How many students at CalArts? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 1,440 students have enrolled in California Institute of the Arts with 940 undergraduate and 500 graduate students.

By gender, 545 male and 895 female students are attending the school.

It has fewer students compared to similar colleges (1,948 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Master's College and University (medium programs)).

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and age distribution.


Student Population by Gender

California Institute of the Arts has a total of 1,440 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 940 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 500 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 545 male and 895 female students (the male-female ratio is 38:62) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total1,440940500
Men545365180
Women895575320
California Institute of the Arts 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 485 White, 66 Black, and 114 Asian students out of a total of 1,440 are attending at California Institute of the Arts. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American532
Asian1143678
Black663135
Hispanic1778691
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders220
White485226259
Two or more races782652
Race Unknown471433
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American202
Asian852956
Black402020
Hispanic1326270
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White327150177
Two or more races601941
Race Unknown301218
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American330
Asian29722
Black261115
Hispanic452421
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders110
White1587682
Two or more races18711
Race Unknown17215
California Institute of the Arts 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

There are 1,005 students under 25 years old, and 433 students over 25 years old out of 1,444 total students.

CalArts has 861 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 98 students aged 25 and over.

It has 144 graduate students aged under 25 and 335 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18743
18-19289175114
20-21373241132
22-24336198138
25-29273153120
30-341025547
35-39341618
40-4918135
50-64651
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18743
18-19289175114
20-21370238132
22-2419510392
25-29793148
30-341679
35-39101
40-49211
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21330
22-241419546
25-2919412272
30-34864838
35-39331617
40-4916124
50-64651
California Institute of the Arts 2022 Student Population by Age chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCalifornia Institute of the Arts 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 940 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 57 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.06%.55 students have transferred in as full-time status and 2 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time868
Transfer-in Full-time55
Regular Part-time15
Transfer-in Part-time2

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