Enrollment Trends at Massachusetts College of Art and Design

The student population at Massachusetts College of Art and Design is 1,939 (1,833 undergraduate and 106 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 325 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Massachusetts College of Art and Design is 94.53% which is decreased by 287 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 38 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.80 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

67 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5,275.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,032 where 1,939 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

94.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 5.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 287 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 38 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.80 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Massachusetts College of Art and Design than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,264	2,120	634	1,486	144	63	81
2014-15	2,095 -169	1,967 -153	582 -52	1,385 -101	128 -16	47 -16	81 0
2015-16	1,990 -105	1,879 -88	541 -41	1,338 -47	111 -17	33 -14	78 -3
2016-17	1,982 -8	1,842 -37	532 -9	1,310 -28	140 29	46 13	94 16
2017-18	2,064 82	1,933 91	573 41	1,360 50	131 -9	56 10	75 -19
2018-19	2,087 23	1,954 21	541 -32	1,413 53	133 2	56 0	77 2
2019-20	2,095 8	1,955 1	539 -2	1,416 3	140 7	52 -4	88 11
2020-21	1,894 -201	1,770 -185	470 -69	1,300 -116	124 -16	47 -5	77 -11
2021-22	1,907 13	1,778 8	473 3	1,305 5	129 5	48 1	81 4
2022-23	1,939 32	1,833 55	479 6	1,354 49	106 -23	31 -17	75 -6
Average	2,032	1,903	536	1,367	129	48	81

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,903 where 1,833 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 Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,120	1,677	504	1,173	443	130	313
2014-15	1,967	1,628	477	1,151	339	105	234
2015-16	1,879	1,546	451	1,095	333	90	243
2016-17	1,842	1,560	449	1,111	282	83	199
2017-18	1,933	1,658	475	1,183	275	98	177
2018-19	1,954	1,650	444	1,206	304	97	207
2019-20	1,955	1,682	443	1,239	273	96	177
2020-21	1,770	1,505	383	1,122	265	87	178
2021-22	1,778	1,556	412	1,144	222	61	161
2022-23	1,833	1,577	394	1,183	256	85	171
Average	1,903	1,903	443	1,161	1,903	93	206

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 129 where 106 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 Massachusetts College of Art and Design since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	144	116	55	61	28	8	20
2014-15	128	93	36	57	35	11	24
2015-16	111	91	28	63	20	5	15
2016-17	140	112	41	71	28	5	23
2017-18	131	96	44	52	35	12	23
2018-19	133	89	37	52	44	19	25
2019-20	140	96	39	57	44	13	31
2020-21	124	88	37	51	36	10	26
2021-22	129	102	40	62	27	8	19
2022-23	106	96	27	69	10	4	6
Average	129	129	38	60	129	10	21

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.70%. The percentage was 62.50% 10 years ago and Massachusetts College of Art and Design still has a high percentage of white students. 6.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.51% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Massachusetts College of Art and Design 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	10	111	49	143	5	1,415	33
2014-15	7	134	58	164	4	1,269	28
2015-16	5	145	58	175	6	1,181	18
2016-17	5	147	74	184	3	1,175	24
2017-18	4	168	90	199	2	1,215	33
2018-19	3	158	92	205	5	1,195	34
2019-20	3	142	93	218	4	1,182	67
2020-21	1	138	79	224	4	1,028	76
2021-22	1	134	69	238	0	1,013	75
2022-23	2	128	68	264	2	983	91
Average	4	141	73	201	4	1,166	48

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

67 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5,275.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Massachusetts College of Art and Design from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,095	0	20	2,075
2015-16	1,990	3	20	1,967
2016-17	1,982	0	20	1,962
2017-18	2,064	2	41	2,021
2018-19	2,087	0	36	2,051
2019-20	2,095	0	45	2,050
2020-21	1,894	0	1,877	17
2021-22	1,907	24	1,685	198
2022-23	1,939	67	1,075	797
Average	2,006	11	535	1,460

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