Enrollment Trends at HBU

The student population at Houston Baptist University is 4,257 (2,823 undergraduate and 1,434 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,668 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at HBU is 66.31% which is increased by 771 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 897 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,237 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,992.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,445 where 4,257 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

66.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 33.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 771 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 897 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.06 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in HBU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,589	2,052	718	1,334	537	138	399
2013-14	2,910 321	2,171 119	793 75	1,378 44	739 202	200 62	539 140
2014-15	3,128 218	2,288 117	888 95	1,400 22	840 101	238 38	602 63
2015-16	3,160 32	2,250 -38	874 -14	1,376 -24	910 70	258 20	652 50
2016-17	3,270 110	2,332 82	875 1	1,457 81	938 28	290 32	648 -4
2017-18	3,325 55	2,316 -16	826 -49	1,490 33	1,009 71	287 -3	722 74
2018-19	3,432 107	2,321 5	828 2	1,493 3	1,111 102	281 -6	830 108
2019-20	3,741 309	2,632 311	904 76	1,728 235	1,109 -2	276 -5	833 3
2020-21	3,963 222	2,733 101	911 7	1,822 94	1,230 121	300 24	930 97
2021-22	4,120 157	2,780 47	962 51	1,818 -4	1,340 110	328 28	1,012 82
2022-23	4,257 137	2,823 43	1,045 83	1,778 -40	1,434 94	347 19	1,087 75
Average	3,445	2,427	875	1,552	1,018	268	750

Houston Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,427 where 2,823 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 Houston Baptist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,052	1,875	657	1,218	177	61	116
2013-14	2,171	2,005	738	1,267	166	55	111
2014-15	2,288	2,137	839	1,298	151	49	102
2015-16	2,250	2,117	822	1,295	133	52	81
2016-17	2,332	2,161	818	1,343	171	57	114
2017-18	2,316	2,098	776	1,322	218	50	168
2018-19	2,321	1,876	685	1,191	445	143	302
2019-20	2,632	2,067	722	1,345	565	182	383
2020-21	2,733	2,146	733	1,413	587	178	409
2021-22	2,780	2,164	757	1,407	616	205	411
2022-23	2,823	2,153	826	1,327	670	219	451
Average	2,427	2,427	761	1,311	2,427	114	241

Houston Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,018 where 1,434 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 Houston Baptist University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	537	229	63	166	308	75	233
2013-14	739	310	90	220	429	110	319
2014-15	840	338	104	234	502	134	368
2015-16	910	338	103	235	572	155	417
2016-17	938	311	104	207	627	186	441
2017-18	1,009	380	118	262	629	169	460
2018-19	1,111	203	67	136	908	214	694
2019-20	1,109	220	66	154	889	210	679
2020-21	1,230	184	40	144	1,046	260	786
2021-22	1,340	204	60	144	1,136	268	868
2022-23	1,434	191	50	141	1,243	297	946
Average	1,018	1,018	79	186	1,018	189	565

Houston Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.92% and the percentage of black students is 28.75% at Houston Baptist University. 5.64% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Houston Baptist 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	4	280	553	666	7	764	185
2013-14	9	316	685	684	6	850	179
2014-15	12	347	794	744	7	902	120
2015-16	10	279	732	839	5	896	115
2016-17	12	286	704	937	7	905	107
2017-18	10	253	731	993	7	863	113
2018-19	13	227	721	1,045	4	835	93
2019-20	10	263	918	1,190	6	945	108
2020-21	9	282	1,029	1,257	6	945	124
2021-22	8	255	1,135	1,304	6	962	134
2022-23	10	240	1,224	1,394	7	933	139
Average	10	275	839	1,005	6	891	129

Houston Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,237 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,992.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Houston Baptist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,128	40	270	2,818
2015-16	3,160	126	444	2,590
2016-17	3,270	164	622	2,484
2017-18	3,325	290	780	2,255
2018-19	3,432	522	621	2,289
2019-20	3,741	707	799	2,235
2020-21	3,963	1,032	736	2,195
2021-22	4,120	1,143	752	2,225
2022-23	4,257	1,237	761	2,259
Average	3,600	585	643	2,372

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