Enrollment Trends at Biola

The student population at Biola University is 5,434 (3,481 undergraduate and 1,953 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 793 (12.73%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Biola is 64.06% which is decreased by 749 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 44 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
1,227 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 396.76% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,819 where 5,434 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 6,227 students in 2016 and was lowest at 5,296 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,227 to 5,434 students, a net loss of 793 (12.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,227	4,230	1,547	2,683	1,997	1,285	712
2016-17	6,095 -132	4,091 -139	1,483 -64	2,608 -75	2,004 7	1,251 -34	753 41
2017-18	6,172 77	4,048 -43	1,470 -13	2,578 -30	2,124 120	1,240 -11	884 131
2018-19	6,109 -63	4,010 -38	1,478 8	2,532 -46	2,099 -25	1,174 -66	925 41
2019-20	6,103 -6	4,043 33	1,483 5	2,560 28	2,060 -39	1,136 -38	924 -1
2020-21	5,815 -288	3,683 -360	1,352 -131	2,331 -229	2,132 72	1,167 31	965 41
2021-22	5,551 -264	3,596 -87	1,367 15	2,229 -102	1,955 -177	1,065 -102	890 -75
2022-23	5,387 -164	3,499 -97	1,372 5	2,127 -102	1,888 -67	1,033 -32	855 -35
2023-24	5,296 -91	3,395 -104	1,375 3	2,020 -107	1,901 13	1,046 13	855
2024-25	5,434 138	3,481 86	1,454 79	2,027 7	1,953 52	1,079 33	874 19
Average	5,819	3,808	1,438	2,370	2,011	1,148	864

Biola University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,808 where 3,481 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 Biola University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,230	4,078	1,481	2,597	152	66	86
2016-17	4,091	3,947	1,425	2,522	144	58	86
2017-18	4,048	3,882	1,393	2,489	166	77	89
2018-19	4,010	3,779	1,379	2,400	231	99	132
2019-20	4,043	3,772	1,374	2,398	271	109	162
2020-21	3,683	3,391	1,236	2,155	292	116	176
2021-22	3,596	3,289	1,254	2,035	307	113	194
2022-23	3,499	3,169	1,247	1,922	330	125	205
2023-24	3,395	3,126	1,267	1,859	269	108	161
2024-25	3,481	3,178	1,318	1,860	303	136	167
Average	3,808	3,808	1,337	2,224	3,808	101	146

Biola University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,011 where 1,953 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 Biola University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,997	873	568	305	1,124	717	407
2016-17	2,004	908	550	358	1,096	701	395
2017-18	2,124	897	507	390	1,227	733	494
2018-19	2,099	877	473	404	1,222	701	521
2019-20	2,060	859	460	399	1,201	676	525
2020-21	2,132	834	450	384	1,298	717	581
2021-22	1,955	759	412	347	1,196	653	543
2022-23	1,888	747	379	368	1,141	654	487
2023-24	1,901	779	391	388	1,122	655	467
2024-25	1,953	831	414	417	1,122	665	457
Average	2,011	2,011	460	376	2,011	687	488

Biola University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.91% and the percentage of black students is 3.50% at Biola University. 14.94% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 19.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.15% to 37.91%. Asian enrollment declined from 20.59% to 14.94%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.97% to 3.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.19% to 19.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7879 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7055 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Biola 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	11	1,282	185	1,008	8	2,936	324
2016-17	14	1,236	178	1,034	13	2,800	305
2017-18	10	1,284	186	1,076	21	2,742	306
2018-19	9	1,190	200	1,080	33	2,666	308
2019-20	15	1,056	189	1,048	38	2,670	309
2020-21	17	1,008	186	1,002	72	2,410	306
2021-22	11	947	192	981	25	2,306	333
2022-23	9	869	178	1,022	18	2,127	368
2023-24	6	796	179	1,043	9	2,052	382
2024-25	10	812	190	1,081	7	2,060	395
Average	11	1,048	186	1,038	24	2,477	334

Biola University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,227 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 396.76% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Biola University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,227	247	670	5,310
2016-17	6,095	285	903	4,907
2017-18	6,172	555	1,035	4,582
2018-19	6,109	670	1,332	4,107
2019-20	6,103	755	1,451	3,897
2020-21	5,815	5,594	89	132
2021-22	5,551	904	1,888	2,759
2022-23	5,387	935	1,853	2,599
2023-24	5,296	1,008	1,537	2,751
2024-25	5,434	1,227	1,579	2,628
Average	5,819	1,218	1,234	3,367

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Enrollment Trends at Biola

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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