Belhaven University Student Population

How many students at Belhaven? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 4,213 students have enrolled in Belhaven University with 1,614 undergraduate and 2,599 graduate students.

By gender, 1,686 male and 2,527 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (6,371 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

2,224 students are enrolled exclusively, and 313 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Belhaven University has a total of 4,213 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 1,614 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,599 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 1,686 male and 2,527 female students (the male-female ratio is 40:60) are attending the school.

• 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.