Enrollment Trends at Biola

The student population at Biola University is 5,387 (3,499 undergraduate and 1,888 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 916 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Biola is 64.95% which is decreased by 839 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 77 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

935 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 987.21% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,038 where 5,387 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.95% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.05% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 839 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 77 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Biola than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,303	4,338	1,670	2,668	1,965	1,294	671
2013-14	6,301 -2	4,331 -7	1,641 -29	2,690 22	1,970 5	1,299 5	671 0
2014-15	6,358 57	4,373 42	1,630 -11	2,743 53	1,985 15	1,266 -33	719 48
2015-16	6,227 -131	4,230 -143	1,547 -83	2,683 -60	1,997 12	1,285 19	712 -7
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
Average	6,038	4,022	1,499	2,523	2,016	1,201	815

Biola University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,022 where 3,499 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 Biola University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,338	4,158	1,582	2,576	180	88	92
2013-14	4,331	4,184	1,570	2,614	147	71	76
2014-15	4,373	4,268	1,581	2,687	105	49	56
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
Average	4,022	4,022	1,411	2,400	4,022	88	123

Biola University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,016 where 1,888 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 Biola University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,965	905	591	314	1,060	703	357
2013-14	1,970	923	613	310	1,047	686	361
2014-15	1,985	877	547	330	1,108	719	389
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
Average	2,016	2,016	505	355	2,016	696	460

Biola University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.48% and the percentage of black students is 3.30% at Biola University. 16.13% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Biola 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	19	1,138	151	868	24	3,334	295
2013-14	15	1,199	160	880	18	3,276	309
2014-15	14	1,217	170	972	13	3,137	332
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
Average	13	1,130	180	997	26	2,764	318

Biola University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

935 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 987.21% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Biola University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,358	86	331	5,941
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
Average	5,980	1,115	1,061	3,804

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