Enrollment Trends at Bethel

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,422 where 1,167 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

91.26% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.74% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 424 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 128 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Bethel than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bethel 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	1,719	1,489	520	969	230	110	120
2016-17	1,639 -80	1,388 -101	495 -25	893 -76	251 21	94 -16	157 37
2017-18	1,513 -126	1,330 -58	483 -12	847 -46	183 -68	70 -24	113 -44
2018-19	1,513	1,329 -1	467 -16	862 15	184 1	77 7	107 -6
2019-20	1,450 -63	1,273 -56	478 11	795 -67	177 -7	58 -19	119 12
2020-21	1,362 -88	1,195 -78	432 -46	763 -32	167 -10	59 1	108 -11
2021-22	1,339 -23	1,206 11	448 16	758 -5	133 -34	51 -8	82 -26
2022-23	1,292 -47	1,181 -25	472 24	709 -49	111 -22	46 -5	65 -17
2023-24	1,222 -70	1,107 -74	474 2	633 -76	115 4	44 -2	71 6
2024-25	1,167 -55	1,065 -42	466 -8	599 -34	102 -13	50 6	52 -19
Average	1,422	1,256	474	783	165	66	99

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,256 where 1,065 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 Bethel 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	1,489	1,168	442	726	321	78	243
2016-17	1,388	1,128	431	697	260	64	196
2017-18	1,330	1,044	411	633	286	72	214
2018-19	1,329	1,060	415	645	269	52	217
2019-20	1,273	1,018	403	615	255	75	180
2020-21	1,195	1,002	381	621	193	51	142
2021-22	1,206	1,021	390	631	185	58	127
2022-23	1,181	1,021	424	597	160	48	112
2023-24	1,107	991	429	562	116	45	71
2024-25	1,065	951	417	534	114	49	65
Average	1,256	1,256	414	626	1,256	59	157

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 165 where 102 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 Bethel 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	230	45	20	25	185	90	95
2016-17	251	59	19	40	192	75	117
2017-18	183	39	15	24	144	55	89
2018-19	184	42	20	22	142	57	85
2019-20	177	31	13	18	146	45	101
2020-21	167	43	17	26	124	42	82
2021-22	133	38	18	20	95	33	62
2022-23	111	28	14	14	83	32	51
2023-24	115	42	22	20	73	22	51
2024-25	102	49	31	18	53	19	34
Average	165	165	19	23	165	47	77

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.87%. The percentage was 76.96% 10 years ago and Bethel still has a high percentage of white students. 1.29% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.17% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.96% to 64.87%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.28% to 1.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.70% to 6.17%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.22% to 11.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5604 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3913 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethel University 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	7	22	184	107	4	1,323	49
2016-17	4	26	178	116	3	1,209	68
2017-18	1	24	155	118	0	1,097	82
2018-19	3	19	153	143	0	1,032	119
2019-20	4	18	157	150	0	971	98
2020-21	2	18	133	131	0	939	74
2021-22	2	32	118	137	0	911	67
2022-23	2	25	96	134	0	887	54
2023-24	3	20	75	113	3	855	47
2024-25	2	15	72	130	2	757	58
Average	3	22	132	128	1	998	72