Enrollment Trends at Bethany

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 743 where 615 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 891 students in 2019 and was lowest at 615 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 699 to 615 students, a net loss of 84 (12%).

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	699	699	416	283	0	0	0
2016-17	721 22	721 22	434 18	287 4	0	0	0
2017-18	775 54	775 54	448 14	327 40	0	0	0
2018-19	891 116	891 116	507 59	384 57	0	0	0
2019-20	816 -75	816 -75	438 -69	378 -6	0	0	0
2020-21	790 -26	790 -26	433 -5	357 -21	0	0	0
2021-22	737 -53	737 -53	425 -8	312 -45	0	0	0
2022-23	744 7	744 7	435 10	309 -3	0	0	0
2023-24	637 -107	637 -107	362 -73	275 -34	0	0	0
2024-25	615 -22	611 -26	397 35	214 -61	4 4	4 4	0
Average	743	742	430	313	0	0	0

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 742 where 611 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 Bethany College 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	699	620	376	244	79	40	39
2016-17	721	640	396	244	81	38	43
2017-18	775	710	421	289	65	27	38
2018-19	891	837	485	352	54	22	32
2019-20	816	757	422	335	59	16	43
2020-21	790	737	414	323	53	19	34
2021-22	737	687	404	283	50	21	29
2022-23	744	678	407	271	66	28	38
2023-24	637	582	345	237	55	17	38
2024-25	611	566	376	190	45	21	24
Average	742	742	405	277	742	25	36

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 0 where 4 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 Bethany College since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	4	4	4	0	0	0	0
Average	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.76% and the percentage of black students is 18.37% at Bethany College. 0.81% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.23% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.38% to 49.76%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.43% to 0.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.45% to 18.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.60% to 24.23%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6593 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5457 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

• Trends Table
• 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	5	10	101	123	0	443	17
2016-17	6	10	118	106	6	406	19
2017-18	10	6	111	131	4	447	19
2018-19	3	9	114	134	11	575	45
2019-20	8	13	113	145	5	487	45
2020-21	7	9	131	143	6	457	34
2021-22	3	8	138	128	6	385	34
2022-23	10	13	136	130	5	380	28
2023-24	9	11	117	116	3	322	25
2024-25	12	5	113	149	2	306	8
Average	7	9	119	131	5	421	27

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Bethany College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.