Enrollment Trends at Belhaven

The student population at Belhaven University is 4,213 (1,614 undergraduate and 2,599 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 250 (5.60%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Belhaven is 38.31% which is decreased by 1,149 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 899 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 67 male students for every 100 female students, up from 45 in 2015.
2,224 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 56.62% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,319 where 4,213 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,999 students in 2021 and was lowest at 3,616 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,463 to 4,213 students, a net loss of 250 (5.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,463	2,763	964	1,799	1,700	423	1,277
2016-17	4,758 295	2,714 -49	938 -26	1,776 -23	2,044 344	500 77	1,544 267
2017-18	4,458 -300	2,482 -232	854 -84	1,628 -148	1,976 -68	481 -19	1,495 -49
2018-19	4,205 -253	2,307 -175	801 -53	1,506 -122	1,898 -78	489 8	1,409 -86
2019-20	4,574 369	2,369 62	838 37	1,531 25	2,205 307	614 125	1,591 182
2020-21	4,999 425	2,025 -344	721 -117	1,304 -227	2,974 769	748 134	2,226 635
2021-22	4,278 -721	1,714 -311	566 -155	1,148 -156	2,564 -410	664 -84	1,900 -326
2022-23	3,627 -651	1,501 -213	565 -1	936 -212	2,126 -438	591 -73	1,535 -365
2023-24	3,616 -11	1,452 -49	553 -12	899 -37	2,164 38	738 147	1,426 -109
2024-25	4,213 597	1,614 162	605 52	1,009 110	2,599 435	1,081 343	1,518 92
Average	4,319	2,094	741	1,354	2,225	633	1,592

Belhaven University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,094 where 1,614 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 Belhaven University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,763	1,408	586	822	1,355	378	977
2016-17	2,714	1,331	549	782	1,383	389	994
2017-18	2,482	1,248	507	741	1,234	347	887
2018-19	2,307	1,155	473	682	1,152	328	824
2019-20	2,369	1,199	499	700	1,170	339	831
2020-21	2,025	1,177	458	719	848	263	585
2021-22	1,714	1,105	411	694	609	155	454
2022-23	1,501	1,077	443	634	424	122	302
2023-24	1,452	1,092	440	652	360	113	247
2024-25	1,614	1,153	467	686	461	138	323
Average	2,094	2,094	483	711	2,094	257	642

Belhaven University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,225 where 2,599 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 Belhaven University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,700	23	3	20	1,677	420	1,257
2016-17	2,044	28	9	19	2,016	491	1,525
2017-18	1,976	26	8	18	1,950	473	1,477
2018-19	1,898	33	11	22	1,865	478	1,387
2019-20	2,205	268	145	123	1,937	469	1,468
2020-21	2,974	318	139	179	2,656	609	2,047
2021-22	2,564	216	82	134	2,348	582	1,766
2022-23	2,126	112	41	71	2,014	550	1,464
2023-24	2,164	72	30	42	2,092	708	1,384
2024-25	2,599	151	74	77	2,448	1,007	1,441
Average	2,225	2,225	54	71	2,225	579	1,522

Belhaven University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.21% and the percentage of black students is 44.58% at Belhaven University. 0.45% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 2.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 27.69% to 23.21%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.56% to 0.45%. Black student enrollment decreased from 56.44% to 44.58%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.09% to 2.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7457 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6035 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Belhaven 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	20	25	2,519	138	5	1,236	65
2016-17	28	30	2,680	148	4	1,318	72
2017-18	31	25	2,447	156	2	1,354	95
2018-19	28	34	2,194	157	3	1,297	105
2019-20	22	449	2,111	146	1	1,255	96
2020-21	21	548	2,646	128	3	1,169	100
2021-22	12	189	2,279	100	1	1,057	104
2022-23	21	16	1,873	93	2	968	115
2023-24	28	21	1,772	99	1	954	143
2024-25	27	19	1,878	99	1	978	141
Average	24	136	2,240	126	2	1,159	104

Belhaven University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,224 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 53% of total students. The number of online students has increased 56.62% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Belhaven University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,463	1,420	151	2,892
2016-17	4,758	2,016	212	2,530
2017-18	4,458	1,755	173	2,530
2018-19	4,205	1,781	173	2,251
2019-20	4,574	1,831	369	2,374
2020-21	4,999	3,737	436	826
2021-22	4,278	2,619	338	1,321
2022-23	3,627	2,158	270	1,199
2023-24	3,616	2,121	299	1,196
2024-25	4,213	2,224	313	1,676
Average	4,319	2,166	273	1,880

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Enrollment Trends at Belhaven

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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