Belhaven University Student Population

How many students at Belhaven?

For the academic year 2024-2025, Belhaven University has a total enrollment of 4,213 students, including 1,614 undergraduate and 2,599 graduate students.

• Gender Breakdown: 1,686 male students (40%) and 2,527 female students (60%) are attending .
• Race and Ethnicity Breakdown: The two largest race/ethnicity groups are 1,878 Black students (44.6%) and 978 White students (23.2%).
• Class Level Breakdown: 1,614 undergraduate students (38.3%) and 2,599 graduate students (61.7%).
• Class Delivery: 2,224 students are enrolled online exclusively, while 313 students take a hybrid mix of online and on-campus courses.

Compared to similar private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University - which average 6,371 - Belhaven's body is much smaller.

Explore complete student demographics below, including gender ratio, race and ethnicity, age distribution, and distance learning statistics.

Enrollment by Gender and Class Level

By gender, 1,686 male (40.02%) and 2,527 female (59.98%) students are attending Belhaven University. The number of male students per 100 females students (male-to-female ratio) is 66.72.

By class level, 1,614 (38.31%) are undergraduate students and 2,599 (61.69%) are graduate students. Among undergraduates, 37.48% are male and 62.52% are female, while among graduate students, 41.59% are male and 58.41% are female.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 978 White, 1,878 Black, and 19 Asian students out of a total of 4,213 are attending at Belhaven University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Belhaven University is quite diverse with a diversity index of 73.9% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Belhaven has 75 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 1,508 students under 25 years old, and 2,705 students over 25 years old out of 4,213 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 75 students are younger than 18 and 3 students are older than 65. Belhaven has 1,105 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 509 students aged 25 and over.

It has 403 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,196 students aged 25 and over.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Belhaven University, 2,224 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 313 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,782 students who live in Mississippi or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 442 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 1,614 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 255 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 15.80%.150 students have transferred in as full-time status and 105 students transferred in as part-time status.