Enrollment Trends at Trevecca Nazarene

The student population at Trevecca Nazarene University is 3,195 (1,903 undergraduate and 1,292 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 555 (21.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Trevecca Nazarene is 59.56% which is increased by 72 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 483 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 62 in 2015.
1,149 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 331.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,490 where 3,195 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,088 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,640 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,640 to 3,195 students, a net gain of 555 (21%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,640	1,831	782	1,049	809	228	581
2016-17	3,221 581	2,092 261	844 62	1,248 199	1,129 320	332 104	797 216
2017-18	3,620 399	2,219 127	854 10	1,365 117	1,401 272	424 92	977 180
2018-19	3,927 307	2,311 92	889 35	1,422 57	1,616 215	455 31	1,161 184
2019-20	4,088 161	2,350 39	917 28	1,433 11	1,738 122	483 28	1,255 94
2020-21	3,968 -120	2,103 -247	815 -102	1,288 -145	1,865 127	542 59	1,323 68
2021-22	3,717 -251	1,917 -186	729 -86	1,188 -100	1,800 -65	515 -27	1,285 -38
2022-23	3,327 -390	1,867 -50	727 -2	1,140 -48	1,460 -340	404 -111	1,056 -229
2023-24	3,196 -131	1,825 -42	720 -7	1,105 -35	1,371 -89	369 -35	1,002 -54
2024-25	3,195 -1	1,903 78	748 28	1,155 50	1,292 -79	334 -35	958 -44
Average	3,490	2,042	803	1,239	1,448	409	1,040

Trevecca Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,042 where 1,903 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 Trevecca Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,831	1,244	537	707	587	245	342
2016-17	2,092	1,251	503	748	841	341	500
2017-18	2,219	1,317	523	794	902	331	571
2018-19	2,311	1,886	697	1,189	425	192	233
2019-20	2,350	1,913	738	1,175	437	179	258
2020-21	2,103	1,679	654	1,025	424	161	263
2021-22	1,917	1,486	571	915	431	158	273
2022-23	1,867	1,419	564	855	448	163	285
2023-24	1,825	1,328	553	775	497	167	330
2024-25	1,903	1,403	571	832	500	177	323
Average	2,042	2,042	591	902	2,042	211	338

Trevecca Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,448 where 1,292 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 Trevecca Nazarene University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	809	592	159	433	217	69	148
2016-17	1,129	323	88	235	806	244	562
2017-18	1,401	314	84	230	1,087	340	747
2018-19	1,616	1,347	391	956	269	64	205
2019-20	1,738	1,607	444	1,163	131	39	92
2020-21	1,865	1,773	519	1,254	92	23	69
2021-22	1,800	870	237	633	930	278	652
2022-23	1,460	1,090	305	785	370	99	271
2023-24	1,371	1,059	286	773	312	83	229
2024-25	1,292	1,025	264	761	267	70	197
Average	1,448	1,448	278	722	1,448	131	317

Trevecca Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.86%. The percentage was 62.77% 10 years ago and Trevecca Nazarene still has a high percentage of white students. 1.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.53% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 62.77% to 52.86%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.91% to 1.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 16.40% to 18.53%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.36% to 10.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6742 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5745 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Trevecca Nazarene 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	8	24	433	168	3	1,657	57
2016-17	10	36	642	289	5	1,886	72
2017-18	13	38	772	263	4	2,101	94
2018-19	16	50	859	273	4	2,286	91
2019-20	15	70	878	299	2	2,392	93
2020-21	15	50	925	292	5	2,259	126
2021-22	13	57	817	321	4	2,103	124
2022-23	7	47	708	297	7	1,803	116
2023-24	8	52	625	327	5	1,670	129
2024-25	12	51	592	324	4	1,689	122
Average	12	48	725	285	4	1,985	102

Trevecca Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,149 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 331.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Trevecca Nazarene University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,640	266	98	2,276
2016-17	3,221	817	26	2,378
2017-18	3,620	1,156	201	2,263
2018-19	3,927	1,388	259	2,280
2019-20	4,088	1,524	235	2,329
2020-21	3,968	1,735	637	1,596
2021-22	3,717	1,740	0	1,977
2022-23	3,327	1,342	0	1,985
2023-24	3,196	1,120	715	1,361
2024-25	3,195	1,149	704	1,342
Average	3,490	1,224	288	1,979

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Enrollment Trends at Trevecca Nazarene

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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