Enrollment Trends at BAC

The student population at Belmont Abbey College is 1,388 (1,298 undergraduate and 90 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 107 (7.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at BAC is 93.52% which is decreased by 197 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 90 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 119 male students for every 100 female students, up from 86 in 2015.
155 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 384.38% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,516 where 1,388 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,650 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,388 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,495 to 1,388 students, a net loss of 107 (7.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Belmont Abbey College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,495	1,495	690	805	0	0	0
2016-17	1,523 28	1,523 28	723 33	800 -5	0	0	0
2017-18	1,555 32	1,555 32	762 39	793 -7	0	0	0
2018-19	1,556 1	1,556 1	777 15	779 -14	0	0	0
2019-20	1,507 -49	1,507 -49	774 -3	733 -46	0	0	0
2020-21	1,467 -40	1,467 -40	742 -32	725 -8	0	0	0
2021-22	1,517 50	1,507 40	784 42	723 -2	10 10	0	10 10
2022-23	1,501 -16	1,475 -32	790 6	685 -38	26 16	6 6	20 10
2023-24	1,650 149	1,549 74	822 32	727 42	101 75	44 38	57 37
2024-25	1,388 -262	1,298 -251	710 -112	588 -139	90 -11	43 -1	47 -10
Average	1,516	1,493	757	736	23	9	13

Belmont Abbey College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,493 where 1,298 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 Belmont Abbey College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,495	1,385	651	734	110	39	71
2016-17	1,523	1,406	670	736	117	53	64
2017-18	1,555	1,381	699	682	174	63	111
2018-19	1,556	1,440	739	701	116	38	78
2019-20	1,507	1,388	720	668	119	54	65
2020-21	1,467	1,390	707	683	77	35	42
2021-22	1,507	1,363	726	637	144	58	86
2022-23	1,475	1,346	740	606	129	50	79
2023-24	1,549	1,404	757	647	145	65	80
2024-25	1,298	1,232	668	564	66	42	24
Average	1,493	1,493	708	666	1,493	50	70

Belmont Abbey College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 23 where 90 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 Belmont Abbey College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	10	8	0	8	2	0	2
2022-23	26	17	5	12	9	1	8
2023-24	101	78	35	43	23	9	14
2024-25	90	60	34	26	30	9	21
Average	23	23	7	9	23	2	5

Belmont Abbey College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.04%. The percentage was 45.15% 10 years ago and BAC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.02% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 45.15% to 63.04%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.20% to 2.02%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.61% to 8.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.34% to 10.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5848 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7491 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Belmont Abbey College 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	5	18	323	20	1	675	4
2016-17	4	30	283	19	1	847	3
2017-18	3	19	257	63	9	809	0
2018-19	13	28	208	21	1	892	1
2019-20	14	29	200	22	0	914	3
2020-21	11	26	172	41	0	917	2
2021-22	10	27	161	50	3	959	47
2022-23	5	22	154	86	4	972	35
2023-24	2	31	144	144	5	1,026	43
2024-25	4	28	111	143	7	875	25
Average	7	26	201	61	3	889	16

Belmont Abbey College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

155 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 384.38% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Belmont Abbey College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,495	0	0	1,495
2016-17	1,523	0	77	1,446
2017-18	1,555	0	8	1,547
2018-19	1,556	0	123	1,433
2019-20	1,507	0	92	1,415
2020-21	1,467	0	150	1,317
2021-22	1,517	32	312	1,173
2022-23	1,501	63	166	1,272
2023-24	1,650	170	364	1,116
2024-25	1,388	155	485	748
Average	1,516	42	178	1,296

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Enrollment Trends at BAC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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