Enrollment Trends at Birmingham-Southern

The student population at Birmingham-Southern College is 731 (713 undergraduate and 18 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 615 (45.69%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Birmingham-Southern is 97.54% which is decreased by 633 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 18 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2024, there were 127 male students for every 100 female students, up from 101 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Birmingham-Southern College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 1,144 where 731 students are attending the school for the academic year 2023-2024.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2024, falling from 1,346 to 731 students, a loss of 615 (45.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Birmingham-Southern College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,346	1,346	676	670	0	0	0
2016-17	1,293 -53	1,293 -53	635 -41	658 -12	0	0	0
2017-18	1,283 -10	1,283 -10	621 -14	662 4	0	0	0
2018-19	1,268 -15	1,268 -15	607 -14	661 -1	0	0	0
2019-20	1,209 -59	1,209 -59	572 -35	637 -24	0	0	0
2020-21	1,129 -80	1,129 -80	523 -49	606 -31	0	0	0
2021-22	1,058 -71	1,058 -71	515 -8	543 -63	0	0	0
2022-23	975 -83	975 -83	512 -3	463 -80	0	0	0
2023-24	731 -244	713 -262	393 -119	320 -143	18 18	16 16	2 2
Average	1,144	1,142	562	580	2	2	0

Birmingham-Southern College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 1,142 where 713 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Birmingham-Southern College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,346	1,337	673	664	9	3	6
2016-17	1,293	1,284	631	653	9	4	5
2017-18	1,283	1,272	615	657	11	6	5
2018-19	1,268	1,261	604	657	7	3	4
2019-20	1,209	1,201	568	633	8	4	4
2020-21	1,129	1,126	520	606	3	3	0
2021-22	1,058	1,041	504	537	17	11	6
2022-23	975	969	511	458	6	1	5
2023-24	713	706	391	315	7	2	5
Average	1,142	1,142	557	576	1,142	4	4

Birmingham-Southern College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 2 where 18 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2023-2024. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Birmingham-Southern College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	18	18	16	2	0
Average	2	2	2	0	2

Birmingham-Southern College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.67%. The percentage was 79.12% 10 years ago and Birmingham-Southern still has a high percentage of white students. 1.78% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.73% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.12% to 68.67%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.35% to 1.78%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.37% to 15.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.08% to 7.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4970 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3576 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Birmingham-Southern College over the past 10 years (2015-2024).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	13	72	153	28	0	1,065	12
2016-17	9	63	151	28	0	1,025	14
2017-18	7	71	152	23	0	1,017	11
2018-19	4	32	176	27	0	997	15
2019-20	3	26	167	32	0	950	11
2020-21	4	23	162	51	0	864	10
2021-22	4	27	168	60	0	772	10
2022-23	1	22	147	54	0	716	13
2023-24	0	13	115	57	0	502	11
Average	5	39	155	40	0	879	12

Birmingham-Southern College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Birmingham-Southern

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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