Enrollment Trends at SNU

The student population at Southern Nazarene University is 2,198 (1,456 undergraduate and 742 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 54 (2.40%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SNU is 66.24% which is decreased by 187 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 133 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 85 in 2015.
726 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 219.82% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,116 where 2,198 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 2,252 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,507 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,252 to 2,198 students, a net loss of 54 (2.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,252	1,643	785	858	609	248	361
2016-17	2,186 -66	1,592 -51	743 -42	849 -9	594 -15	268 20	326 -35
2017-18	2,165 -21	1,521 -71	753 10	768 -81	644 50	283 15	361 35
2018-19	2,081 -84	1,563 42	773 20	790 22	518 -126	204 -79	314 -47
2019-20	2,239 158	1,618 55	781 8	837 47	621 103	232 28	389 75
2020-21	2,208 -31	1,529 -89	718 -63	811 -26	679 58	267 35	412 23
2021-22	2,159 -49	1,486 -43	660 -58	826 15	673 -6	247 -20	426 14
2022-23	1,507 -652	912 -574	458 -202	454 -372	595 -78	230 -17	365 -61
2023-24	2,165 658	1,465 553	701 243	764 310	700 105	258 28	442 77
2024-25	2,198 33	1,456 -9	658 -43	798 34	742 42	247 -11	495 53
Average	2,116	1,479	703	776	638	248	389

Southern Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,479 where 1,456 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 Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,643	1,602	771	831	41	14	27
2016-17	1,592	1,556	729	827	36	14	22
2017-18	1,521	1,483	740	743	38	13	25
2018-19	1,563	1,528	757	771	35	16	19
2019-20	1,618	1,326	654	672	292	127	165
2020-21	1,529	1,288	634	654	241	84	157
2021-22	1,486	1,260	584	676	226	76	150
2022-23	912	887	447	440	25	11	14
2023-24	1,465	1,444	690	754	21	11	10
2024-25	1,456	1,185	579	606	271	79	192
Average	1,479	1,479	659	697	1,479	45	78

Southern Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 638 where 742 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 Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	609	609	248	361	0	0	0
2016-17	594	594	268	326	0	0	0
2017-18	644	644	283	361	0	0	0
2018-19	518	518	204	314	0	0	0
2019-20	621	473	171	302	148	61	87
2020-21	679	499	206	293	180	61	119
2021-22	673	432	155	277	241	92	149
2022-23	595	334	124	210	261	106	155
2023-24	700	427	155	272	273	103	170
2024-25	742	460	134	326	282	113	169
Average	638	638	195	304	638	54	85

Southern Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.45%. The percentage was 60.39% 10 years ago and SNU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.20% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.39% to 50.45%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.64% to 1.46%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.23% to 15.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.59% to 15.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6886 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6076 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Nazarene 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	80	37	298	171	10	1,360	120
2016-17	93	33	301	174	6	1,308	149
2017-18	87	29	304	190	11	1,261	158
2018-19	78	19	292	217	6	1,177	147
2019-20	91	25	296	276	3	1,264	174
2020-21	87	30	358	279	3	1,274	142
2021-22	119	39	373	285	9	1,179	124
2022-23	59	23	203	256	3	797	118
2023-24	125	30	356	319	9	1,095	159
2024-25	105	32	334	336	14	1,109	194
Average	92	30	312	250	7	1,182	149

Southern Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

726 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 219.82% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Nazarene University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,252	227	35	1,990
2016-17	2,186	168	46	1,972
2017-18	2,165	204	283	1,678
2018-19	2,081	279	273	1,529
2019-20	2,239	147	348	1,744
2020-21	2,208	381	328	1,499
2021-22	2,159	599	361	1,199
2022-23	1,507	287	591	629
2023-24	2,165	566	612	987
2024-25	2,198	726	397	1,075
Average	2,116	358	327	1,430

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Enrollment Trends at SNU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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