Enrollment Trends at SEBTS

The student population at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is 3,220 (957 undergraduate and 2,263 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 478 (17.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SEBTS is 29.72% which is increased by 526 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 48 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 204 male students for every 100 female students, down from 426 in 2015.
1,114 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 133.05% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,951 where 3,220 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 3,343 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,522 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,742 to 3,220 students, a net gain of 478 (17.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,742	431	292	139	2,311	1,929	382
2016-17	2,522 -220	376 -55	257 -35	119 -20	2,146 -165	1,788 -141	358 -24
2017-18	2,638 116	406 30	284 27	122 3	2,232 86	1,855 67	377 19
2018-19	3,140 502	520 114	375 91	145 23	2,620 388	2,128 273	492 115
2019-20	3,164 24	557 37	388 13	169 24	2,607 -13	2,094 -34	513 21
2020-21	3,343 179	897 340	556 168	341 172	2,446 -161	1,876 -218	570 57
2021-22	3,048 -295	775 -122	470 -86	305 -36	2,273 -173	1,712 -164	561 -9
2022-23	2,764 -284	679 -96	403 -67	276 -29	2,085 -188	1,545 -167	540 -21
2023-24	2,926 162	758 79	438 35	320 44	2,168 83	1,583 38	585 45
2024-25	3,220 294	957 199	519 81	438 118	2,263 95	1,643 60	620 35
Average	2,951	636	398	237	2,315	1,815	500

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 636 where 957 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	431	240	154	86	191	138	53
2016-17	376	236	146	90	140	111	29
2017-18	406	271	181	90	135	103	32
2018-19	520	312	213	99	208	162	46
2019-20	557	327	221	106	230	167	63
2020-21	897	385	270	115	512	286	226
2021-22	775	289	192	97	486	278	208
2022-23	679	267	170	97	412	233	179
2023-24	758	287	184	103	471	254	217
2024-25	957	380	209	171	577	310	267
Average	636	636	194	105	636	204	132

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,315 where 2,263 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,311	1,232	1,052	180	1,079	877	202
2016-17	2,146	1,212	1,035	177	934	753	181
2017-18	2,232	1,169	987	182	1,063	868	195
2018-19	2,620	1,302	1,087	215	1,318	1,041	277
2019-20	2,607	1,264	1,050	214	1,343	1,044	299
2020-21	2,446	1,220	986	234	1,226	890	336
2021-22	2,273	968	760	208	1,305	952	353
2022-23	2,085	1,000	793	207	1,085	752	333
2023-24	2,168	1,011	810	201	1,157	773	384
2024-25	2,263	1,122	866	256	1,141	777	364
Average	2,315	2,315	943	207	2,315	873	292

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.57%. The percentage was 81.87% 10 years ago and SEBTS still has a high percentage of white students. 4.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.81% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.68% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.87% to 78.57%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.74% to 4.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.79% to 4.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.67% to 6.68%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3737 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3253 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southeastern 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	16	75	104	128	0	2,245	0
2016-17	11	75	113	118	0	2,093	0
2017-18	11	88	135	125	0	2,182	0
2018-19	17	98	177	226	0	2,505	0
2019-20	17	170	159	236	0	2,495	0
2020-21	26	147	175	280	0	2,623	0
2021-22	23	172	143	195	4	2,416	0
2022-23	20	128	127	218	3	2,166	0
2023-24	29	139	102	253	5	2,287	0
2024-25	35	145	155	215	3	2,530	0
Average	21	124	139	199	2	2,354	0

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,114 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 133.05% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,742	478	1,761	503
2016-17	2,522	580	447	1,495
2017-18	2,638	606	470	1,562
2018-19	3,140	716	726	1,698
2019-20	3,164	783	731	1,650
2020-21	3,319	859	894	1,566
2021-22	3,048	1,070	732	1,246
2022-23	2,764	1,023	722	1,019
2023-24	2,926	1,079	779	1,068
2024-25	3,220	1,114	898	1,208
Average	2,948	831	816	1,302

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Enrollment Trends at SEBTS

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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