Enrollment Trends at School of the Art Institute of Chicago

The student population at School of the Art Institute of Chicago is 3,532 (2,819 undergraduate and 713 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 130 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at School of the Art Institute of Chicago is 79.81% which is increased by 105 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 25 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.98 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,535 where 3,532 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.81% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.19% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 105 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 25 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.98 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in School of the Art Institute of Chicago than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,402	2,714	802	1,912	688	229	459
2014-15	3,599 197	2,861 147	810 8	2,051 139	738 50	234 5	504 45
2015-16	3,591 -8	2,843 -18	782 -28	2,061 10	748 10	235 1	513 9
2016-17	3,569 -22	2,848 5	760 -22	2,088 27	721 -27	231 -4	490 -23
2017-18	3,648 79	2,889 41	714 -46	2,175 87	759 38	212 -19	547 57
2018-19	3,639 -9	2,893 4	725 11	2,168 -7	746 -13	213 1	533 -14
2019-20	3,682 43	2,983 90	760 35	2,223 55	699 -47	188 -25	511 -22
2020-21	3,132 -550	2,487 -496	646 -114	1,841 -382	645 -54	166 -22	479 -32
2021-22	3,559 427	2,795 308	693 47	2,102 261	764 119	197 31	567 88
2022-23	3,532 -27	2,819 24	701 8	2,118 16	713 -51	186 -11	527 -40
Average	3,535	2,813	739	2,074	722	209	513

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,813 where 2,819 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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,714	2,469	728	1,741	245	74	171
2014-15	2,861	2,602	738	1,864	259	72	187
2015-16	2,843	2,623	726	1,897	220	56	164
2016-17	2,848	2,681	721	1,960	167	39	128
2017-18	2,889	2,735	681	2,054	154	33	121
2018-19	2,893	2,746	681	2,065	147	44	103
2019-20	2,983	2,804	705	2,099	179	55	124
2020-21	2,487	2,141	552	1,589	346	94	252
2021-22	2,795	2,515	620	1,895	280	73	207
2022-23	2,819	2,596	634	1,962	223	67	156
Average	2,813	2,813	679	1,913	2,813	61	161

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 722 where 713 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 School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	688	638	214	424	50	15	35
2014-15	738	648	209	439	90	25	65
2015-16	748	688	212	476	60	23	37
2016-17	721	665	213	452	56	18	38
2017-18	759	697	191	506	62	21	41
2018-19	746	686	198	488	60	15	45
2019-20	699	633	172	461	66	16	50
2020-21	645	549	142	407	96	24	72
2021-22	764	672	174	498	92	23	69
2022-23	713	641	166	475	72	20	52
Average	722	722	189	463	722	20	50

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.53% and the percentage of black students is 4.56% at School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 9.68% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at School of the Art Institute of Chicago 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	16	376	111	212	5	1,619	99
2014-15	13	401	121	278	1	1,535	87
2015-16	12	392	135	345	5	1,340	91
2016-17	9	368	131	379	2	1,269	98
2017-18	10	329	136	395	2	1,272	114
2018-19	9	344	137	380	2	1,288	104
2019-20	13	297	133	392	3	1,231	105
2020-21	8	291	148	329	3	1,144	97
2021-22	5	332	161	370	1	1,326	116
2022-23	8	342	161	394	1	1,255	124
Average	10	347	137	347	3	1,328	104

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

127 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at School of the Art Institute of Chicago from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,599	0	0	3,599
2015-16	3,591	0	32	3,559
2016-17	3,569	15	65	3,489
2017-18	3,648	0	0	3,648
2018-19	3,639	0	0	3,639
2019-20	3,682	0	0	3,682
2020-21	3,132	884	2,011	237
2021-22	3,559	513	2,516	530
2022-23	3,532	127	975	2,430
Average	3,550	171	622	2,757

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