Enrollment Trends at Bellarmine

The student population at Bellarmine University is 2,886 (2,240 undergraduate and 646 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 960 (24.96%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bellarmine is 77.62% which is decreased by 411 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 549 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, up from 46 in 2015.
259 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,133.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,357 where 2,886 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,973 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,886 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,846 to 2,886 students, a net loss of 960 (25%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,846	2,651	930	1,721	1,195	283	912
2016-17	3,973 127	2,647 -4	946 16	1,701 -20	1,326 131	283	1,043 131
2017-18	3,757 -216	2,544 -103	907 -39	1,637 -64	1,213 -113	286 3	927 -116
2018-19	3,369 -388	2,552 8	925 18	1,627 -10	817 -396	257 -29	560 -367
2019-20	3,331 -38	2,553 1	912 -13	1,641 14	778 -39	273 16	505 -55
2020-21	3,293 -38	2,484 -69	909 -3	1,575 -66	809 31	255 -18	554 49
2021-22	3,149 -144	2,407 -77	895 -14	1,512 -63	742 -67	251 -4	491 -63
2022-23	2,970 -179	2,343 -64	899 4	1,444 -68	627 -115	208 -43	419 -72
2023-24	2,993 23	2,351 8	915 16	1,436 -8	642 15	242 34	400 -19
2024-25	2,886 -107	2,240 -111	876 -39	1,364 -72	646 4	237 -5	409 9
Average	3,357	2,477	911	1,566	880	258	622

Bellarmine University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,477 where 2,240 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 Bellarmine University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,651	2,459	851	1,608	192	79	113
2016-17	2,647	2,473	881	1,592	174	65	109
2017-18	2,544	2,410	855	1,555	134	52	82
2018-19	2,552	2,408	871	1,537	144	54	90
2019-20	2,553	2,416	854	1,562	137	58	79
2020-21	2,484	2,369	863	1,506	115	46	69
2021-22	2,407	2,291	841	1,450	116	54	62
2022-23	2,343	2,222	843	1,379	121	56	65
2023-24	2,351	2,224	859	1,365	127	56	71
2024-25	2,240	2,120	822	1,298	120	54	66
Average	2,477	2,477	854	1,485	2,477	57	81

Bellarmine University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 880 where 646 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 Bellarmine University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,195	317	112	205	878	171	707
2016-17	1,326	307	108	199	1,019	175	844
2017-18	1,213	319	122	197	894	164	730
2018-19	817	354	147	207	463	110	353
2019-20	778	356	164	192	422	109	313
2020-21	809	363	154	209	446	101	345
2021-22	742	326	142	184	416	109	307
2022-23	627	294	113	181	333	95	238
2023-24	642	335	155	180	307	87	220
2024-25	646	297	129	168	349	108	241
Average	880	880	135	192	880	123	430

Bellarmine University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.06%. The percentage was 82.55% 10 years ago and Bellarmine still has a high percentage of white students. 3.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.35% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.55% to 69.06%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.85% to 3.29%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.19% to 10.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.55% to 8.35%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5017 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3130 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bellarmine 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	10	71	238	98	5	3,175	100
2016-17	13	71	234	109	4	3,174	95
2017-18	6	77	225	116	3	3,018	110
2018-19	5	72	204	119	2	2,644	120
2019-20	8	79	218	155	3	2,551	125
2020-21	5	76	224	176	2	2,532	144
2021-22	7	82	237	196	3	2,386	144
2022-23	5	87	251	198	4	2,195	133
2023-24	7	99	293	203	1	2,158	144
2024-25	6	95	305	241	3	1,993	134
Average	7	81	243	161	3	2,583	125

Bellarmine University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

259 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,133.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bellarmine University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,846	21	11	3,814
2016-17	3,973	56	3	3,914
2017-18	3,757	79	82	3,596
2018-19	3,369	116	171	3,082
2019-20	3,331	125	261	2,945
2020-21	3,293	166	305	2,822
2021-22	3,149	173	230	2,746
2022-23	2,970	166	385	2,419
2023-24	2,993	247	503	2,243
2024-25	2,886	259	589	2,038
Average	3,357	141	254	2,962

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Enrollment Trends at Bellarmine

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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