Enrollment Trends at Baylor

The student population at Baylor University is 20,709 (15,213 undergraduate and 5,496 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 5,345 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Baylor is 73.46% which is increased by 2,295 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,050 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.57 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,920 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 9,968.97% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 17,630 where 20,709 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.46% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.54% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,295 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,050 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.57 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Baylor than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,364	12,918	5,329	7,589	2,446	1,270	1,176
2013-14	15,616 252	13,292 374	5,566 237	7,726 137	2,324 -122	1,240 -30	1,084 -92
2014-15	16,263 647	13,859 567	5,816 250	8,043 317	2,404 80	1,295 55	1,109 25
2015-16	16,787 524	14,189 330	5,964 148	8,225 182	2,598 194	1,409 114	1,189 80
2016-17	16,959 172	14,348 159	6,035 71	8,313 88	2,611 13	1,406 -3	1,205 16
2017-18	17,059 100	14,316 -32	5,911 -124	8,405 92	2,743 132	1,438 32	1,305 100
2018-19	17,217 158	14,188 -128	5,734 -177	8,454 49	3,029 286	1,516 78	1,513 208
2019-20	18,033 816	14,108 -80	5,711 -23	8,397 -57	3,925 896	1,664 148	2,261 748
2020-21	19,297 1,264	14,399 291	5,791 80	8,608 211	4,898 973	1,863 199	3,035 774
2021-22	20,626 1,329	15,191 792	6,053 262	9,138 530	5,435 537	1,871 8	3,564 529
2022-23	20,709 83	15,213 22	6,153 100	9,060 -78	5,496 61	1,892 21	3,604 40
Average	17,630	14,184	5,824	8,360	3,446	1,533	1,913

Baylor University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 14,184 where 15,213 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 Baylor University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,918	12,615	5,215	7,400	303	114	189
2013-14	13,292	13,059	5,442	7,617	233	124	109
2014-15	13,859	13,613	5,700	7,913	246	116	130
2015-16	14,189	13,946	5,826	8,120	243	138	105
2016-17	14,348	14,109	5,924	8,185	239	111	128
2017-18	14,316	14,100	5,804	8,296	216	107	109
2018-19	14,188	13,976	5,636	8,340	212	98	114
2019-20	14,108	13,906	5,607	8,299	202	104	98
2020-21	14,399	14,145	5,668	8,477	254	123	131
2021-22	15,191	14,878	5,927	8,951	313	126	187
2022-23	15,213	14,918	6,024	8,894	295	129	166
Average	14,184	14,184	5,707	8,227	14,184	117	133

Baylor University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,446 where 5,496 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 Baylor University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,446	2,115	1,108	1,007	331	162	169
2013-14	2,324	1,957	1,063	894	367	177	190
2014-15	2,404	2,011	1,094	917	393	201	192
2015-16	2,598	2,172	1,190	982	426	219	207
2016-17	2,611	2,074	1,089	985	537	317	220
2017-18	2,743	2,208	1,122	1,086	535	316	219
2018-19	3,029	2,475	1,220	1,255	554	296	258
2019-20	3,925	2,957	1,290	1,667	968	374	594
2020-21	4,898	3,403	1,358	2,045	1,495	505	990
2021-22	5,435	3,623	1,367	2,256	1,812	504	1,308
2022-23	5,496	3,809	1,441	2,368	1,687	451	1,236
Average	3,446	3,446	1,213	1,406	3,446	320	508

Baylor University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.26%. The percentage was 65.28% 10 years ago and Baylor still has a high percentage of white students. 7.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Baylor 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	50	895	1,061	1,938	4	10,029	659
2013-14	56	938	1,078	1,986	5	10,074	691
2014-15	62	939	1,129	2,146	9	10,445	699
2015-16	64	970	1,126	2,231	8	10,790	754
2016-17	59	941	1,105	2,343	9	10,902	745
2017-18	73	1,004	1,059	2,430	9	10,842	800
2018-19	71	1,043	1,018	2,530	14	10,881	783
2019-20	75	1,161	1,101	2,676	16	10,982	797
2020-21	75	1,366	1,261	2,949	23	11,582	836
2021-22	77	1,555	1,395	3,178	24	12,371	934
2022-23	69	1,586	1,323	3,197	29	12,480	932
Average	66	1,127	1,151	2,509	14	11,034	785

Baylor University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,920 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 9,968.97% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Baylor University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,263	29	0	16,234
2015-16	16,787	147	0	16,640
2016-17	16,959	215	0	16,744
2017-18	17,059	241	401	16,417
2018-19	17,217	415	520	16,282
2019-20	18,033	1,214	628	16,191
2020-21	19,297	3,456	14,394	1,447
2021-22	20,626	3,014	9,716	7,896
2022-23	20,709	2,920	6,339	11,450
Average	18,106	1,295	3,555	13,256

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