Enrollment Trends at Evangel

The student population at Evangel University is 2,289 (1,511 undergraduate and 778 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 331 (16.91%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Evangel is 66.01% which is decreased by 213 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 544 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 91 male students for every 100 female students, up from 76 in 2015.
722 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 412.06% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,070 where 2,289 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,300 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,821 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,958 to 2,289 students, a net gain of 331 (16.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Evangel University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,958	1,724	780	944	234	67	167
2016-17	1,821 -137	1,627 -97	738 -42	889 -55	194 -40	48 -19	146 -21
2017-18	2,112 291	1,631 4	726 -12	905 16	481 287	248 200	233 87
2018-19	2,098 -14	1,644 13	726	918 13	454 -27	250 2	204 -29
2019-20	2,300 202	1,793 149	789 63	1,004 86	507 53	254 4	253 49
2020-21	1,999 -301	1,511 -282	694 -95	817 -187	488 -19	239 -15	249 -4
2021-22	2,100 101	1,669 158	757 63	912 95	431 -57	183 -56	248 -1
2022-23	1,868 -232	1,246 -423	592 -165	654 -258	622 191	287 104	335 87
2023-24	2,157 289	1,427 181	703 111	724 70	730 108	331 44	399 64
2024-25	2,289 132	1,511 84	753 50	758 34	778 48	338 7	440 41
Average	2,070	1,578	726	853	492	225	267

Evangel University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,578 where 1,511 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 Evangel University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,724	1,559	686	873	165	94	71
2016-17	1,627	1,473	652	821	154	86	68
2017-18	1,631	1,461	638	823	170	88	82
2018-19	1,644	1,442	627	815	202	99	103
2019-20	1,793	1,539	668	871	254	121	133
2020-21	1,511	1,382	625	757	129	69	60
2021-22	1,669	1,421	630	791	248	127	121
2022-23	1,246	1,246	592	654	0	0	0
2023-24	1,427	1,214	605	609	213	98	115
2024-25	1,511	1,221	609	612	290	144	146
Average	1,578	1,578	633	763	1,578	93	90

Evangel University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 492 where 778 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 Evangel University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	234	120	36	84	114	31	83
2016-17	194	61	13	48	133	35	98
2017-18	481	157	80	77	324	168	156
2018-19	454	147	82	65	307	168	139
2019-20	507	136	72	64	371	182	189
2020-21	488	154	83	71	334	156	178
2021-22	431	195	90	105	236	93	143
2022-23	622	280	133	147	342	154	188
2023-24	730	377	157	220	353	174	179
2024-25	778	314	149	165	464	189	275
Average	492	492	90	105	492	135	163

Evangel University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.75%. The percentage was 79.21% 10 years ago and Evangel still has a high percentage of white students. 1.62% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.21% to 75.75%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.74% to 1.62%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.88% to 4.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.63% to 7.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4168 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3687 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Evangel University 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	25	34	76	71	3	1,551	46
2016-17	13	29	65	65	2	1,480	36
2017-18	13	35	87	110	3	1,708	42
2018-19	10	36	91	120	5	1,698	47
2019-20	21	38	102	199	1	1,756	80
2020-21	15	13	84	192	11	1,489	82
2021-22	23	21	81	235	7	1,540	95
2022-23	17	24	95	224	9	1,328	74
2023-24	19	41	98	175	0	1,587	96
2024-25	21	37	102	165	10	1,734	97
Average	18	31	88	156	5	1,587	70

Evangel University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

722 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 412.06% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Evangel University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,958	141	255	1,562
2016-17	1,821	137	249	1,435
2017-18	2,112	200	367	1,545
2018-19	2,098	323	378	1,397
2019-20	2,300	409	541	1,350
2020-21	1,999	294	360	1,345
2021-22	2,100	349	228	1,523
2022-23	1,868	317	228	1,323
2023-24	2,157	381	413	1,363
2024-25	2,289	722	243	1,324
Average	2,070	327	326	1,417

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Enrollment Trends at Evangel

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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