Student Population at MCAD

Total Enrollment

831

Undergraduate

720

Graduate

111

Online Enrollment

Men Students

239

Women Students

592

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 831 students have enrolled at Minneapolis College of Art and Design - 720 undergraduate and 111 graduate.

By gender, 239 male and 592 female students are attending Minneapolis College of Art and Design. By attendance status, there are 737 full-time students and 94 part-time students.

The number of students at Minneapolis College of Art and Design is very small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Minnesota.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design offers online degree/certificate programs and 84 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares MCAD's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Minnesota.

The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Minnesota average (2,000 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Minneapolis College of Art and Design	831	720	111
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Minnesota	2,000	1,727	783

The below chart compares the student population between Minneapolis College of Art and Design and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 239 male and 592 female students attending MCAD. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.40 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at MCAD.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at MCAD
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	720	709	11
Men	216	214	2
Women	504	495	9

Population by Gender/Attending Status at MCAD
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	111	28	83
Men	23	6	17
Women	88	22	66

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 524 White students (63.06%) and 99 Hispanic students (11.91%) at Minneapolis College of Art and Design(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	1	3
Asian	45	12	33
Black or African American	41	15	26
Hispanic	88	26	62
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	461	135	326
Two or More Races	49	18	31
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	15	3	12
Total	720	216	504

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0	1
Asian	3	1	2
Black or African American	8	2	6
Hispanic	11	1	10
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	63	13	50
Two or More Races	3	2	1
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	7	0	7
Total	111	23	88

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 690 students whose age under twenty five and 82 students whose age is over thirty years old at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Especially, 12 students are younger than eighteen and 1 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Population by Student Age at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
	Total	Men	Women
Total	720	216	504
Under 18	12	0	12
18-19	269	75	194
20-21	278	85	193
22-24	115	37	78
25-29	30	11	19
30-34	11	4	7
35-39	3	2	1
40-49	1	1	0
65 and over	1	1	0
Total	720	216	504

Population by Student Age at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
	Total	Men	Women
Total	111	23	88
22-24	16	1	15
25-29	29	4	25
30-34	24	4	20
35-39	16	4	12
40-49	20	9	11
50-64	6	1	5
Total	111	23	88

Online Student Population

At Minneapolis College of Art and Design, 251 students (30.20% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 84 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 27 students live in Minnesota where Minneapolis College of Art and Design is located in and 53 students have enrolled from other states.