Enrollment Trends at BU

The student population at Baker University is 2,105 (1,509 undergraduate and 596 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,106 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at BU is 71.69% which is decreased by 427 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 679 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

768 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -5.30% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,679 where 2,105 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 427 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 679 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.34 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in BU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Baker University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,211	1,936	880	1,056	1,275	438	837
2013-14	3,076 -135	1,897 -39	814 -66	1,083 27	1,179 -96	423 -15	756 -81
2014-15	2,957 -119	1,848 -49	822 8	1,026 -57	1,109 -70	406 -17	703 -53
2015-16	2,689 -268	1,719 -129	753 -69	966 -60	970 -139	345 -61	625 -78
2016-17	2,726 37	1,867 148	835 82	1,032 66	859 -111	321 -24	538 -87
2017-18	2,694 -32	1,771 -96	768 -67	1,003 -29	923 64	347 26	576 38
2018-19	2,769 75	1,793 22	787 19	1,006 3	976 53	342 -5	634 58
2019-20	2,595 -174	1,672 -121	711 -76	961 -45	923 -53	287 -55	636 2
2020-21	2,279 -316	1,335 -337	574 -137	761 -200	944 21	302 15	642 6
2021-22	2,364 85	1,544 209	667 93	877 116	820 -124	274 -28	546 -96
2022-23	2,105 -259	1,509 -35	696 29	813 -64	596 -224	203 -71	393 -153
Average	2,679	1,717	755	962	961	335	626

Baker University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,717 where 1,509 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 Baker University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,936	1,073	493	580	863	387	476
2013-14	1,897	1,069	479	590	828	335	493
2014-15	1,848	1,073	508	565	775	314	461
2015-16	1,719	1,077	490	587	642	263	379
2016-17	1,867	1,085	495	590	782	340	442
2017-18	1,771	1,062	462	600	709	306	403
2018-19	1,793	1,062	470	592	731	317	414
2019-20	1,672	1,092	469	623	580	242	338
2020-21	1,335	1,083	481	602	252	93	159
2021-22	1,544	979	450	529	565	217	348
2022-23	1,509	945	451	494	564	245	319
Average	1,717	1,717	477	577	1,717	278	385

Baker University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 961 where 596 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 Baker University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,275	263	99	164	1,012	339	673
2013-14	1,179	246	105	141	933	318	615
2014-15	1,109	309	115	194	800	291	509
2015-16	970	243	106	137	727	239	488
2016-17	859	136	59	77	723	262	461
2017-18	923	34	11	23	889	336	553
2018-19	976	57	18	39	919	324	595
2019-20	923	70	19	51	853	268	585
2020-21	944	81	27	54	863	275	588
2021-22	820	66	20	46	754	254	500
2022-23	596	15	1	14	581	202	379
Average	961	961	53	85	961	283	541

Baker University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.26%. The percentage was 76.33% 10 years ago and BU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.80% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.17% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Baker University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	55	44	304	127	7	2,451	39
2013-14	58	36	292	136	11	2,313	39
2014-15	54	43	281	147	11	2,194	39
2015-16	55	37	223	156	10	1,972	32
2016-17	43	33	221	170	8	2,043	46
2017-18	48	42	248	163	7	2,001	89
2018-19	34	50	251	184	10	2,078	94
2019-20	28	53	225	188	9	1,925	101
2020-21	26	34	219	188	5	1,605	95
2021-22	29	62	197	215	6	1,642	123
2022-23	24	59	193	186	8	1,458	89
Average	41	45	241	169	8	1,971	71

Baker University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

768 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -5.30% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Baker University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,957	811	178	1,968
2015-16	2,689	511	0	2,178
2016-17	2,726	635	0	2,091
2017-18	2,694	629	0	2,065
2018-19	2,769	671	331	1,767
2019-20	2,595	712	414	1,469
2020-21	2,279	1,197	222	860
2021-22	2,364	1,034	0	1,330
2022-23	2,105	768	23	1,314
Average	2,575	774	130	1,671

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