Enrollment Trends at BLC

The student population at Bethany Lutheran College is 899 (856 undergraduate and 43 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 375 (71.56%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at BLC is 95.22% which is increased by 332 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 43 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 81 male students for every 100 female students, down from 82 in 2015.
158 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 267.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 744 where 899 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 902 students in 2024 and was lowest at 524 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 524 to 899 students, a net gain of 375 (71.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	524	524	236	288	0	0	0
2016-17	587 63	587 63	254 18	333 45	0	0	0
2017-18	651 64	651 64	303 49	348 15	0	0	0
2018-19	739 88	739 88	352 49	387 39	0	0	0
2019-20	741 2	741 2	331 -21	410 23	0	0	0
2020-21	769 28	769 28	352 21	417 7	0	0	0
2021-22	798 29	781 12	349 -3	432 15	17 17	11 11	6 6
2022-23	830 32	792 11	381 32	411 -21	38 21	20 9	18 12
2023-24	902 72	850 58	407 26	443 32	52 14	21 1	31 13
2024-25	899 -3	856 6	388 -19	468 25	43 -9	13 -8	30 -1
Average	744	729	335	394	15	7	9

Bethany Lutheran College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 729 where 856 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 Lutheran College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	524	488	222	266	36	14	22
2016-17	587	514	220	294	73	34	39
2017-18	651	522	247	275	129	56	73
2018-19	739	593	286	307	146	66	80
2019-20	741	591	268	323	150	63	87
2020-21	769	633	301	332	136	51	85
2021-22	781	651	301	350	130	48	82
2022-23	792	632	312	320	160	69	91
2023-24	850	670	338	332	180	69	111
2024-25	856	664	323	341	192	65	127
Average	729	729	282	314	729	54	80

Bethany Lutheran College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 15 where 43 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 Lutheran 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	17	14	8	6	3	3	0
2022-23	38	35	19	16	3	1	2
2023-24	52	45	19	26	7	2	5
2024-25	43	39	11	28	4	2	2
Average	15	15	6	8	15	1	1

Bethany Lutheran College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.63%. The percentage was 88.55% 10 years ago and BLC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.56% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 88.55% to 68.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.19% to 1.11%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.86% to 2.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.48% to 8.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5206 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2143 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethany Lutheran 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	2	1	15	13	1	464	7
2016-17	2	2	13	22	1	485	14
2017-18	1	4	18	29	0	539	16
2018-19	0	10	18	38	0	571	17
2019-20	2	17	19	42	1	531	24
2020-21	2	17	22	29	1	547	32
2021-22	2	23	22	52	1	527	26
2022-23	4	15	22	62	0	552	31
2023-24	1	10	25	65	1	618	32
2024-25	1	10	23	75	1	617	23
Average	2	11	20	43	1	545	22

Bethany Lutheran College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

158 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 267.44% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bethany Lutheran College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	524	0	0	524
2016-17	587	43	518	26
2017-18	651	104	81	466
2018-19	739	108	177	454
2019-20	741	105	151	485
2020-21	769	75	203	491
2021-22	798	102	192	504
2022-23	830	129	224	477
2023-24	902	137	232	533
2024-25	899	158	234	507
Average	744	96	201	447

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Enrollment Trends at BLC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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