Enrollment Trends at Southwest Baptist

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,011 where 2,199 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

77.76% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.24% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,257 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 245 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.54 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southwest Baptist than male students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,366 where 1,710 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 Southwest Baptist University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 645 where 489 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 Southwest Baptist University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 62.62%. The percentage was 69.09% 10 years ago and Southwest Baptist still has a high percentage of white students. 1.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.55% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.09% to 62.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.05% to 1.14%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.89% to 4.87%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.78% to 1.55%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6042 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5206 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest Baptist University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

402 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 152.83% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwest Baptist University from 2015 to 2025.