Enrollment Trends at DBU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,606 where 4,124 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,319 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,124 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,319 to 4,124 students, a net loss of 1,195 (22.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dallas Baptist 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	5,319	3,315	1,340	1,975	2,004	705	1,299
2016-17	5,156 -163	3,223 -92	1,338 -2	1,885 -90	1,933 -71	741 36	1,192 -107
2017-18	5,067 -89	3,161 -62	1,309 -29	1,852 -33	1,906 -27	764 23	1,142 -50
2018-19	4,766 -301	3,014 -147	1,253 -56	1,761 -91	1,752 -154	635 -129	1,117 -25
2019-20	4,487 -279	2,883 -131	1,191 -62	1,692 -69	1,604 -148	608 -27	996 -121
2020-21	4,247 -240	2,874 -9	1,194 3	1,680 -12	1,373 -231	550 -58	823 -173
2021-22	4,340 93	3,067 193	1,330 136	1,737 57	1,273 -100	525 -25	748 -75
2022-23	4,348 8	2,971 -96	1,231 -99	1,740 3	1,377 104	599 74	778 30
2023-24	4,201 -147	2,850 -121	1,206 -25	1,644 -96	1,351 -26	537 -62	814 36
2024-25	4,124 -77	2,785 -65	1,173 -33	1,612 -32	1,339 -12	499 -38	840 26
Average	4,606	3,014	1,257	1,758	1,591	616	975

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,014 where 2,785 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 Dallas Baptist 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	3,315	2,421	1,008	1,413	894	332	562
2016-17	3,223	2,408	1,037	1,371	815	301	514
2017-18	3,161	2,423	1,021	1,402	738	288	450
2018-19	3,014	2,364	1,013	1,351	650	240	410
2019-20	2,883	2,332	978	1,354	551	213	338
2020-21	2,874	2,283	948	1,335	591	246	345
2021-22	3,067	2,300	985	1,315	767	345	422
2022-23	2,971	2,313	954	1,359	658	277	381
2023-24	2,850	2,159	919	1,240	691	287	404
2024-25	2,785	2,076	863	1,213	709	310	399
Average	3,014	3,014	973	1,335	3,014	284	423

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,591 where 1,339 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 Dallas Baptist 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	2,004	707	270	437	1,297	435	862
2016-17	1,933	716	286	430	1,217	455	762
2017-18	1,906	745	314	431	1,161	450	711
2018-19	1,752	713	261	452	1,039	374	665
2019-20	1,604	695	263	432	909	345	564
2020-21	1,373	593	245	348	780	305	475
2021-22	1,273	541	221	320	732	304	428
2022-23	1,377	616	266	350	761	333	428
2023-24	1,351	661	254	407	690	283	407
2024-25	1,339	631	225	406	708	274	434
Average	1,591	1,591	261	401	1,591	356	574

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.41%. The percentage was 53.58% 10 years ago and DBU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.58% to 50.41%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.48% to 3.49%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.53% to 10.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.54% to 13.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7142 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6584 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	36	132	1,039	667	7	2,850	0
2016-17	33	115	894	708	12	2,800	0
2017-18	36	124	848	702	10	2,707	0
2018-19	23	117	684	695	9	2,536	29
2019-20	18	117	593	684	8	2,408	56
2020-21	13	104	518	619	8	2,220	59
2021-22	30	124	529	621	9	2,297	51
2022-23	47	114	474	576	10	2,167	40
2023-24	42	134	434	559	11	2,031	27
2024-25	41	144	432	573	10	2,079	33
Average	32	123	645	640	9	2,410	30