Enrollment Trends at Southern California Seminary

The student population at Southern California Seminary is 161 (32 undergraduate and 129 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 74 (31.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern California Seminary is 19.88% which is decreased by 28 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 46 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 121 male students for every 100 female students, down from 142 in 2015.
97 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 14.12% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 186 where 161 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 244 students in 2017 and was lowest at 138 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 235 to 161 students, a net loss of 74 (31.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	235	60	39	21	175	99	76
2016-17	244 9	77 17	51 12	26 5	167 -8	111 12	56 -20
2017-18	206 -38	51 -26	35 -16	16 -10	155 -12	95 -16	60 4
2018-19	197 -9	50 -1	37 2	13 -3	147 -8	83 -12	64 4
2019-20	176 -21	43 -7	29 -8	14 1	133 -14	70 -13	63 -1
2020-21	174 -2	50 7	30 1	20 6	124 -9	68 -2	56 -7
2021-22	180 6	46 -4	30	16 -4	134 10	79 11	55 -1
2022-23	153 -27	31 -15	20 -10	11 -5	122 -12	60 -19	62 7
2023-24	138 -15	31	21 1	10 -1	107 -15	53 -7	54 -8
2024-25	161 23	32 1	23 2	9 -1	129 22	65 12	64 10
Average	186	47	32	16	139	78	61

Southern California Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 47 where 32 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 California Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	60	17	12	5	43	27	16
2016-17	77	13	10	3	64	41	23
2017-18	51	12	11	1	39	24	15
2018-19	50	12	11	1	38	26	12
2019-20	43	6	5	1	37	24	13
2020-21	50	7	4	3	43	26	17
2021-22	46	5	3	2	41	27	14
2022-23	31	3	1	2	28	19	9
2023-24	31	8	6	2	23	15	8
2024-25	32	10	8	2	22	15	7
Average	47	47	7	2	47	24	13

Southern California Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 139 where 129 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 California Seminary since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	175	54	24	30	121	75	46
2016-17	167	57	35	22	110	76	34
2017-18	155	67	33	34	88	62	26
2018-19	147	82	38	44	65	45	20
2019-20	133	68	33	35	65	37	28
2020-21	124	59	19	40	65	49	16
2021-22	134	60	25	35	74	54	20
2022-23	122	31	14	17	91	46	45
2023-24	107	50	16	34	57	37	20
2024-25	129	65	31	34	64	34	30
Average	139	139	27	33	139	52	29

Southern California Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.96% and the percentage of black students is 14.29% at Southern California Seminary. 15.53% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.15% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 39.57% to 45.96%. Asian enrollment declined from 18.30% to 15.53%. Black student enrollment decreased from 17.45% to 14.29%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 17.02% to 16.15%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7150 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7500 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern California 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	2	43	41	40	0	93	5
2016-17	1	28	49	37	1	107	7
2017-18	1	34	34	23	3	84	6
2018-19	1	29	28	23	3	81	7
2019-20	0	29	26	26	2	79	8
2020-21	0	24	23	24	2	85	8
2021-22	0	26	35	24	1	80	9
2022-23	0	24	18	21	2	79	9
2023-24	0	23	20	18	1	67	7
2024-25	0	25	23	26	0	74	9
Average	1	29	30	26	2	83	8

Southern California Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

97 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 60% of total students. The number of online students has increased 14.12% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern California Seminary from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	235	85	47	103
2016-17	244	97	47	100
2017-18	206	88	46	72
2018-19	197	110	42	45
2019-20	176	104	26	46
2020-21	174	110	28	36
2021-22	180	115	19	46
2022-23	153	74	12	67
2023-24	138	80	15	43
2024-25	161	97	28	36
Average	186	96	31	59

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Enrollment Trends at Southern California 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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