Enrollment Trends at Bentley

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,347 where 5,333 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 5,552 students in 2016 and was lowest at 5,158 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,552 to 5,333 students, a net loss of 219 (3.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,552	4,203	2,499	1,704	1,349	641	708
2016-17	5,506 -46	4,222 19	2,490 -9	1,732 28	1,284 -65	556 -85	728 20
2017-18	5,543 37	4,272 50	2,510 20	1,762 30	1,271 -13	540 -16	731 3
2018-19	5,460 -83	4,253 -19	2,534 24	1,719 -43	1,207 -64	527 -13	680 -51
2019-20	5,314 -146	4,228 -25	2,492 -42	1,736 17	1,086 -121	500 -27	586 -94
2020-21	5,177 -137	4,061 -167	2,441 -51	1,620 -116	1,116 30	539 39	577 -9
2021-22	5,158 -19	3,996 -65	2,422 -19	1,574 -46	1,162 46	553 14	609 32
2022-23	5,165 7	4,131 135	2,507 85	1,624 50	1,034 -128	524 -29	510 -99
2023-24	5,264 99	4,350 219	2,644 137	1,706 82	914 -120	453 -71	461 -49
2024-25	5,333 69	4,526 176	2,733 89	1,793 87	807 -107	403 -50	404 -57
Average	5,347	4,224	2,527	1,697	1,123	524	599

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,224 where 4,526 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 Bentley University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,203	4,137	2,458	1,679	66	41	25
2016-17	4,222	4,140	2,437	1,703	82	53	29
2017-18	4,272	4,171	2,452	1,719	101	58	43
2018-19	4,253	4,185	2,493	1,692	68	41	27
2019-20	4,228	4,177	2,458	1,719	51	34	17
2020-21	4,061	4,008	2,410	1,598	53	31	22
2021-22	3,996	3,907	2,363	1,544	89	59	30
2022-23	4,131	4,075	2,469	1,606	56	38	18
2023-24	4,350	4,303	2,610	1,693	47	34	13
2024-25	4,526	4,480	2,702	1,778	46	31	15
Average	4,224	4,224	2,485	1,673	4,224	42	24

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,123 where 807 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 Bentley University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,349	765	344	421	584	297	287
2016-17	1,284	750	284	466	534	272	262
2017-18	1,271	741	280	461	530	260	270
2018-19	1,207	694	294	400	513	233	280
2019-20	1,086	563	243	320	523	257	266
2020-21	1,116	511	250	261	605	289	316
2021-22	1,162	506	260	246	656	293	363
2022-23	1,034	421	234	187	613	290	323
2023-24	914	387	213	174	527	240	287
2024-25	807	312	181	131	495	222	273
Average	1,123	1,123	258	307	1,123	265	293

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.62%. The percentage was 56.52% 10 years ago and Bentley still has a high percentage of white students. 9.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.39% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 56.52% to 51.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.26% to 9.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.81% to 4.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.93% to 12.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7048 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6707 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	3	403	156	329	1	3,138	92
2016-17	3	408	159	347	4	3,103	86
2017-18	1	430	180	326	5	3,070	108
2018-19	2	455	189	326	4	2,971	111
2019-20	3	447	192	352	2	2,900	119
2020-21	7	471	219	407	1	2,882	140
2021-22	6	491	212	460	1	2,847	138
2022-23	8	506	217	526	2	2,820	144
2023-24	8	529	212	591	1	2,799	148
2024-25	7	527	234	681	2	2,753	147
Average	5	467	197	435	2	2,928	123