Enrollment Trends at Pentecostal Theological Seminary

The student population at Pentecostal Theological Seminary is 517 (89 undergraduate and 428 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 138 (36.41%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Pentecostal Theological Seminary is 17.21% which is decreased by 36 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 174 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 172 male students for every 100 female students, down from 179 in 2015.
465 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 108.52% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 473 where 517 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 565 students in 2023 and was lowest at 379 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 379 to 517 students, a net gain of 138 (36.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	379	125	79	46	254	164	90
2016-17	400 21	127 2	81 2	46	273 19	176 12	97 7
2017-18	474 74	201 74	139 58	62 16	273	182 6	91 -6
2018-19	484 10	204 3	151 12	53 -9	280 7	188 6	92 1
2019-20	455 -29	109 -95	66 -85	43 -10	346 66	226 38	120 28
2020-21	442 -13	106 -3	49 -17	57 14	336 -10	219 -7	117 -3
2021-22	516 74	134 28	79 30	55 -2	382 46	243 24	139 22
2022-23	565 49	132 -2	75 -4	57 2	433 51	280 37	153 14
2023-24	501 -64	116 -16	71 -4	45 -12	385 -48	253 -27	132 -21
2024-25	517 16	89 -27	42 -29	47 2	428 43	285 32	143 11
Average	473	134	83	51	339	222	117

Pentecostal Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 134 where 89 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 Pentecostal Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	125	4	3	1	121	76	45
2016-17	127	1	1	0	126	80	46
2017-18	201	17	13	4	184	126	58
2018-19	204	43	27	16	161	124	37
2019-20	109	17	13	4	92	53	39
2020-21	106	13	4	9	93	45	48
2021-22	134	12	7	5	122	72	50
2022-23	132	0	0	0	132	75	57
2023-24	116	0	0	0	116	71	45
2024-25	89	0	0	0	89	42	47
Average	134	134	7	4	134	76	47

Pentecostal Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 339 where 428 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 Pentecostal Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	254	149	94	55	105	70	35
2016-17	273	128	80	48	145	96	49
2017-18	273	101	67	34	172	115	57
2018-19	280	138	91	47	142	97	45
2019-20	346	177	117	60	169	109	60
2020-21	336	150	104	46	186	115	71
2021-22	382	98	62	36	284	181	103
2022-23	433	176	115	61	257	165	92
2023-24	385	173	123	50	212	130	82
2024-25	428	237	168	69	191	117	74
Average	339	339	102	51	339	120	67

Pentecostal Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.08% and the percentage of black students is 18.96% at Pentecostal Theological Seminary. 2.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.20% to 33.08%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.58% to 2.51%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.72% to 18.96%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 37.73% to 16.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8256 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7001 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pentecostal 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	1	6	52	143	0	141	2
2016-17	2	6	54	130	0	139	1
2017-18	3	7	60	81	1	162	3
2018-19	3	12	59	88	1	171	4
2019-20	1	16	64	80	0	128	3
2020-21	0	15	80	89	0	131	5
2021-22	0	14	72	145	0	139	6
2022-23	2	8	90	129	0	145	4
2023-24	0	12	93	117	0	157	4
2024-25	2	13	98	87	0	171	4
Average	1	11	72	109	0	148	4

Pentecostal Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

465 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 90% of total students. The number of online students has increased 108.52% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pentecostal Theological Seminary from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	379	223	51	105
2016-17	400	275	34	91
2017-18	474	384	32	58
2018-19	484	392	74	18
2019-20	455	381	44	30
2020-21	442	433	9	0
2021-22	516	496	9	11
2022-23	565	550	6	9
2023-24	501	419	67	15
2024-25	517	465	39	13
Average	473	402	37	35

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Enrollment Trends at Pentecostal Theological Seminary

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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