Enrollment Trends at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

The student population at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is 2,850 (354 undergraduate and 2,496 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 136 (4.55%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is 12.42% which is decreased by 102 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 34 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 238 male students for every 100 female students, down from 350 in 2019.
1,613 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 35.55% since 2019.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 7 years is 2,163 where 2,850 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2020 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 2,986 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,071 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,986 to 2,850 students, a net loss of 136 (4.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2019.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2019-20	2,986	456	334	122	2,530	1,988	542
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	2,071	258	149	109	1,813	1,328	485
2022-23	2,286 215	309 51	194 45	115 6	1,977 164	1,356 28	621 136
2023-24	2,782 496	351 42	238 44	113 -2	2,431 454	1,751 395	680 59
2024-25	2,850 68	354 3	229 -9	125 12	2,496 65	1,777 26	719 39
Average	2,163	288	191	97	1,875	1,367	508

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 7 years is 288 where 354 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 The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2019.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2019-20	456	362	274	88	94	60	34
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	258	171	99	72	87	50	37
2022-23	309	198	129	69	111	65	46
2023-24	351	237	167	70	114	71	43
2024-25	354	212	129	83	142	100	42
Average	288	288	133	64	288	58	34

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 7 years is 1,875 where 2,496 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 The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2019.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2019-20	2,530	1,201	984	217	1,329	1,004	325
2020-21	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-22	1,813	468	328	140	1,345	1,000	345
2022-23	1,977	369	258	111	1,608	1,098	510
2023-24	2,431	1,173	899	274	1,258	852	406
2024-25	2,496	901	712	189	1,595	1,065	530
Average	1,875	1,875	530	155	1,875	837	353

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.33% and the percentage of black students is 3.47% at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. 10.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 19.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.01% to 37.33%. Asian enrollment grew from 9.68% to 10.04%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.99% to 3.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.57% to 19.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8106 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7736 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary over the past 7 years (2019-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2019-20	14	289	119	435	2	1,314	69
2020-21
2021-22	15	190	85	310	3	940	23
2022-23	14	250	81	497	1	989	26
2023-24	17	224	101	363	1	1,089	28
2024-25	15	286	99	558	2	1,064	59
Average	13	207	81	361	2	899	34

The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,613 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 35.55% since 2019. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2019 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2019-20	2,986	1,190	279	1,517
2020-21	-	-	-	-
2021-22	2,071	1,322	165	584
2022-23	2,286	1,405	154	727
2023-24	2,782	1,431	167	1,184
2024-25	2,850	1,613	159	1,078
Average	2,163	1,160	154	848

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Enrollment Trends at The Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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