Enrollment Trends at Southern Adventist

The student population at Southern Adventist University is 3,229 (2,929 undergraduate and 300 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 104 (3.33%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Adventist is 90.71% which is increased by 256 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 152 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 80 male students for every 100 female students, up from 70 in 2015.
184 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,963 where 3,229 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 3,229 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,719 in 2022. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,125 to 3,229 students, a net gain of 104 (3.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,125	2,673	1,159	1,514	452	128	324
2016-17	2,959 -166	2,544 -129	1,074 -85	1,470 -44	415 -37	113 -15	302 -22
2017-18	3,035 76	2,600 56	1,090 16	1,510 40	435 20	100 -13	335 33
2018-19	2,942 -93	2,531 -69	1,070 -20	1,461 -49	411 -24	83 -17	328 -7
2019-20	2,834 -108	2,448 -83	1,061 -9	1,387 -74	386 -25	87 4	299 -29
2020-21	2,730 -104	2,384 -64	1,058 -3	1,326 -61	346 -40	86 -1	260 -39
2021-22	2,719 -11	2,400 16	1,077 19	1,323 -3	319 -27	70 -16	249 -11
2022-23	2,903 184	2,571 171	1,164 87	1,407 84	332 13	94 24	238 -11
2023-24	3,154 251	2,827 256	1,295 131	1,532 125	327 -5	95 1	232 -6
2024-25	3,229 75	2,929 102	1,345 50	1,584 52	300 -27	92 -3	208 -24
Average	2,963	2,591	1,139	1,451	372	95	278

Southern Adventist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,591 where 2,929 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 Southern Adventist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,673	2,225	989	1,236	448	170	278
2016-17	2,544	2,113	908	1,205	431	166	265
2017-18	2,600	2,173	919	1,254	427	171	256
2018-19	2,531	2,139	907	1,232	392	163	229
2019-20	2,448	2,085	928	1,157	363	133	230
2020-21	2,384	2,103	941	1,162	281	117	164
2021-22	2,400	2,100	953	1,147	300	124	176
2022-23	2,571	2,185	1,023	1,162	386	141	245
2023-24	2,827	2,399	1,103	1,296	428	192	236
2024-25	2,929	2,475	1,152	1,323	454	193	261
Average	2,591	2,591	982	1,217	2,591	157	234

Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 372 where 300 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 Southern Adventist University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	452	205	53	152	247	75	172
2016-17	415	182	44	138	233	69	164
2017-18	435	207	46	161	228	54	174
2018-19	411	213	44	169	198	39	159
2019-20	386	184	39	145	202	48	154
2020-21	346	139	30	109	207	56	151
2021-22	319	102	16	86	217	54	163
2022-23	332	108	27	81	224	67	157
2023-24	327	101	21	80	226	74	152
2024-25	300	86	15	71	214	77	137
Average	372	372	34	119	372	61	158

Southern Adventist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.62% and the percentage of black students is 6.69% at Southern Adventist University. 12.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.46% to 38.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.78% to 12.79%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.10% to 6.69%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 19.36% to 25.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7625 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6756 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Adventist 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	14	243	378	605	19	1,608	119
2016-17	13	270	352	599	23	1,468	125
2017-18	4	290	320	634	16	1,497	149
2018-19	6	295	297	657	24	1,337	167
2019-20	1	302	252	642	20	1,264	186
2020-21	2	309	230	634	17	1,214	170
2021-22	3	325	205	688	10	1,156	175
2022-23	4	344	208	739	6	1,225	185
2023-24	4	389	230	780	5	1,310	189
2024-25	3	413	216	814	2	1,247	204
Average	5	318	269	679	14	1,333	167

Southern Adventist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

184 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Adventist University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,125	174	746	2,205
2016-17	2,959	130	772	2,057
2017-18	3,035	145	776	2,114
2018-19	2,942	116	754	2,072
2019-20	2,834	119	799	1,916
2020-21	2,730	123	1,056	1,551
2021-22	2,719	137	1,031	1,551
2022-23	2,903	148	1,043	1,712
2023-24	3,154	198	1,132	1,824
2024-25	3,229	184	1,182	1,863
Average	2,963	147	929	1,887

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Enrollment Trends at Southern Adventist

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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