142 -317	3,142 -317	326 -56	2,816 -261	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	2,814 -328	2,814 -328	324 -2	2,490 -326	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	2,624 -190	2,624 -190	289 -35	2,335 -155	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	2,384 -240	2,367 -257	290 1	2,077 -258	17 17	4 4	13 13
2018-19	2,221 -163	2,215 -152	307 17	1,908 -169	6 -11	2 -2	4 -9
2019-20	2,227 6	2,195 -20	374 67	1,821 -87	32 26	2 0	30 26
2020-21	1,886 -341	1,847 -348	320 -54	1,527 -294	39 7	1 -1	38 8
2021-22	1,764 -122	1,724 -123	302 -18	1,422 -105	40 1	4 3	36 -2
2022-23	1,814 50	1,780 56	317 15	1,463 41	34 -6	3 -1	31 -5
Average	2,434	2,417	323	2,094	17	2	15

FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,417 where 1,780 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,459	3,072	332	2,740	387	50	337
2014-15	3,142	2,773	280	2,493	369	46	323
2015-16	2,814	2,525	283	2,242	289	41	248
2016-17	2,624	2,349	256	2,093	275	33	242
2017-18	2,367	2,113	253	1,860	254	37	217
2018-19	2,215	2,001	281	1,720	214	26	188
2019-20	2,195	1,984	327	1,657	211	47	164
2020-21	1,847	1,580	266	1,314	267	54	213
2021-22	1,724	1,494	252	1,242	230	50	180
2022-23	1,780	1,365	232	1,133	415	85	330
Average	2,417	2,417	276	1,849	2,417	47	244

FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 17 where 34 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	17	17	4	13	0	0	0
2018-19	6	6	2	4	0	0	0
2019-20	32	31	2	29	1	0	1
2020-21	39	23	1	22	16	0	16
2021-22	40	21	4	17	19	0	19
2022-23	34	20	1	19	14	2	12
Average	17	17	1	10	17	0	5

FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.22% and the percentage of black students is 8.43% at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. 11.41% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	17	409	211	779	37	1,192	102
2014-15	11	368	174	708	23	1,110	96
2015-16	15	319	153	630	29	936	90
2016-17	16	278	149	542	32	901	85
2017-18	13	218	145	507	27	817	78
2018-19	18	205	138	463	37	746	49
2019-20	19	235	157	482	20	720	18
2020-21	21	212	161	434	22	608	11
2021-22	21	210	152	441	16	573	2
2022-23	20	207	153	477	17	530	4
Average	17	266	159	546	26	813	54

FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

31 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -73.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,142	117	417	2,608
2015-16	2,814	128	409	2,277
2016-17	2,624	111	435	2,078
2017-18	2,384	99	399	1,886
2018-19	2,221	90	434	1,697
2019-20	2,227	86	502	1,639
2020-21	1,886	272	972	642
2021-22	1,764	124	792	848
2022-23	1,814	31	1,396	387
Average	2,320	118	640	1,562

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