Enrollment Trends at B CU

The student population at Bethune-Cookman University is 2,853 (2,738 undergraduate and 115 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 978 (25.53%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at B CU is 95.97% which is decreased by 941 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 37 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 60 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
83 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -95.41% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,215 where 2,853 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 4,143 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,515 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,831 to 2,853 students, a net loss of 978 (25.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,831	3,679	1,524	2,155	152	63	89
2016-17	3,934 103	3,796 117	1,509 -15	2,287 132	138 -14	48 -15	90 1
2017-18	4,143 209	3,992 196	1,532 23	2,460 173	151 13	54 6	97 7
2018-19	3,773 -370	3,620 -372	1,359 -173	2,261 -199	153 2	58 4	95 -2
2019-20	2,901 -872	2,778 -842	1,036 -323	1,742 -519	123 -30	43 -15	80 -15
2020-21	2,845 -56	2,746 -32	996 -40	1,750 8	99 -24	36 -7	63 -17
2021-22	2,624 -221	2,513 -233	946 -50	1,567 -183	111 12	46 10	65 2
2022-23	2,727 103	2,628 115	971 25	1,657 90	99 -12	36 -10	63 -2
2023-24	2,515 -212	2,414 -214	885 -86	1,529 -128	101 2	36	65 2
2024-25	2,853 338	2,738 324	1,023 138	1,715 186	115 14	43 7	72 7
Average	3,215	3,090	1,178	1,912	124	46	78

Bethune-Cookman University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,090 where 2,738 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 Bethune-Cookman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,679	3,497	1,456	2,041	182	68	114
2016-17	3,796	3,584	1,425	2,159	212	84	128
2017-18	3,992	3,755	1,438	2,317	237	94	143
2018-19	3,620	3,483	1,301	2,182	137	58	79
2019-20	2,778	2,708	1,007	1,701	70	29	41
2020-21	2,746	2,614	937	1,677	132	59	73
2021-22	2,513	2,384	893	1,491	129	53	76
2022-23	2,628	2,527	936	1,591	101	35	66
2023-24	2,414	2,336	856	1,480	78	29	49
2024-25	2,738	2,674	1,007	1,667	64	16	48
Average	3,090	3,090	1,126	1,831	3,090	53	82

Bethune-Cookman University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 124 where 115 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 Bethune-Cookman University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	152	108	51	57	44	12	32
2016-17	138	97	37	60	41	11	30
2017-18	151	125	45	80	26	9	17
2018-19	153	125	48	77	28	10	18
2019-20	123	104	37	67	19	6	13
2020-21	99	80	26	54	19	10	9
2021-22	111	91	37	54	20	9	11
2022-23	99	79	27	52	20	9	11
2023-24	101	68	22	46	33	14	19
2024-25	115	85	34	51	30	9	21
Average	124	124	36	60	124	10	18

Bethune-Cookman University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.32% and the percentage of black students is 54.64% at Bethune-Cookman University. 0.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 1.91% to 0.32%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.10% to 0.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 84.10% to 54.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.85% to 5.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6984 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.2907 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethune-Cookman 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	3	4	3,222	109	6	73	110
2016-17	3	2	3,080	112	2	65	81
2017-18	5	3	3,217	127	1	61	99
2018-19	7	3	3,029	126	1	46	86
2019-20	6	0	2,282	124	1	28	77
2020-21	6	2	2,308	137	2	32	72
2021-22	5	3	2,122	133	0	33	71
2022-23	5	2	2,177	159	0	20	70
2023-24	4	1	1,474	84	5	18	39
2024-25	2	1	1,559	151	5	9	39
Average	5	2	2,447	126	2	39	74

Bethune-Cookman University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

83 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -95.41% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bethune-Cookman University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,831	0	130	3,701
2016-17	3,934	1,808	0	2,126
2017-18	4,143	314	1,387	2,442
2018-19	3,773	175	3,598	0
2019-20	2,901	104	2,797	0
2020-21	2,845	87	2,758	0
2021-22	2,624	53	2,571	0
2022-23	2,727	33	2,694	0
2023-24	2,515	51	2,464	0
2024-25	2,853	83	2,744	26
Average	3,215	271	2,114	830

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Enrollment Trends at B CU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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