Enrollment Trends at Bethesda

The student population at Bethesda University is 263 (205 undergraduate and 58 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 101 (27.75%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bethesda is 77.95% which is decreased by 74 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 27 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 246 male students for every 100 female students, up from 141 in 2015.
13 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -71.74% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 347 where 263 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 403 students in 2017 and was lowest at 263 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 364 to 263 students, a net loss of 101 (27.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	364	279	168	111	85	45	40
2016-17	403 39	302 23	175 7	127 16	101 16	45	56 16
2017-18	375 -28	257 -45	165 -10	92 -35	118 17	53 8	65 9
2018-19	371 -4	238 -19	161 -4	77 -15	133 15	57 4	76 11
2019-20	397 26	258 20	181 20	77	139 6	66 9	73 -3
2020-21	399 2	285 27	207 26	78 1	114 -25	62 -4	52 -21
2021-22	366 -33	264 -21	204 -3	60 -18	102 -12	59 -3	43 -9
2022-23	264 -102	181 -83	141 -63	40 -20	83 -19	47 -12	36 -7
2023-24	271 7	212 31	147 6	65 25	59 -24	35 -12	24 -12
2024-25	263 -8	205 -7	151 4	54 -11	58 -1	36 1	22 -2
Average	347	248	170	78	99	51	49

Bethesda University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 248 where 205 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 Bethesda University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	279	230	139	91	49	29	20
2016-17	302	203	130	73	99	45	54
2017-18	257	208	133	75	49	32	17
2018-19	238	164	106	58	74	55	19
2019-20	258	218	161	57	40	20	20
2020-21	285	235	176	59	50	31	19
2021-22	264	218	176	42	46	28	18
2022-23	181	158	127	31	23	14	9
2023-24	212	184	128	56	28	19	9
2024-25	205	183	137	46	22	14	8
Average	248	248	141	59	248	29	19

Bethesda University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 99 where 58 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 Bethesda University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	85	63	37	26	22	8	14
2016-17	101	67	27	40	34	18	16
2017-18	118	81	37	44	37	16	21
2018-19	133	90	40	50	43	17	26
2019-20	139	118	53	65	21	13	8
2020-21	114	81	43	38	33	19	14
2021-22	102	72	43	29	30	16	14
2022-23	83	57	33	24	26	14	12
2023-24	59	48	28	20	11	7	4
2024-25	58	41	24	17	17	12	5
Average	99	99	37	35	99	14	13

Bethesda University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 6.08% and the percentage of black students is 11.03% at Bethesda University. 9.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 6.32% to 6.08%. Asian enrollment declined from 14.84% to 9.51%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.29% to 11.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.74% to 23.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9179 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9347 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethesda University 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	0	54	52	50	0	23	0
2016-17	0	263	53	54	0	26	1
2017-18	0	241	47	53	2	24	1
2018-19	1	50	39	44	0	15	4
2019-20	0	64	35	36	0	17	6
2020-21	0	70	32	54	0	20	9
2021-22	4	57	37	55	0	17	9
2022-23	0	23	20	43	1	8	8
2023-24	2	12	43	43	2	18	12
2024-25	3	25	29	62	2	16	10
Average	1	86	39	49	1	18	6

Bethesda University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

13 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -71.74% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bethesda University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	364	46	239	79
2016-17	403	0	0	403
2017-18	375	0	0	375
2018-19	371	31	297	43
2019-20	397	48	330	19
2020-21	399	364	35	0
2021-22	366	306	55	5
2022-23	264	232	18	14
2023-24	271	23	248	0
2024-25	263	13	250	0
Average	347	106	147	94

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Enrollment Trends at Bethesda

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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