Enrollment Trends at Southwestern Assemblies of God

The student population at Nelson University is 1,794 (1,479 undergraduate and 315 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 180 (9.12%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southwestern Assemblies of God is 82.44% which is decreased by 182 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 101 male students for every 100 female students, up from 93 in 2015.
683 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -7.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,951 where 1,794 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 2,162 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,725 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,974 to 1,794 students, a net loss of 180 (9.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,974	1,661	800	861	313	151	162
2016-17	2,080 106	1,774 113	853 53	921 60	306 -7	159 8	147 -15
2017-18	2,162 82	1,790 16	853	937 16	372 66	184 25	188 41
2018-19	2,102 -60	1,692 -98	794 -59	898 -39	410 38	198 14	212 24
2019-20	2,050 -52	1,683 -9	789 -5	894 -4	367 -43	164 -34	203 -9
2020-21	1,985 -65	1,632 -51	787 -2	845 -49	353 -14	164	189 -14
2021-22	1,843 -142	1,519 -113	732 -55	787 -58	324 -29	153 -11	171 -18
2022-23	1,794 -49	1,491 -28	732	759 -28	303 -21	137 -16	166 -5
2023-24	1,725 -69	1,413 -78	697 -35	716 -43	312 9	145 8	167 1
2024-25	1,794 69	1,479 66	749 52	730 14	315 3	152 7	163 -4
Average	1,951	1,613	779	835	338	161	177

Nelson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,613 where 1,479 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 Nelson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,661	1,420	680	740	241	120	121
2016-17	1,774	1,506	731	775	268	122	146
2017-18	1,790	1,492	724	768	298	129	169
2018-19	1,692	1,398	662	736	294	132	162
2019-20	1,683	1,392	677	715	291	112	179
2020-21	1,632	1,381	694	687	251	93	158
2021-22	1,519	1,273	630	643	246	102	144
2022-23	1,491	1,282	649	633	209	83	126
2023-24	1,413	1,234	621	613	179	76	103
2024-25	1,479	1,282	661	621	197	88	109
Average	1,613	1,613	673	693	1,613	106	142

Nelson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 338 where 315 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 Nelson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	313	42	15	27	271	136	135
2016-17	306	50	22	28	256	137	119
2017-18	372	57	19	38	315	165	150
2018-19	410	74	29	45	336	169	167
2019-20	367	57	20	37	310	144	166
2020-21	353	65	24	41	288	140	148
2021-22	324	56	19	37	268	134	134
2022-23	303	41	18	23	262	119	143
2023-24	312	49	19	30	263	126	137
2024-25	315	48	17	31	267	135	132
Average	338	338	20	34	338	141	143

Nelson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.44% and the percentage of black students is 11.93% at Nelson University. 1.34% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.88% to 49.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.81% to 1.34%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.25% to 11.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 19.96% to 28.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6586 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5390 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nelson 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	30	16	222	394	6	1,261	26
2016-17	83	22	253	412	13	1,232	41
2017-18	59	17	275	348	14	1,343	88
2018-19	52	17	249	224	6	1,310	219
2019-20	83	23	256	392	9	1,201	60
2020-21	77	23	266	386	8	1,070	136
2021-22	65	20	248	418	8	975	89
2022-23	48	21	244	442	5	938	79
2023-24	44	21	210	454	5	893	80
2024-25	40	24	214	506	3	887	89
Average	58	20	244	398	8	1,111	91

Nelson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

683 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 38% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -7.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nelson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,974	742	417	815
2016-17	2,080	793	429	858
2017-18	2,162	1,331	34	797
2018-19	2,102	1,098	422	582
2019-20	2,050	1,077	363	610
2020-21	1,985	1,019	433	533
2021-22	1,843	899	390	554
2022-23	1,794	818	312	664
2023-24	1,725	672	497	556
2024-25	1,794	683	0	1,111
Average	1,951	913	330	708

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Enrollment Trends at Southwestern Assemblies of God

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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