Enrollment Trends at MBTS

The student population at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is 3,945 (1,126 undergraduate and 2,819 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,526 (178.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at MBTS is 28.54% which is increased by 801 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,725 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 326 male students for every 100 female students, down from 435 in 2015.
1,830 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 334.68% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,984 where 3,945 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 1,419 to 3,945 students, a gain of 2,526 (178%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,419	325	217	108	1,094	937	157
2016-17	1,848 429	450 125	305 88	145 37	1,398 304	1,180 243	218 61
2017-18	2,239 391	418 -32	308 3	110 -35	1,821 423	1,588 408	233 15
2018-19	2,797 558	592 174	441 133	151 41	2,205 384	1,910 322	295 62
2019-20	3,038 241	670 78	479 38	191 40	2,368 163	2,053 143	315 20
2020-21	3,432 394	880 210	598 119	282 91	2,552 184	2,203 150	349 34
2021-22	3,514 82	942 62	630 32	312 30	2,572 20	2,214 11	358 9
2022-23	3,772 258	1,009 67	651 21	358 46	2,763 191	2,392 178	371 13
2023-24	3,840 68	1,067 58	665 14	402 44	2,773 10	2,347 -45	426 55
2024-25	3,945 105	1,126 59	693 28	433 31	2,819 46	2,325 -22	494 68
Average	2,984	748	499	249	2,237	1,915	322

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 748 where 1,126 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 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	325	184	128	56	141	89	52
2016-17	450	210	142	68	240	163	77
2017-18	418	232	172	60	186	136	50
2018-19	592	280	204	76	312	237	75
2019-20	670	362	267	95	308	212	96
2020-21	880	401	284	117	479	314	165
2021-22	942	440	319	121	502	311	191
2022-23	1,009	421	296	125	588	355	233
2023-24	1,067	470	321	149	597	344	253
2024-25	1,126	544	346	198	582	347	235
Average	748	748	248	107	748	251	143

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,237 where 2,819 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 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,094	750	650	100	344	287	57
2016-17	1,398	882	760	122	516	420	96
2017-18	1,821	1,254	1,125	129	567	463	104
2018-19	2,205	1,377	1,236	141	828	674	154
2019-20	2,368	1,506	1,352	154	862	701	161
2020-21	2,552	1,456	1,311	145	1,096	892	204
2021-22	2,572	1,515	1,349	166	1,057	865	192
2022-23	2,763	1,509	1,349	160	1,254	1,043	211
2023-24	2,773	1,536	1,358	178	1,237	989	248
2024-25	2,819	1,581	1,339	242	1,238	986	252
Average	2,237	2,237	1,183	154	2,237	732	168

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.19%. The percentage was 65.82% 10 years ago and MBTS still has a high percentage of white students. 14.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.82% to 59.19%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.39% to 14.60%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.21% to 2.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.95% to 8.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6203 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5552 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 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	12	119	74	56	0	934	18
2016-17	15	138	119	67	1	1,218	26
2017-18	18	175	121	77	1	1,492	33
2018-19	25	339	157	124	1	1,817	20
2019-20	24	358	155	129	2	1,907	17
2020-21	25	430	147	199	0	2,089	16
2021-22	25	311	130	195	2	2,140	25
2022-23	27	217	146	187	6	2,184	44
2023-24	22	246	108	246	5	2,268	54
2024-25	26	576	112	329	4	2,335	58
Average	22	291	127	161	2	1,838	31

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,830 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 46% of total students. The number of online students has increased 334.68% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,419	421	161	837
2016-17	1,848	602	305	941
2017-18	2,239	765	336	1,138
2018-19	2,797	1,060	218	1,519
2019-20	3,038	1,103	379	1,556
2020-21	3,432	1,356	449	1,627
2021-22	3,514	1,822	363	1,329
2022-23	3,772	1,780	397	1,595
2023-24	3,840	1,829	426	1,585
2024-25	3,945	1,830	389	1,726
Average	2,984	1,257	342	1,385

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Enrollment Trends at MBTS

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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