Enrollment Trends at Bethany

The average student population over the last 11 years is 623 where 640 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

96.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 95 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2 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 Bethany than female students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 600 where 615 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 Bethany College since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 23 where 25 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 Bethany College since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 45.16% and the percentage of black students is 15.78% at Bethany College. 0.16% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.29% to 45.16%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.27% to 0.16%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.50% to 15.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.16% to 5.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7676 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7033 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethany College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

25 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -53.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bethany College from 2015 to 2025.