Enrollment Trends at SEBTS

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.

29.72% of total students is undergraduate students and 70.28% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 526 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 48 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.49 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SEBTS than female students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.