Enrollment Trends at SNU

The student population at Southern Nazarene University is 1,507 (912 undergraduate and 595 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 642 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SNU is 60.52% which is decreased by 742 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 100 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

287 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 86.36% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,132 where 1,507 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 742 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 100 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in SNU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,149	1,654	778	876	495	184	311
2013-14	2,249 100	1,743 89	831 53	912 36	506 11	198 14	308 -3
2014-15	2,254 5	1,737 -6	883 52	854 -58	517 11	195 -3	322 14
2015-16	2,252 -2	1,643 -94	785 -98	858 4	609 92	248 53	361 39
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
Average	2,132	1,545	742	803	586	232	354

Southern Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,545 where 912 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,654	1,589	750	839	65	28	37
2013-14	1,743	1,634	763	871	109	68	41
2014-15	1,737	1,634	825	809	103	58	45
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
Average	1,545	1,545	696	739	1,545	46	64

Southern Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 586 where 595 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Southern Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	495	486	178	308	9	6	3
2013-14	506	502	197	305	4	1	3
2014-15	517	514	195	319	3	0	3
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
Average	586	586	203	307	586	30	47

Southern Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.89%. The percentage was 67.38% 10 years ago and SNU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.47% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Nazarene University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	122	59	326	108	13	1,448	1
2013-14	127	67	331	124	10	1,464	0
2014-15	93	55	318	134	8	1,434	70
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
Average	94	38	309	201	7	1,270	109

Southern Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

287 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 86.36% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Nazarene University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,254	154	316	1,784
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
Average	2,117	272	287	1,558

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