Enrollment Trends at MBTS

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.

28.54% of total students is undergraduate students and 71.46% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 801 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,725 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.31 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in MBTS than female students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.