Enrollment Trends at SWCU

The student population at Southwestern Christian University is 399 (380 undergraduate and 19 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 347 (46.51%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SWCU is 95.24% which is decreased by 337 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 10 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 159 male students for every 100 female students, up from 97 in 2015.
23 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -88.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 545 where 399 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 764 students in 2017 and was lowest at 364 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 746 to 399 students, a net loss of 347 (46.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	746	717	354	363	29	13	16
2016-17	764 18	746 29	393 39	353 -10	18 -11	7 -6	11 -5
2017-18	670 -94	620 -126	336 -57	284 -69	50 32	30 23	20 9
2018-19	598 -72	560 -60	314 -22	246 -38	38 -12	25 -5	13 -7
2019-20	518 -80	498 -62	272 -42	226 -20	20 -18	13 -12	7 -6
2020-21	486 -32	458 -40	256 -16	202 -24	28 8	12 -1	16 9
2021-22	482 -4	460 2	261 5	199 -3	22 -6	11 -1	11 -5
2022-23	425 -57	404 -56	229 -32	175 -24	21 -1	9 -2	12 1
2023-24	364 -61	351 -53	200 -29	151 -24	13 -8	9	4 -8
2024-25	399 35	380 29	235 35	145 -6	19 6	10 1	9 5
Average	545	519	285	234	26	14	12

Southwestern Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 519 where 380 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 Southwestern Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	717	588	300	288	129	54	75
2016-17	746	636	342	294	110	51	59
2017-18	620	539	298	241	81	38	43
2018-19	560	487	281	206	73	33	40
2019-20	498	438	249	189	60	23	37
2020-21	458	409	229	180	49	27	22
2021-22	460	410	230	180	50	31	19
2022-23	404	365	204	161	39	25	14
2023-24	351	332	188	144	19	12	7
2024-25	380	336	209	127	44	26	18
Average	519	519	253	201	519	32	33

Southwestern Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 26 where 19 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 Southwestern Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	29	17	7	10	12	6	6
2016-17	18	14	4	10	4	3	1
2017-18	50	19	13	6	31	17	14
2018-19	38	12	4	8	26	21	5
2019-20	20	9	4	5	11	9	2
2020-21	28	3	2	1	25	10	15
2021-22	22	17	7	10	5	4	1
2022-23	21	6	4	2	15	5	10
2023-24	13	12	8	4	1	1	0
2024-25	19	13	7	6	6	3	3
Average	26	26	6	6	26	8	6

Southwestern Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.10% and the percentage of black students is 11.53% at Southwestern Christian University. 0.50% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 43.83% to 41.10%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.54% to 0.50%. Black student enrollment decreased from 24.66% to 11.53%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.18% to 8.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7995 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7379 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwestern Christian 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	28	4	184	61	5	327	23
2016-17	35	8	169	68	8	353	19
2017-18	28	5	114	57	5	297	24
2018-19	26	5	120	63	7	240	24
2019-20	26	5	122	54	4	204	17
2020-21	28	16	86	51	3	202	27
2021-22	31	5	76	39	3	207	33
2022-23	35	3	58	31	3	189	38
2023-24	28	4	47	31	1	162	25
2024-25	38	2	46	33	2	164	19
Average	30	6	102	49	4	235	25

Southwestern Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

23 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -88.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwestern Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	746	194	99	453
2016-17	764	146	141	477
2017-18	670	127	150	393
2018-19	598	96	172	330
2019-20	518	57	96	365
2020-21	486	44	197	245
2021-22	482	17	225	240
2022-23	425	8	128	289
2023-24	364	13	150	201
2024-25	399	23	233	143
Average	545	73	159	314

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Enrollment Trends at SWCU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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