Enrollment Trends at Bastyr

The student population at Bastyr University is 734 (39 undergraduate and 695 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 530 (41.93%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bastyr is 5.31% which is decreased by 238 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 292 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 14 male students for every 100 female students, down from 20 in 2015.
146 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 484.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 969 where 734 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,264 students in 2016 and was lowest at 728 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,264 to 734 students, a net loss of 530 (41.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bastyr University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,264	277	37	240	987	170	817
2016-17	1,258 -6	244 -33	42 5	202 -38	1,014 27	159 -11	855 38
2017-18	1,195 -63	197 -47	27 -15	170 -32	998 -16	149 -10	849 -6
2018-19	1,098 -97	161 -36	31 4	130 -40	937 -61	146 -3	791 -58
2019-20	994 -104	155 -6	27 -4	128 -2	839 -98	129 -17	710 -81
2020-21	904 -90	109 -46	25 -2	84 -44	795 -44	116 -13	679 -31
2021-22	751 -153	75 -34	13 -12	62 -22	676 -119	101 -15	575 -104
2022-23	728 -23	74 -1	10 -3	64 2	654 -22	97 -4	557 -18
2023-24	760 32	58 -16	9 -1	49 -15	702 48	94 -3	608 51
2024-25	734 -26	39 -19	7 -2	32 -17	695 -7	85 -9	610 2
Average	969	139	23	116	830	125	705

Bastyr University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 139 where 39 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bastyr University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	277	205	26	179	72	11	61
2016-17	244	176	30	146	68	12	56
2017-18	197	160	20	140	37	7	30
2018-19	161	121	23	98	40	8	32
2019-20	155	98	23	75	57	4	53
2020-21	109	69	16	53	40	9	31
2021-22	75	46	10	36	29	3	26
2022-23	74	43	5	38	31	5	26
2023-24	58	47	6	41	11	3	8
2024-25	39	30	7	23	9	0	9
Average	139	139	17	83	139	6	33

Bastyr University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 830 where 695 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bastyr University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	987	876	159	717	111	11	100
2016-17	1,014	881	135	746	133	24	109
2017-18	998	824	127	697	174	22	152
2018-19	937	798	121	677	139	25	114
2019-20	839	746	114	632	93	15	78
2020-21	795	663	89	574	132	27	105
2021-22	676	566	80	486	110	21	89
2022-23	654	592	86	506	62	11	51
2023-24	702	628	79	549	74	15	59
2024-25	695	644	77	567	51	8	43
Average	830	830	107	615	830	18	90

Bastyr University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.31%. The percentage was 63.77% 10 years ago and Bastyr still has a high percentage of white students. 9.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.22% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.77% to 61.31%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.78% to 9.67%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.96% to 7.22%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.24% to 1.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5909 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5805 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bastyr University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	9	73	50	41	68	806	80
2016-17	16	108	66	43	38	788	84
2017-18	13	147	61	41	18	727	89
2018-19	11	135	57	40	9	687	71
2019-20	8	124	52	31	13	591	97
2020-21	8	115	54	21	10	528	92
2021-22	4	81	49	75	5	441	43
2022-23	3	74	52	89	5	421	40
2023-24	6	71	60	15	5	469	95
2024-25	13	71	53	9	4	450	99
Average	9	100	55	41	18	591	79

Bastyr University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

146 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 484.00% since 2022. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bastyr University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,264	0	0	1,264
2016-17	1,258	0	0	1,258
2017-18	1,195	0	61	1,134
2018-19	1,098	0	56	1,042
2019-20	994	0	0	994
2020-21	904	0	65	839
2021-22	751	0	751	0
2022-23	728	25	0	703
2023-24	760	134	0	626
2024-25	734	146	0	588
Average	969	31	93	845

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Enrollment Trends at Bastyr

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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