Enrollment Trends at Bentley

The student population at Bentley University is 5,165 (4,131 undergraduate and 1,034 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 482 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bentley is 79.98% which is decreased by 110 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 372 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.70 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

151 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,379.07% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,431 where 5,165 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 110 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 372 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.70 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Bentley than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,647	4,241	2,515	1,726	1,406	729	677
2013-14	5,658 11	4,247 6	2,549 34	1,698 -28	1,411 5	706 -23	705 28
2014-15	5,565 -93	4,264 17	2,556 7	1,708 10	1,301 -110	624 -82	677 -28
2015-16	5,552 -13	4,203 -61	2,499 -57	1,704 -4	1,349 48	641 17	708 31
2016-17	5,506 -46	4,222 19	2,490 -9	1,732 28	1,284 -65	556 -85	728 20
2017-18	5,543 37	4,272 50	2,510 20	1,762 30	1,271 -13	540 -16	731 3
2018-19	5,460 -83	4,253 -19	2,534 24	1,719 -43	1,207 -64	527 -13	680 -51
2019-20	5,314 -146	4,228 -25	2,492 -42	1,736 17	1,086 -121	500 -27	586 -94
2020-21	5,177 -137	4,061 -167	2,441 -51	1,620 -116	1,116 30	539 39	577 -9
2021-22	5,158 -19	3,996 -65	2,422 -19	1,574 -46	1,162 46	553 14	609 32
2022-23	5,165 7	4,131 135	2,507 85	1,624 50	1,034 -128	524 -29	510 -99
Average	5,431	4,193	2,501	1,691	1,239	585	653

Bentley University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,193 where 4,131 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 Bentley University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,241	4,111	2,435	1,676	130	80	50
2013-14	4,247	4,142	2,482	1,660	105	67	38
2014-15	4,264	4,170	2,499	1,671	94	57	37
2015-16	4,203	4,137	2,458	1,679	66	41	25
2016-17	4,222	4,140	2,437	1,703	82	53	29
2017-18	4,272	4,171	2,452	1,719	101	58	43
2018-19	4,253	4,185	2,493	1,692	68	41	27
2019-20	4,228	4,177	2,458	1,719	51	34	17
2020-21	4,061	4,008	2,410	1,598	53	31	22
2021-22	3,996	3,907	2,363	1,544	89	59	30
2022-23	4,131	4,075	2,469	1,606	56	38	18
Average	4,193	4,193	2,451	1,661	4,193	51	31

Bentley University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,239 where 1,034 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 Bentley University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,406	674	320	354	732	409	323
2013-14	1,411	751	334	417	660	372	288
2014-15	1,301	695	291	404	606	333	273
2015-16	1,349	765	344	421	584	297	287
2016-17	1,284	750	284	466	534	272	262
2017-18	1,271	741	280	461	530	260	270
2018-19	1,207	694	294	400	513	233	280
2019-20	1,086	563	243	320	523	257	266
2020-21	1,116	511	250	261	605	289	316
2021-22	1,162	506	260	246	656	293	363
2022-23	1,034	421	234	187	613	290	323
Average	1,239	1,239	285	358	1,239	300	296

Bentley University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.60%. The percentage was 58.74% 10 years ago and Bentley still has a high percentage of white students. 9.80% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.20% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bentley 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	12	395	161	315	0	3,317	88
2013-14	7	415	157	328	0	3,256	89
2014-15	4	433	149	325	0	3,138	102
2015-16	3	403	156	329	1	3,138	92
2016-17	3	408	159	347	4	3,103	86
2017-18	1	430	180	326	5	3,070	108
2018-19	2	455	189	326	4	2,971	111
2019-20	3	447	192	352	2	2,900	119
2020-21	7	471	219	407	1	2,882	140
2021-22	6	491	212	460	1	2,847	138
2022-23	8	506	217	526	2	2,820	144
Average	5	441	181	367	2	3,040	111

Bentley University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

151 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,379.07% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bentley University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,565	0	43	5,522
2015-16	5,552	0	22	5,530
2016-17	5,506	28	0	5,478
2017-18	5,543	58	0	5,485
2018-19	5,460	53	0	5,407
2019-20	5,314	88	0	5,226
2020-21	5,177	78	5,099	0
2021-22	5,158	152	1,387	3,619
2022-23	5,165	151	1,066	3,948
Average	5,382	68	846	4,468

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