Enrollment Trends at Southwest Baptist

The student population at Southwest Baptist University is 2,199 (1,710 undergraduate and 489 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,502 (40.58%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southwest Baptist is 77.76% which is decreased by 1,257 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 245 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 65 male students for every 100 female students, up from 57 in 2015.
402 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 152.83% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,701 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,155 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,701 to 2,199 students, a net loss of 1,502 (40.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,701	2,967	1,064	1,903	734	285	449
2016-17	3,691 -10	2,973 6	1,080 16	1,893 -10	718 -16	279 -6	439 -10
2017-18	3,592 -99	2,822 -151	1,017 -63	1,805 -88	770 52	273 -6	497 58
2018-19	3,357 -235	2,664 -158	972 -45	1,692 -113	693 -77	269 -4	424 -73
2019-20	3,281 -76	2,588 -76	933 -39	1,655 -37	693	282 13	411 -13
2020-21	3,039 -242	2,379 -209	871 -62	1,508 -147	660 -33	252 -30	408 -3
2021-22	2,709 -330	2,101 -278	773 -98	1,328 -180	608 -52	216 -36	392 -16
2022-23	2,386 -323	1,836 -265	696 -77	1,140 -188	550 -58	187 -29	363 -29
2023-24	2,155 -231	1,622 -214	633 -63	989 -151	533 -17	178 -9	355 -8
2024-25	2,199 44	1,710 88	668 35	1,042 53	489 -44	198 20	291 -64
Average	3,011	2,366	871	1,496	645	242	403

Southwest Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,967	1,934	742	1,192	1,033	322	711
2016-17	2,973	1,868	724	1,144	1,105	356	749
2017-18	2,822	1,835	720	1,115	987	297	690
2018-19	2,664	1,780	687	1,093	884	285	599
2019-20	2,588	1,701	650	1,051	887	283	604
2020-21	2,379	1,593	627	966	786	244	542
2021-22	2,101	1,352	528	824	749	245	504
2022-23	1,836	1,209	500	709	627	196	431
2023-24	1,622	1,096	460	636	526	173	353
2024-25	1,710	1,064	449	615	646	219	427
Average	2,366	2,366	609	935	2,366	262	561

Southwest Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	734	275	125	150	459	160	299
2016-17	718	291	135	156	427	144	283
2017-18	770	279	135	144	491	138	353
2018-19	693	294	137	157	399	132	267
2019-20	693	270	135	135	423	147	276
2020-21	660	276	121	155	384	131	253
2021-22	608	259	109	150	349	107	242
2022-23	550	242	98	144	308	89	219
2023-24	533	407	145	262	126	33	93
2024-25	489	370	160	210	119	38	81
Average	645	645	130	166	645	112	237

Southwest Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	26	39	144	66	5	2,557	31
2016-17	20	31	150	69	8	2,623	34
2017-18	29	28	148	68	5	2,563	28
2018-19	26	30	123	73	6	2,373	27
2019-20	17	31	127	82	5	2,208	36
2020-21	20	30	112	92	4	2,030	34
2021-22	16	30	102	80	6	1,768	43
2022-23	14	28	99	76	4	1,670	44
2023-24	11	26	108	64	1	1,594	57
2024-25	17	25	107	34	3	1,377	64
Average	20	30	122	70	5	2,076	40

Southwest Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,701	159	353	3,189
2016-17	3,691	400	696	2,595
2017-18	3,592	386	660	2,546
2018-19	3,357	347	687	2,323
2019-20	3,281	409	736	2,136
2020-21	3,039	309	902	1,828
2021-22	2,709	324	857	1,528
2022-23	2,386	311	763	1,312
2023-24	2,155	223	792	1,140
2024-25	2,199	402	802	995
Average	3,011	327	725	1,959

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Enrollment Trends at Southwest Baptist

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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