Enrollment Trends at SBTS

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,154 where 4,298 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

23.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 76.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 40 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 587 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.28 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SBTS than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,001 where 1,015 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 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,152 where 3,283 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 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 76.71%. The percentage was 80.96% 10 years ago and SBTS still has a high percentage of white students. 3.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.82% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.86% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.96% to 76.71%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.68% to 3.91%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.70% to 2.82%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.70% to 0.86%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4092 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3359 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

1,066 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 36.67% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2015 to 2025.