Enrollment Trends at Benedict

The student population at Benedict College is 1,840 (1,796 undergraduate and 44 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,077 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Benedict is 97.61% which is decreased by 1,121 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 44 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

114 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,218 where 1,840 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,121 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 44 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.22 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Benedict than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,917	2,917	1,442	1,475	0	0	0
2013-14	2,512 -405	2,512 -405	1,256 -186	1,256 -219	0 0	0 0	0 0
2014-15	2,444 -68	2,444 -68	1,220 -36	1,224 -32	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	2,465 21	2,465 21	1,270 50	1,195 -29	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	2,281 -184	2,281 -184	1,178 -92	1,103 -92	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	2,090 -191	2,090 -191	1,019 -159	1,071 -32	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	2,165 75	2,165 75	1,031 12	1,134 63	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	2,040 -125	2,034 -131	906 -125	1,128 -6	6 6	2 2	4 4
2020-21	1,731 -309	1,724 -310	709 -197	1,015 -113	7 1	5 3	2 -2
2021-22	1,908 177	1,895 171	823 114	1,072 57	13 6	8 3	5 3
2022-23	1,840 -68	1,796 -99	799 -24	997 -75	44 31	29 21	15 10
Average	2,218	2,211	1,059	1,152	6	4	2

Benedict College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,211 where 1,796 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 Benedict College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,917	2,871	1,416	1,455	46	26	20
2013-14	2,512	2,470	1,238	1,232	42	18	24
2014-15	2,444	2,405	1,203	1,202	39	17	22
2015-16	2,465	2,436	1,255	1,181	29	15	14
2016-17	2,281	2,249	1,164	1,085	32	14	18
2017-18	2,090	2,077	1,016	1,061	13	3	10
2018-19	2,165	2,114	1,008	1,106	51	23	28
2019-20	2,034	2,012	891	1,121	22	15	7
2020-21	1,724	1,700	698	1,002	24	11	13
2021-22	1,895	1,884	819	1,065	11	4	7
2022-23	1,796	1,708	756	952	88	43	45
Average	2,211	2,211	1,042	1,133	2,211	17	19

Benedict College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6 where 44 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 Benedict College since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	6	6	2	4	0
2020-21	7	7	5	2	0
2021-22	13	13	8	5	0
2022-23	44	44	29	15	0
Average	6	6	4	2	6

Benedict College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.60% and the percentage of black students is 79.02% at Benedict College. 0.60% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Benedict College 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	1	4	2,878	11	0	12	0
2013-14	1	10	2,480	9	0	6	0
2014-15	0	9	2,416	7	0	8	0
2015-16	8	0	2,433	9	0	12	0
2016-17	3	8	2,262	5	0	3	0
2017-18	4	7	1,999	36	1	43	0
2018-19	8	1	1,893	35	0	18	0
2019-20	23	9	1,850	57	0	19	1
2020-21	18	7	1,460	55	1	18	0
2021-22	17	5	1,545	55	2	14	0
2022-23	26	11	1,454	52	1	11	0
Average	10	6	2,061	30	0	15	0

Benedict College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

114 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Benedict College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,444	0	0	2,444
2015-16	2,465	0	0	2,465
2016-17	2,281	0	0	2,281
2017-18	2,090	0	0	2,090
2018-19	2,165	0	0	2,165
2019-20	2,040	0	85	1,955
2020-21	1,734	1,053	678	3
2021-22	1,908	62	1,043	803
2022-23	1,840	114	933	793
Average	2,107	137	304	1,667

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