Enrollment Trends at Bryan College-Dayton

The student population at Bryan College-Dayton is 1,701 (1,565 undergraduate and 136 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 212 (14.24%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bryan College-Dayton is 92.00% which is increased by 174 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 38 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, up from 83 in 2015.
793 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 55.80% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,504 where 1,701 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 1,701 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,363 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,489 to 1,701 students, a net gain of 212 (14.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,489	1,391	643	748	98	34	64
2016-17	1,481 -8	1,349 -42	642 -1	707 -41	132 34	52 18	80 16
2017-18	1,397 -84	1,246 -103	576 -66	670 -37	151 19	65 13	86 6
2018-19	1,363 -34	1,189 -57	549 -27	640 -30	174 23	73 8	101 15
2019-20	1,447 84	1,240 51	577 28	663 23	207 33	95 22	112 11
2020-21	1,412 -35	1,195 -45	543 -34	652 -11	217 10	87 -8	130 18
2021-22	1,550 138	1,376 181	639 96	737 85	174 -43	72 -15	102 -28
2022-23	1,656 106	1,482 106	713 74	769 32	174	64 -8	110 8
2023-24	1,548 -108	1,398 -84	653 -60	745 -24	150 -24	56 -8	94 -16
2024-25	1,701 153	1,565 167	736 83	829 84	136 -14	50 -6	86 -8
Average	1,504	1,343	627	716	161	65	97

Bryan College-Dayton Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,343 where 1,565 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 Bryan College-Dayton since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,391	863	394	469	528	249	279
2016-17	1,349	889	419	470	460	223	237
2017-18	1,246	833	403	430	413	173	240
2018-19	1,189	677	347	330	512	202	310
2019-20	1,240	687	346	341	553	231	322
2020-21	1,195	644	326	318	551	217	334
2021-22	1,376	747	374	373	629	265	364
2022-23	1,482	774	395	379	708	318	390
2023-24	1,398	737	380	357	661	273	388
2024-25	1,565	749	384	365	816	352	464
Average	1,343	1,343	377	383	1,343	250	333

Bryan College-Dayton Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 161 where 136 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 Bryan College-Dayton since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	98	77	25	52	21	9	12
2016-17	132	91	37	54	41	15	26
2017-18	151	55	22	33	96	43	53
2018-19	174	28	7	21	146	66	80
2019-20	207	27	9	18	180	86	94
2020-21	217	29	15	14	188	72	116
2021-22	174	15	5	10	159	67	92
2022-23	174	18	9	9	156	55	101
2023-24	150	12	3	9	138	53	85
2024-25	136	15	4	11	121	46	75
Average	161	161	14	23	161	51	73

Bryan College-Dayton Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.56%. The percentage was 82.47% 10 years ago and Bryan College-Dayton still has a high percentage of white students. 1.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.29% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.47% to 50.56%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.60% to 1.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.04% to 2.29%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.02% to 3.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7427 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.3158 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bryan College-Dayton 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	1	9	75	45	0	1,228	36
2016-17	7	13	75	50	2	1,249	35
2017-18	6	13	75	43	2	1,163	31
2018-19	8	13	66	41	4	1,138	36
2019-20	12	15	69	38	2	1,235	31
2020-21	7	16	71	42	3	1,186	35
2021-22	13	20	67	58	4	1,269	31
2022-23	4	19	62	59	4	1,370	22
2023-24	2	29	63	61	1	1,247	21
2024-25	1	22	39	51	2	860	14
Average	6	17	66	49	2	1,195	29

Bryan College-Dayton Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

793 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 55.80% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bryan College-Dayton from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,489	509	12	968
2016-17	1,481	547	24	910
2017-18	1,397	490	91	816
2018-19	1,363	526	29	808
2019-20	1,447	583	47	817
2020-21	1,412	555	118	739
2021-22	1,550	564	76	910
2022-23	1,656	601	136	919
2023-24	1,548	644	175	729
2024-25	1,701	793	193	715
Average	1,504	581	90	833

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Enrollment Trends at Bryan College-Dayton

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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