Enrollment Trends at Bethlehem College & Seminary

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 202 where 200 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 242 students in 2023 and was lowest at 186 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 191 to 200 students, a net gain of 9 (4.7%).

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	191	124	89	35	67	67	0
2016-17	195 4	132 8	74 -15	58 23	63 -4	63 -4	0
2017-18	186 -9	121 -11	64 -10	57 -1	65 2	65 2	0
2018-19	203 17	117 -4	72 8	45 -12	86 21	84 19	2 2
2019-20	192 -11	126 9	79 7	47 2	66 -20	64 -20	2
2020-21	210 18	119 -7	71 -8	48 1	91 25	90 26	1 -1
2021-22	205 -5	123 4	74 3	49 1	82 -9	75 -15	7 6
2022-23	242 37	115 -8	67 -7	48 -1	127 45	116 41	11 4
2023-24	194 -48	92 -23	55 -12	37 -11	102 -25	95 -21	7 -4
2024-25	200 6	117 25	67 12	50 13	83 -19	78 -17	5 -2
Average	202	119	71	47	83	80	4

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 119 where 117 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 Bethlehem College & Seminary 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	124	113	79	34	11	10	1
2016-17	132	113	65	48	19	9	10
2017-18	121	99	53	46	22	11	11
2018-19	117	94	57	37	23	15	8
2019-20	126	111	70	41	15	9	6
2020-21	119	102	64	38	17	7	10
2021-22	123	96	60	36	27	14	13
2022-23	115	83	45	38	32	22	10
2023-24	92	62	28	34	30	27	3
2024-25	117	88	51	37	29	16	13
Average	119	119	57	39	119	14	9

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 83 where 83 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 Bethlehem College & Seminary 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	67	60	60	0	7	7	0
2016-17	63	58	58	0	5	5	0
2017-18	65	59	59	0	6	6	0
2018-19	86	72	71	1	14	13	1
2019-20	66	54	54	0	12	10	2
2020-21	91	70	69	1	21	21	0
2021-22	82	66	61	5	16	14	2
2022-23	127	98	88	10	29	28	1
2023-24	102	67	62	5	35	33	2
2024-25	83	65	62	3	18	16	2
Average	83	83	64	3	83	15	1

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.00%. The percentage was 87.96% 10 years ago and Bethlehem College & Seminary still has a high percentage of white students. 4.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.50% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 87.96% to 79.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.66% to 4.00%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.09% to 1.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.57% to 4.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3721 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2240 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethlehem College & Seminary 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	2	7	4	3	0	168	3
2016-17	2	5	2	4	0	169	5
2017-18	1	4	1	6	0	164	2
2018-19	2	7	0	6	0	182	1
2019-20	2	9	4	6	0	155	2
2020-21	1	17	8	6	0	152	4
2021-22	1	14	6	5	1	161	4
2022-23	1	17	4	7	26	155	5
2023-24	1	9	2	6	1	152	3
2024-25	0	8	3	8	0	158	4
Average	1	10	3	6	3	162	3

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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