Enrollment Trends at MBBC

The student population at Maranatha Baptist University is 960 (735 undergraduate and 225 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 99 (9.35%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MBBC is 76.56% which is decreased by 195 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 96 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
533 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 48.88% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,022 where 960 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 1,139 students in 2018 and was lowest at 916 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,059 to 960 students, a net loss of 99 (9.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,059	930	400	530	129	93	36
2016-17	1,118 59	943 13	435 35	508 -22	175 46	119 26	56 20
2017-18	1,139 21	926 -17	405 -30	521 13	213 38	131 12	82 26
2018-19	1,035 -104	780 -146	352 -53	428 -93	255 42	143 12	112 30
2019-20	985 -50	793 13	352	441 13	192 -63	110 -33	82 -30
2020-21	916 -69	716 -77	299 -53	417 -24	200 8	126 16	74 -8
2021-22	1,066 150	818 102	351 52	467 50	248 48	144 18	104 30
2022-23	965 -101	736 -82	297 -54	439 -28	229 -19	127 -17	102 -2
2023-24	977 12	759 23	309 12	450 11	218 -11	114 -13	104 2
2024-25	960 -17	735 -24	330 21	405 -45	225 7	116 2	109 5
Average	1,022	814	353	461	208	122	86

Maranatha Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 814 where 735 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 Maranatha Baptist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	930	658	293	365	272	107	165
2016-17	943	675	313	362	268	122	146
2017-18	926	591	264	327	335	141	194
2018-19	780	530	228	302	250	124	126
2019-20	793	509	220	289	284	132	152
2020-21	716	519	212	307	197	87	110
2021-22	818	482	195	287	336	156	180
2022-23	736	482	196	286	254	101	153
2023-24	759	445	177	268	314	132	182
2024-25	735	441	189	252	294	141	153
Average	814	814	229	305	814	124	156

Maranatha Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 208 where 225 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 Maranatha Baptist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	129	21	19	2	108	74	34
2016-17	175	21	11	10	154	108	46
2017-18	213	32	24	8	181	107	74
2018-19	255	37	25	12	218	118	100
2019-20	192	7	4	3	185	106	79
2020-21	200	29	18	11	171	108	63
2021-22	248	28	19	9	220	125	95
2022-23	229	27	18	9	202	109	93
2023-24	218	30	15	15	188	99	89
2024-25	225	25	16	9	200	100	100
Average	208	208	17	9	208	105	77

Maranatha Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.60%. The percentage was 85.74% 10 years ago and MBBC still has a high percentage of white students. 2.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.56% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 85.74% to 82.60%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.13% to 2.71%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.70% to 1.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.21% to 6.56%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3116 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2619 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Maranatha Baptist 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	4	12	18	34	2	908	41
2016-17	5	11	23	55	4	937	42
2017-18	1	17	21	33	1	920	38
2018-19	1	36	18	36	1	868	30
2019-20	4	20	13	33	2	772	31
2020-21	2	23	19	44	0	757	32
2021-22	4	17	17	50	0	788	36
2022-23	4	15	17	57	0	813	20
2023-24	3	48	14	58	1	789	26
2024-25	2	26	17	63	2	793	25
Average	3	23	18	46	1	835	32

Maranatha Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

533 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 56% of total students. The number of online students has increased 48.88% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Maranatha Baptist University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,059	358	149	552
2016-17	1,118	404	167	547
2017-18	1,139	397	182	560
2018-19	1,035	496	53	486
2019-20	985	270	112	603
2020-21	916	405	121	390
2021-22	1,066	455	122	489
2022-23	965	487	114	364
2023-24	977	504	92	381
2024-25	960	533	84	343
Average	1,022	431	120	472

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Enrollment Trends at MBBC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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