Enrollment Trends at Bluefield State

The student population at Bluefield State University is 1,306 (1,286 undergraduate and 20 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 629 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bluefield State is 98.47% which is decreased by 649 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 20 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

263 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 39.15% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,445 where 1,306 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

98.47% of total students is undergraduate students and 1.53% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 649 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 20 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bluefield State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,935	1,935	698	1,237	0	0	0
2013-14	1,747 -188	1,747 -188	663 -35	1,084 -153	0 0	0 0	0 0
2014-15	1,563 -184	1,563 -184	595 -68	968 -116	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,486 -77	1,486 -77	588 -7	898 -70	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,362 -124	1,362 -124	520 -68	842 -56	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,379 17	1,379 17	506 -14	873 31	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,275 -104	1,275 -104	454 -52	821 -52	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	1,241 -34	1,241 -34	442 -12	799 -22	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	1,243 2	1,243 2	434 -8	809 10	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	1,358 115	1,358 115	541 107	817 8	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	1,306 -52	1,286 -72	518 -23	768 -49	20 20	10 10	10 10
Average	1,445	1,443	542	901	2	1	1

Bluefield State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,443 where 1,286 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 Bluefield State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,935	1,583	608	975	352	90	262
2013-14	1,747	1,440	578	862	307	85	222
2014-15	1,563	1,251	518	733	312	77	235
2015-16	1,486	1,217	500	717	269	88	181
2016-17	1,362	1,117	448	669	245	72	173
2017-18	1,379	1,099	418	681	280	88	192
2018-19	1,275	985	365	620	290	89	201
2019-20	1,241	950	343	607	291	99	192
2020-21	1,243	949	338	611	294	96	198
2021-22	1,358	996	424	572	362	117	245
2022-23	1,286	977	409	568	309	109	200
Average	1,443	1,443	450	692	1,443	92	209

Bluefield State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2 where 20 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 Bluefield State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	20	13	7	6	7	3	4
Average	2	2	1	1	2	0	0

Bluefield State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.27%. The percentage was 85.22% 10 years ago and Bluefield State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.31% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.39% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bluefield State 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	1	3	199	20	0	1,649	5
2013-14	2	4	181	23	0	1,483	8
2014-15	4	3	156	17	0	1,319	17
2015-16	5	9	135	16	0	1,268	21
2016-17	4	11	105	17	0	1,176	29
2017-18	5	11	117	18	0	1,171	38
2018-19	3	9	94	17	0	1,095	37
2019-20	1	3	128	17	0	1,043	38
2020-21	2	3	119	18	0	1,046	44
2021-22	5	7	190	33	1	1,053	51
2022-23	1	4	201	48	0	983	56
Average	3	6	148	22	0	1,208	31

Bluefield State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

263 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 39.15% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bluefield State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,563	189	772	602
2015-16	1,486	173	814	499
2016-17	1,362	210	797	355
2017-18	1,379	227	810	342
2018-19	1,275	244	794	237
2019-20	1,241	220	806	215
2020-21	1,243	353	672	218
2021-22	1,358	388	788	182
2022-23	1,306	263	731	312
Average	1,357	252	776	329

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