Enrollment Trends at Bethany

The student population at Bethany College is 615 (611 undergraduate and 4 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 84 (12.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bethany is 99.35% which is decreased by 88 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 4 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 187 male students for every 100 female students, up from 147 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Bethany College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

School Home 2024 Student Population

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 743 where 615 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 891 students in 2019 and was lowest at 615 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 699 to 615 students, a net loss of 84 (12%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	699	699	416	283	0	0	0
2016-17	721 22	721 22	434 18	287 4	0	0	0
2017-18	775 54	775 54	448 14	327 40	0	0	0
2018-19	891 116	891 116	507 59	384 57	0	0	0
2019-20	816 -75	816 -75	438 -69	378 -6	0	0	0
2020-21	790 -26	790 -26	433 -5	357 -21	0	0	0
2021-22	737 -53	737 -53	425 -8	312 -45	0	0	0
2022-23	744 7	744 7	435 10	309 -3	0	0	0
2023-24	637 -107	637 -107	362 -73	275 -34	0	0	0
2024-25	615 -22	611 -26	397 35	214 -61	4 4	4 4	0
Average	743	742	430	313	0	0	0

Bethany College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 742 where 611 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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	699	620	376	244	79	40	39
2016-17	721	640	396	244	81	38	43
2017-18	775	710	421	289	65	27	38
2018-19	891	837	485	352	54	22	32
2019-20	816	757	422	335	59	16	43
2020-21	790	737	414	323	53	19	34
2021-22	737	687	404	283	50	21	29
2022-23	744	678	407	271	66	28	38
2023-24	637	582	345	237	55	17	38
2024-25	611	566	376	190	45	21	24
Average	742	742	405	277	742	25	36

Bethany College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 0 where 4 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.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0
2024-25	4	4	4
Average	0	0	0

Bethany College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.76% and the percentage of black students is 18.37% at Bethany College. 0.81% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.38% to 49.76%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.43% to 0.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.45% to 18.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.60% to 24.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6593 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5457 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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	5	10	101	123	0	443	17
2016-17	6	10	118	106	6	406	19
2017-18	10	6	111	131	4	447	19
2018-19	3	9	114	134	11	575	45
2019-20	8	13	113	145	5	487	45
2020-21	7	9	131	143	6	457	34
2021-22	3	8	138	128	6	385	34
2022-23	10	13	136	130	5	380	28
2023-24	9	11	117	116	3	322	25
2024-25	12	5	113	149	2	306	8
Average	7	9	119	131	5	421	27

Bethany College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Bethany

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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