Enrollment Trends at Buena Vista

The student population at Buena Vista University is 1,973 (1,474 undergraduate and 499 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 443 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Buena Vista is 74.71% which is decreased by 856 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 413 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.29 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

978 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 58.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,089 where 1,973 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.71% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.29% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 856 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 413 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.29 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Buena Vista than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,416	2,330	781	1,549	86	13	73
2013-14	2,399 -17	2,293 -37	790 9	1,503 -46	106 20	15 2	91 18
2014-15	2,295 -104	2,035 -258	728 -62	1,307 -196	260 154	39 24	221 130
2015-16	2,322 27	1,976 -59	694 -34	1,282 -25	346 86	42 3	304 83
2016-17	2,114 -208	1,921 -55	652 -42	1,269 -13	193 -153	22 -20	171 -133
2017-18	1,982 -132	1,804 -117	647 -5	1,157 -112	178 -15	19 -3	159 -12
2018-19	1,846 -136	1,619 -185	564 -83	1,055 -102	227 49	29 10	198 39
2019-20	1,815 -31	1,478 -141	529 -35	949 -106	337 110	53 24	284 86
2020-21	1,863 48	1,456 -22	526 -3	930 -19	407 70	70 17	337 53
2021-22	1,959 96	1,506 50	550 24	956 26	453 46	74 4	379 42
2022-23	1,973 14	1,474 -32	512 -38	962 6	499 46	88 14	411 32
Average	2,089	1,808	634	1,174	281	42	239

Buena Vista University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,808 where 1,474 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 Buena Vista University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,330	2,003	697	1,306	327	84	243
2013-14	2,293	1,960	691	1,269	333	99	234
2014-15	2,035	1,750	647	1,103	285	81	204
2015-16	1,976	1,714	627	1,087	262	67	195
2016-17	1,921	1,594	564	1,030	327	88	239
2017-18	1,804	1,522	553	969	282	94	188
2018-19	1,619	1,394	499	895	225	65	160
2019-20	1,478	1,257	472	785	221	57	164
2020-21	1,456	1,230	470	760	226	56	170
2021-22	1,506	1,289	497	792	217	53	164
2022-23	1,474	1,295	473	822	179	39	140
Average	1,808	1,808	563	983	1,808	71	191

Buena Vista University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 281 where 499 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 Buena Vista University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	86	0	0	0	86	13	73
2013-14	106	0	0	0	106	15	91
2014-15	260	9	2	7	251	37	214
2015-16	346	0	0	0	346	42	304
2016-17	193	11	2	9	182	20	162
2017-18	178	33	2	31	145	17	128
2018-19	227	11	0	11	216	29	187
2019-20	337	1	1	0	336	52	284
2020-21	407	4	1	3	403	69	334
2021-22	453	6	1	5	447	73	374
2022-23	499	9	0	9	490	88	402
Average	281	281	1	7	281	41	232

Buena Vista University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.44%. The percentage was 83.57% 10 years ago and Buena Vista still has a high percentage of white students. 0.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.74% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Buena Vista 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	11	21	39	93	0	2,019	20
2013-14	11	25	39	117	3	1,956	20
2014-15	14	28	34	92	1	1,854	19
2015-16	15	28	35	88	3	1,859	25
2016-17	8	24	48	73	3	1,710	32
2017-18	9	19	58	84	2	1,537	39
2018-19	11	13	63	91	1	1,368	26
2019-20	9	13	40	115	0	1,322	31
2020-21	10	16	47	151	1	1,418	87
2021-22	15	15	47	183	3	1,565	51
2022-23	11	16	54	189	4	1,587	42
Average	11	20	46	116	2	1,654	36

Buena Vista University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

978 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 50% of total students. The number of online students has increased 58.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Buena Vista University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,295	617	249	1,429
2015-16	2,322	749	263	1,310
2016-17	2,114	958	179	977
2017-18	1,982	876	182	924
2018-19	1,846	902	85	859
2019-20	1,815	893	104	818
2020-21	1,863	1,003	148	712
2021-22	1,959	1,025	133	801
2022-23	1,973	978	191	804
Average	2,019	889	170	959

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