Enrollment Trends at Bethel

The student population at Bethel University is 4,686 (4,038 undergraduate and 648 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,593 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bethel is 86.17% which is decreased by 1,110 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 483 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,728 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -50.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,313 where 4,686 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.17% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.83% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,110 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 483 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Bethel than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,279	5,148	2,309	2,839	1,131	405	726
2013-14	6,634 355	5,124 -24	2,244 -65	2,880 41	1,510 379	505 100	1,005 279
2014-15	6,229 -405	4,792 -332	2,073 -171	2,719 -161	1,437 -73	494 -11	943 -62
2015-16	6,318 89	5,021 229	2,111 38	2,910 191	1,297 -140	464 -30	833 -110
2016-17	5,975 -343	4,829 -192	2,044 -67	2,785 -125	1,146 -151	396 -68	750 -83
2017-18	5,779 -196	4,829 0	2,115 71	2,714 -71	950 -196	351 -45	599 -151
2018-19	5,407 -372	4,560 -269	2,008 -107	2,552 -162	847 -103	301 -50	546 -53
2019-20	3,119 -2,288	2,358 -2,202	1,197 -811	1,161 -1,391	761 -86	263 -38	498 -48
2020-21	4,001 882	3,457 1,099	1,548 351	1,909 748	544 -217	190 -73	354 -144
2021-22	4,011 10	3,446 -11	1,635 87	1,811 -98	565 21	196 6	369 15
2022-23	4,686 675	4,038 592	1,915 280	2,123 312	648 83	238 42	410 41
Average	5,313	4,327	1,927	2,400	985	346	639

Bethel University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,327 where 4,038 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 Bethel University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,148	4,405	1,994	2,411	743	315	428
2013-14	5,124	3,971	1,775	2,196	1,153	469	684
2014-15	4,792	3,445	1,573	1,872	1,347	500	847
2015-16	5,021	3,569	1,572	1,997	1,452	539	913
2016-17	4,829	3,474	1,525	1,949	1,355	519	836
2017-18	4,829	3,454	1,605	1,849	1,375	510	865
2018-19	4,560	2,981	1,405	1,576	1,579	603	976
2019-20	2,358	1,638	871	767	720	326	394
2020-21	3,457	2,190	1,073	1,117	1,267	475	792
2021-22	3,446	1,973	1,062	911	1,473	573	900
2022-23	4,038	2,382	1,281	1,101	1,656	634	1,022
Average	4,327	4,327	1,431	1,613	4,327	497	787

Bethel University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 985 where 648 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 Bethel University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,131	734	275	459	397	130	267
2013-14	1,510	1,311	432	879	199	73	126
2014-15	1,437	989	329	660	448	165	283
2015-16	1,297	1,114	397	717	183	67	116
2016-17	1,146	981	335	646	165	61	104
2017-18	950	695	262	433	255	89	166
2018-19	847	574	199	375	273	102	171
2019-20	761	593	209	384	168	54	114
2020-21	544	484	165	319	60	25	35
2021-22	565	166	47	119	399	149	250
2022-23	648	169	60	109	479	178	301
Average	985	985	246	464	985	99	176

Bethel University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.71%. The percentage was 49.12% 10 years ago and Bethel still has a high percentage of white students. 1.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 29.49% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethel 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	17	17	2,142	70	1	3,084	25
2013-14	20	33	2,379	80	6	3,427	45
2014-15	29	19	2,413	86	8	3,183	56
2015-16	34	52	2,262	113	11	3,408	54
2016-17	34	49	2,230	114	10	3,169	66
2017-18	39	55	2,153	129	9	3,047	117
2018-19	38	64	1,914	129	7	2,817	209
2019-20	11	17	1,045	68	3	1,615	224
2020-21	25	58	1,189	153	3	2,168	240
2021-22	21	60	1,140	142	4	2,199	201
2022-23	18	61	1,382	218	8	2,517	209
Average	26	44	1,841	118	6	2,785	131

Bethel University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,728 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -50.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bethel University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,229	3,491	245	2,493
2015-16	6,318	3,080	2,802	436
2016-17	5,975	3,040	2,785	150
2017-18	5,779	2,927	313	2,539
2018-19	5,407	2,438	1,001	1,968
2019-20	3,119	1,582	0	1,537
2020-21	4,001	1,711	41	2,249
2021-22	4,011	1,747	847	1,417
2022-23	4,686	1,728	1,160	1,798
Average	5,058	2,416	1,022	1,621

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