Enrollment Trends at HBU

The student population at Houston Christian University is 4,276 (2,899 undergraduate and 1,377 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,116 (35.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at HBU is 67.80% which is increased by 649 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 467 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, up from 56 in 2015.
1,198 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 850.79% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,773 where 4,276 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 4,276 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,160 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,160 to 4,276 students, a net gain of 1,116 (35.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,160	2,250	874	1,376	910	258	652
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
2023-24	4,189 -68	2,787 -36	1,070 25	1,717 -61	1,402 -32	372 25	1,030 -57
2024-25	4,276 87	2,899 112	1,182 112	1,717	1,377 -25	372	1,005 -25
Average	3,773	2,587	948	1,640	1,186	311	875

Houston Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,587 where 2,899 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 Houston Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,787	2,191	873	1,318	596	197	399
2024-25	2,899	2,214	945	1,269	685	237	448
Average	2,587	2,587	796	1,323	2,587	152	317

Houston Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,186 where 1,377 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 Houston Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,402	224	65	159	1,178	307	871
2024-25	1,377	174	57	117	1,203	315	888
Average	1,186	1,186	73	170	1,186	238	705

Houston Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.51% and the percentage of black students is 24.60% at Houston Christian University. 4.44% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 31.17% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 28.35% to 16.51%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.83% to 4.44%. Black student enrollment increased from 23.16% to 24.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 26.55% to 31.17%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8123 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7863 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Houston Christian 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	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
2023-24	13	214	1,126	1,372	11	839	136
2024-25	12	190	1,052	1,333	4	706	113
Average	11	249	937	1,166	6	883	118

Houston Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,198 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 850.79% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Houston Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	4,189	1,177	893	2,119
2024-25	4,276	1,198	896	2,182
Average	3,773	760	730	2,283

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Enrollment Trends at HBU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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