Fine Arts 50 Colleges Population Comparison

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Total Student Population Comparison

The total student population of best Fine Arts schools is 1,380,470 with 752,942 female students and 627,528 male students. This enrollment statistics is based on the latest data from IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education for academic year 2024-2025. The following table compares the student population for both undergraduate and graduate schools between best Fine Arts schools.

Among the best Fine Arts schools, Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most enrolled students of 79,818, while Cranbrook Academy of Art has the least number of students of 113 for both in graduate and undergraduate programs.

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Student Population Comparison Between Best Fine Arts Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	47,335	20,430	26,905
	2	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	3,394	825	2,569
	2	Yale University	15,564	7,275	8,289
	4	Virginia Commonwealth University	28,464	10,189	18,275
	4	California Institute of the Arts	1,277	529	748
	6	Rhode Island School of Design	2,520	725	1,795
	7	Carnegie Mellon University	15,888	8,977	6,911
	7	Maryland Institute College of Art	1,687	411	1,276
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	52,855	24,997	27,858
	10	Alfred University	2,007	839	1,168
	11	Bard College	2,911	1,230	1,681
	12	California College of the Arts	1,308	427	881
	13	Columbia University in the City of New York	35,173	15,887	19,286
	14	University of California-San Diego	44,256	20,975	23,281
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	79,818	41,632	38,186
	16	Art Center College of Design	2,308	932	1,376
	17	Cranbrook Academy of Art	113	33	80
	18	The New School	9,068	2,306	6,762
	19	Pratt Institute-Main	5,356	1,473	3,883
	20	University of California-Berkeley	45,882	21,140	24,742
	21	University of California-Davis	40,065	16,798	23,267
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	51,044	23,932	27,112
	23	CUNY Hunter College	22,538	7,334	15,204
	24	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	1,989	502	1,487
	25	Rochester Institute of Technology	17,098	10,952	6,146
	26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	52,269	24,032	28,237
	27	School of Visual Arts	3,812	996	2,816
	28	University of Colorado Boulder	38,799	20,649	18,150
	29	University of Iowa	30,779	13,512	17,267
	30	The University of Texas at Austin	53,864	23,614	30,250
	31	Washington University in St Louis	16,357	7,760	8,597
	32	Boston University	37,737	15,963	21,774
	33	Indiana University-Bloomington	48,424	24,278	24,146
	34	Ohio State University-Main Campus	61,443	29,217	32,226
	35	Ohio University-Main Campus	26,323	10,170	16,153
	36	Otis College of Art and Design	1,267	369	898
	37	Stanford University	18,625	9,667	8,958
	38	Temple University	29,640	12,696	16,944
	39	University of Arizona	56,365	25,449	30,916
	40	University of Georgia	43,146	17,804	25,342
	41	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	56,997	29,577	27,420
	42	Claremont Graduate University	1,771	740	1,031
	43	Florida State University	43,889	18,487	25,402
	44	New York University	56,832	23,777	33,055
	45	San Francisco Art Institute	Enrollment information is not available.
	46	University of California-Irvine	37,297	16,711	20,586
	47	University of California-Santa Barbara	26,133	11,366	14,767
	48	University of Chicago	18,566	10,087	8,479
	49	University of Florida	56,311	24,863	31,448
	50	University of Illinois Chicago	33,906	14,994	18,912
Total			1,380,470	627,528	752,942

Undergraduate Student Population

The total undergraduate population of best Fine Arts schools is 975,989 with 532,295 female students and 443,694 male students. The following table compares 2024-2025 undergraduate enrollment between best Fine Arts schools.

Among the best Fine Arts schools, Arizona State University Campus Immersion has the most enrolled undergraduate students of 65,450, while California Institute of the Arts has the least number of undergraduate students of 868.

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Undergraduate Student Population Comparison Between Best Fine Arts Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	33,475	13,269	20,206
	2	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	2,805	637	2,168
	2	Yale University	6,814	3,309	3,505
	4	Virginia Commonwealth University	21,210	7,792	13,418
	4	California Institute of the Arts	868	343	525
	6	Rhode Island School of Design	2,087	612	1,475
	7	Carnegie Mellon University	7,377	3,765	3,612
	7	Maryland Institute College of Art	1,191	283	908
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	34,454	15,920	18,534
	10	Alfred University	1,442	684	758
	11	Bard College	2,438	1,047	1,391
	12	California College of the Arts	1,004	327	677
	13	Columbia University in the City of New York	9,164	4,605	4,559
	14	University of California-San Diego	34,955	15,782	19,173
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	65,450	33,637	31,813
	16	Art Center College of Design	2,038	826	1,212
	18	The New School	6,591	1,536	5,055
	19	Pratt Institute-Main	3,967	1,120	2,847
	20	University of California-Berkeley	33,070	14,622	18,448
	21	University of California-Davis	32,273	13,355	18,918
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38,040	17,815	20,225
	23	CUNY Hunter College	17,027	5,863	11,164
	24	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	1,871	466	1,405
	25	Rochester Institute of Technology	14,267	9,286	4,981
	26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	37,985	18,928	19,057
	27	School of Visual Arts	3,255	865	2,390
	28	University of Colorado Boulder	32,244	17,002	15,242
	29	University of Iowa	22,738	9,900	12,838
	30	The University of Texas at Austin	43,165	18,254	24,911
	31	Washington University in St Louis	8,220	3,674	4,546
	32	Boston University	18,805	7,841	10,964
	33	Indiana University-Bloomington	38,093	19,082	19,011
	34	Ohio State University-Main Campus	46,815	23,142	23,673
	35	Ohio University-Main Campus	20,444	7,802	12,642
	36	Otis College of Art and Design	1,224	356	868
	37	Stanford University	7,904	3,840	4,064
	38	Temple University	21,457	9,483	11,974
	39	University of Arizona	44,848	20,115	24,733
	40	University of Georgia	32,399	13,866	18,533
	41	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	40,684	22,246	18,438
	43	Florida State University	32,720	14,313	18,407
	44	New York University	29,060	11,827	17,233
	45	San Francisco Art Institute	Enrollment information is not available.
	46	University of California-Irvine	30,204	13,258	16,946
	47	University of California-Santa Barbara	23,181	9,830	13,351
	48	University of Chicago	7,598	4,121	3,477
	49	University of Florida	36,573	16,567	20,006
	50	University of Illinois Chicago	22,495	10,481	12,014
Total			975,989	443,694	532,295

Graduate Student Population

The total graduate population of best Fine Arts schools is 404,481 with 220,647 female students and 183,834 male students. The following table compares 2023-2024 graduate enrollment between best Fine Arts schools.

Among the best Fine Arts schools, New York University has the most enrolled graduate students of 27,772, while Otis College of Art and Design has the least number of graduate students of 43.

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Graduate Student Population Comparison Between Best Fine Arts Schools
	Rank	Name	Total	Men	Women
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	13,860	7,161	6,699
	2	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	589	188	401
	2	Yale University	8,750	3,966	4,784
	4	Virginia Commonwealth University	7,254	2,397	4,857
	4	California Institute of the Arts	409	186	223
	6	Rhode Island School of Design	433	113	320
	7	Carnegie Mellon University	8,511	5,212	3,299
	7	Maryland Institute College of Art	496	128	368
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	18,401	9,077	9,324
	10	Alfred University	565	155	410
	11	Bard College	473	183	290
	12	California College of the Arts	304	100	204
	13	Columbia University in the City of New York	26,009	11,282	14,727
	14	University of California-San Diego	9,301	5,193	4,108
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	14,368	7,995	6,373
	16	Art Center College of Design	270	106	164
	17	Cranbrook Academy of Art	113	33	80
	18	The New School	2,477	770	1,707
	19	Pratt Institute-Main	1,389	353	1,036
	20	University of California-Berkeley	12,812	6,518	6,294
	21	University of California-Davis	7,792	3,443	4,349
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	13,004	6,117	6,887
	23	CUNY Hunter College	5,511	1,471	4,040
	24	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	118	36	82
	25	Rochester Institute of Technology	2,831	1,666	1,165
	26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	14,284	5,104	9,180
	27	School of Visual Arts	557	131	426
	28	University of Colorado Boulder	6,555	3,647	2,908
	29	University of Iowa	8,041	3,612	4,429
	30	The University of Texas at Austin	10,699	5,360	5,339
	31	Washington University in St Louis	8,137	4,086	4,051
	32	Boston University	18,932	8,122	10,810
	33	Indiana University-Bloomington	10,331	5,196	5,135
	34	Ohio State University-Main Campus	14,628	6,075	8,553
	35	Ohio University-Main Campus	5,879	2,368	3,511
	36	Otis College of Art and Design	43	13	30
	37	Stanford University	10,721	5,827	4,894
	38	Temple University	8,183	3,213	4,970
	39	University of Arizona	11,517	5,334	6,183
	40	University of Georgia	10,747	3,938	6,809
	41	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	16,313	7,331	8,982
	42	Claremont Graduate University	1,771	740	1,031
	43	Florida State University	11,169	4,174	6,995
	44	New York University	27,772	11,950	15,822
	45	San Francisco Art Institute	Enrollment information is not available.
	46	University of California-Irvine	7,093	3,453	3,640
	47	University of California-Santa Barbara	2,952	1,536	1,416
	48	University of Chicago	10,968	5,966	5,002
	49	University of Florida	19,738	8,296	11,442
	50	University of Illinois Chicago	11,411	4,513	6,898
Total			404,481	183,834	220,647

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

The following table compares 2023-2024 distance learning enrollment for both undergraduate and graduate programs between best Fine Arts schools. In undergraduate programs, out of total 971,866 students, 30,638 students (3.15%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 352,548 students (36.28%) have learned from at least one online course. For graduate schools, out of total 403,402 students, 55,682 students (13.80%) have taken courses only through distance learning and 50,259 students (12.46%) have learned from at least one online course.

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Online Course (Distance Learning) Population Comparison Between Best Fine Arts Schools
	Rank	Name	Undergraduate			Graduate
	Rank	Name	Total	Online Exclusively	Some Online Classes	Total	Online Exclusively	Some Online Classes
	1	University of California-Los Angeles	33,475	42 (0.13%)	4,946 (14.78%)	13,860	743 (5.36%)	589 (4.25%)
	2	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	2,805	18 (0.64%)	362 (12.91%)	589	37 (6.28%)	84 (14.26%)
	2	Yale University	6,814	-	-	8,750	38 (0.43%)	387 (4.42%)
	4	Virginia Commonwealth University	21,210	1,358 (6.40%)	13,602 (64.13%)	7,254	1,472 (20.29%)	1,798 (24.79%)
	4	California Institute of the Arts	California Institute of the Arts does not offer online courses.
	6	Rhode Island School of Design	2,087	-	-	433	-	-
	7	Carnegie Mellon University	7,377	25 (0.34%)	2,306 (31.26%)	8,511	529 (6.22%)	1,191 (13.99%)
	7	Maryland Institute College of Art	1,191	-	-	496	233 (46.98%)	31 (6.25%)
	7	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	34,454	41 (0.12%)	3,115 (9.04%)	18,401	1,438 (7.81%)	1,468 (7.98%)
	10	Alfred University	1,442	2 (0.14%)	223 (15.46%)	565	10 (1.77%)	106 (18.76%)
	11	Bard College	2,438	-	58 (2.38%)	473	-	110 (23.26%)
	12	California College of the Arts	1,004	-	-	304	1 (0.33%)	41 (13.49%)
	13	Columbia University in the City of New York	9,164	4 (0.04%)	64 (0.70%)	26,009	1,495 (5.75%)	2,455 (9.44%)
	14	University of California-San Diego	34,955	104 (0.30%)	7,056 (20.19%)	9,301	132 (1.42%)	599 (6.44%)
	15	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	65,450	3,384 (5.17%)	40,316 (61.60%)	14,368	453 (3.15%)	2,093 (14.57%)
	16	Art Center College of Design	2,038	3 (0.15%)	770 (37.78%)	270	25 (9.26%)	23 (8.52%)
	17	Cranbrook Academy of Art	Cranbrook Academy of Art does not offer online courses.
	18	The New School	6,591	152 (2.31%)	1,843 (27.96%)	2,477	53 (2.14%)	611 (24.67%)
	19	Pratt Institute-Main	3,967	8 (0.20%)	1,100 (27.73%)	1,389	28 (2.02%)	170 (12.24%)
	20	University of California-Berkeley	33,070	60 (0.18%)	6,233 (18.85%)	12,812	1,733 (13.53%)	1,634 (12.75%)
	21	University of California-Davis	32,273	59 (0.18%)	4,011 (12.43%)	7,792	277 (3.55%)	328 (4.21%)
	22	University of Wisconsin-Madison	38,040	563 (1.48%)	9,815 (25.80%)	13,004	891 (6.85%)	1,181 (9.08%)
	23	CUNY Hunter College	17,027	221 (1.30%)	6,053 (35.55%)	5,511	514 (9.33%)	2,167 (39.32%)
	24	Massachusetts College of Art and Design	1,871	48 (2.57%)	738 (39.44%)	118	-	33 (27.97%)
	25	Rochester Institute of Technology	14,267	78 (0.55%)	3,603 (25.25%)	2,831	462 (16.32%)	716 (25.29%)
	26	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	37,985	611 (1.61%)	19,253 (50.69%)	14,284	3,342 (23.40%)	2,484 (17.39%)
	27	School of Visual Arts	School of Visual Arts does not offer online courses.
	28	University of Colorado Boulder	32,244	386 (1.20%)	13,524 (41.94%)	6,555	411 (6.27%)	673 (10.27%)
	29	University of Iowa	22,738	793 (3.49%)	13,238 (58.22%)	8,041	2,235 (27.80%)	504 (6.27%)
	30	The University of Texas at Austin	43,165	245 (0.57%)	19,050 (44.13%)	10,699	12 (0.11%)	663 (6.20%)
	31	Washington University in St Louis	8,220	424 (5.16%)	168 (2.04%)	8,137	254 (3.12%)	545 (6.70%)
	32	Boston University	18,805	103 (0.55%)	113 (0.60%)	18,932	5,320 (28.10%)	1,241 (6.56%)
	33	Indiana University-Bloomington	38,093	225 (0.59%)	16,836 (44.20%)	10,331	3,024 (29.27%)	1,109 (10.73%)
	34	Ohio State University-Main Campus	46,815	1,581 (3.38%)	31,935 (68.22%)	14,628	2,394 (16.37%)	3,021 (20.65%)
	35	Ohio University-Main Campus	20,444	4,289 (20.98%)	9,146 (44.74%)	5,879	2,576 (43.82%)	505 (8.59%)
	36	Otis College of Art and Design	1,224	-	1,224 (100.00%)	43	-	43 (100.00%)
	37	Stanford University	7,904	350 (4.43%)	-	10,721	-	854 (7.97%)
	38	Temple University	21,457	886 (4.13%)	11,554 (53.85%)	8,183	1,458 (17.82%)	1,188 (14.52%)
	39	University of Arizona	44,848	8,959 (19.98%)	21,518 (47.98%)	11,517	3,522 (30.58%)	1,571 (13.64%)
	40	University of Georgia	32,399	88 (0.27%)	7,019 (21.66%)	10,747	1,576 (14.66%)	1,346 (12.52%)
	41	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	40,684	670 (1.65%)	7,467 (18.35%)	16,313	986 (6.04%)	1,237 (7.58%)
	42	Claremont Graduate University	No Undergraduate Level Courses Offered	1,771	314 (17.73%)	-
	43	Florida State University	32,720	1,667 (5.09%)	20,214 (61.78%)	11,169	4,094 (36.66%)	1,357 (12.15%)
	44	New York University	29,060	398 (1.37%)	5,174 (17.80%)	27,772	3,095 (11.14%)	5,824 (20.97%)
	46	University of California-Irvine	30,204	354 (1.17%)	12,255 (40.57%)	7,093	260 (3.67%)	607 (8.56%)
	47	University of California-Santa Barbara	23,181	57 (0.25%)	1,162 (5.01%)	2,952	-	33 (1.12%)
	48	University of Chicago	7,598	-	-	10,968	102 (0.93%)	-
	49	University of Florida	36,573	1,517 (4.15%)	21,570 (58.98%)	19,738	6,855 (34.73%)	2,717 (13.77%)
	50	University of Illinois Chicago	22,495	865 (3.85%)	13,914 (61.85%)	11,411	3,288 (28.81%)	4,922 (43.13%)
Average			971,866	30,638 (3.15%)	352,548 (36.28%)	403,402	55,682 (13.80%)	50,259 (12.46%)

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