Enrollment Trends at Oklahoma Baptist

The student population at Oklahoma Baptist University is 1,569 (1,427 undergraduate and 142 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 417 (21.00%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Oklahoma Baptist is 90.95% which is decreased by 479 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 62 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 84 male students for every 100 female students, up from 66 in 2015.
106 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 130.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,780 where 1,569 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 2,093 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,399 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,986 to 1,569 students, a net loss of 417 (21%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,986	1,906	762	1,144	80	29	51
2016-17	2,073 87	1,960 54	781 19	1,179 35	113 33	50 21	63 12
2017-18	2,093 20	1,965 5	804 23	1,161 -18	128 15	56 6	72 9
2018-19	2,011 -82	1,886 -79	758 -46	1,128 -33	125 -3	48 -8	77 5
2019-20	1,868 -143	1,754 -132	699 -59	1,055 -73	114 -11	48	66 -11
2020-21	1,763 -105	1,647 -107	671 -28	976 -79	116 2	41 -7	75 9
2021-22	1,510 -253	1,430 -217	622 -49	808 -168	80 -36	25 -16	55 -20
2022-23	1,399 -111	1,330 -100	590 -32	740 -68	69 -11	32 7	37 -18
2023-24	1,526 127	1,409 79	642 52	767 27	117 48	48 16	69 32
2024-25	1,569 43	1,427 18	657 15	770 3	142 25	59 11	83 14
Average	1,780	1,671	699	973	108	44	65

Oklahoma Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,671 where 1,427 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 Oklahoma Baptist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,906	1,809	712	1,097	97	50	47
2016-17	1,960	1,857	724	1,133	103	57	46
2017-18	1,965	1,835	738	1,097	130	66	64
2018-19	1,886	1,788	716	1,072	98	42	56
2019-20	1,754	1,673	666	1,007	81	33	48
2020-21	1,647	1,590	639	951	57	32	25
2021-22	1,430	1,332	554	778	98	68	30
2022-23	1,330	1,268	550	718	62	40	22
2023-24	1,409	1,272	580	692	137	62	75
2024-25	1,427	1,287	578	709	140	79	61
Average	1,671	1,671	646	925	1,671	53	47

Oklahoma Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 108 where 142 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 Oklahoma Baptist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	80	42	10	32	38	19	19
2016-17	113	14	5	9	99	45	54
2017-18	128	64	23	41	64	33	31
2018-19	125	49	14	35	76	34	42
2019-20	114	38	11	27	76	37	39
2020-21	116	46	13	33	70	28	42
2021-22	80	26	5	21	54	20	34
2022-23	69	18	6	12	51	26	25
2023-24	117	30	9	21	87	39	48
2024-25	142	42	18	24	100	41	59
Average	108	108	11	26	108	32	39

Oklahoma Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.76%. The percentage was 68.63% 10 years ago and Oklahoma Baptist still has a high percentage of white students. 1.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.99% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.63% to 58.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.21% to 1.59%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.09% to 5.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.87% to 3.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6298 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5153 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oklahoma 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	119	24	121	57	4	1,363	146
2016-17	102	24	116	42	4	1,398	222
2017-18	105	26	100	40	5	1,397	251
2018-19	102	16	116	50	4	1,333	265
2019-20	95	12	112	53	3	1,255	223
2020-21	72	12	100	27	2	1,169	295
2021-22	69	11	100	31	0	1,006	225
2022-23	77	11	98	23	0	904	212
2023-24	103	17	91	31	1	869	250
2024-25	123	25	94	54	2	922	184
Average	97	18	105	41	3	1,162	227

Oklahoma Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

106 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 130.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oklahoma Baptist University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,986	46	77	1,863
2016-17	2,073	82	63	1,928
2017-18	2,093	95	89	1,909
2018-19	2,011	103	91	1,817
2019-20	1,868	42	203	1,623
2020-21	1,763	77	691	995
2021-22	1,510	48	18	1,444
2022-23	1,399	22	143	1,234
2023-24	1,526	106	130	1,290
2024-25	1,569	106	149	1,314
Average	1,780	73	165	1,542

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Enrollment Trends at Oklahoma Baptist

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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