How Student Population Changes at Bluefield

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 981 where 991 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 126 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 286 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Bluefield than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Bluefield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	831	831	387	444	0	0	0
2013-14	842 11	837 6	375 -12	462 18	5 5	1 1	4 4
2014-15	944 102	928 91	397 22	531 69	16 11	3 2	13 9
2015-16	976 32	959 31	414 17	545 14	17 1	4 1	13 0
2016-17	982 6	969 10	452 38	517 -28	13 -4	4 0	9 -4
2017-18	997 15	948 -21	442 -10	506 -11	49 36	12 8	37 28
2018-19	1,156 159	947 -1	471 29	476 -30	209 160	74 62	135 98
2019-20	1,156 0	939 -8	420 -51	519 43	217 8	71 -3	146 11
2020-21	965 -191	753 -186	356 -64	397 -122	212 -5	66 -5	146 0
2021-22	948 -17	718 -35	360 4	358 -39	230 18	74 8	156 10
2022-23	991 43	705 -13	371 11	334 -24	286 56	86 12	200 44
Average	981	867	404	463	114	36	78

Student Population Changes of Bluefield University

Bluefield University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 867 where 705 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bluefield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	831	731	352	379	100	35	65
2013-14	837	723	336	387	114	39	75
2014-15	928	799	358	441	129	39	90
2015-16	959	815	370	445	144	44	100
2016-17	969	805	384	421	164	68	96
2017-18	948	829	391	438	119	51	68
2018-19	947	822	433	389	125	38	87
2019-20	939	781	384	397	158	36	122
2020-21	753	592	299	293	161	57	104
2021-22	718	632	333	299	86	27	59
2022-23	705	626	341	285	79	30	49
Average	867	867	362	379	867	42	83

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of Bluefield University

Bluefield University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 114 where 286 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Bluefield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2013-14	5	3	0	3	2	1	1
2014-15	16	14	3	11	2	0	2
2015-16	17	13	4	9	4	0	4
2016-17	13	10	4	6	3	0	3
2017-18	49	41	12	29	8	0	8
2018-19	209	186	70	116	23	4	19
2019-20	217	200	57	143	17	14	3
2020-21	212	175	57	118	37	9	28
2021-22	230	165	56	109	65	18	47
2022-23	286	271	81	190	15	5	10
Average	114	114	31	67	114	5	11

Graduate Enrollment Changes of Bluefield University

Bluefield University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.22%. The percentage was 61.73% 10 years ago and Bluefield still has a high percentage of white students. 4.54% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.95% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bluefield University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	1	3	184	23	2	513	17
2013-14	2	4	188	25	1	565	22
2014-15	0	48	160	37	0	637	30
2015-16	0	8	195	37	2	649	20
2016-17	0	5	212	42	2	635	31
2017-18	0	2	204	45	2	644	39
2018-19	2	35	248	55	2	707	36
2019-20	3	35	163	72	0	682	29
2020-21	4	3	89	36	1	333	19
2021-22	6	29	153	27	1	560	42
2022-23	5	45	168	40	0	577	20
Average	2	20	179	40	1	591	28

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of Bluefield University

Bluefield University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

467 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 9.11% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bluefield University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	944	428	137	379
2015-16	976	465	209	302
2016-17	982	378	228	376
2017-18	997	337	359	301
2018-19	1,156	494	342	320
2019-20	1,156	719	388	49
2020-21	1,093	566	396	131
2021-22	948	382	298	268
2022-23	991	467	318	206
Average	1,027	471	297	259

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of Bluefield University

Enrollment Trends at Bluefield

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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