Enrollment Trends at East Texas Baptist

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,633 where 1,813 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,833 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,308 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,308 to 1,813 students, a net gain of 505 (38.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at East Texas Baptist University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,308	1,233	566	667	75	34	41
2016-17	1,461 153	1,339 106	635 69	704 37	122 47	54 20	68 27
2017-18	1,533 72	1,421 82	660 25	761 57	112 -10	42 -12	70 2
2018-19	1,613 80	1,485 64	675 15	810 49	128 16	55 13	73 3
2019-20	1,593 -20	1,471 -14	652 -23	819 9	122 -6	61 6	61 -12
2020-21	1,714 121	1,565 94	724 72	841 22	149 27	74 13	75 14
2021-22	1,688 -26	1,519 -46	721 -3	798 -43	169 20	77 3	92 17
2022-23	1,771 83	1,579 60	733 12	846 48	192 23	95 18	97 5
2023-24	1,833 62	1,659 80	763 30	896 50	174 -18	89 -6	85 -12
2024-25	1,813 -20	1,634 -25	763	871 -25	179 5	87 -2	92 7
Average	1,633	1,491	689	801	142	67	75

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,491 where 1,634 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 East Texas Baptist University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,233	1,096	512	584	137	54	83
2016-17	1,339	1,177	582	595	162	53	109
2017-18	1,421	1,216	592	624	205	68	137
2018-19	1,485	1,296	609	687	189	66	123
2019-20	1,471	1,230	555	675	241	97	144
2020-21	1,565	1,266	604	662	299	120	179
2021-22	1,519	1,223	611	612	296	110	186
2022-23	1,579	1,232	614	618	347	119	228
2023-24	1,659	1,251	613	638	408	150	258
2024-25	1,634	1,222	599	623	412	164	248
Average	1,491	1,491	589	632	1,491	100	170

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 142 where 179 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 East Texas Baptist University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	75	26	13	13	49	21	28
2016-17	122	48	18	30	74	36	38
2017-18	112	38	12	26	74	30	44
2018-19	128	31	11	20	97	44	53
2019-20	122	39	20	19	83	41	42
2020-21	149	52	27	25	97	47	50
2021-22	169	63	29	34	106	48	58
2022-23	192	67	33	34	125	62	63
2023-24	174	75	35	40	99	54	45
2024-25	179	80	36	44	99	51	48
Average	142	142	23	29	142	43	47

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.38%. The percentage was 63.15% 10 years ago and East Texas Baptist still has a high percentage of white students. 1.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.68% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.15% to 62.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.46% to 1.71%. Black student enrollment decreased from 21.02% to 16.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.40% to 13.68%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5641 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5455 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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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	6	6	275	136	3	826	34
2016-17	3	3	322	128	6	933	47
2017-18	4	5	294	160	1	987	60
2018-19	5	8	290	166	1	1,056	66
2019-20	9	13	287	215	3	986	65
2020-21	22	18	339	222	5	1,044	34
2021-22	40	21	337	226	5	1,003	21
2022-23	50	26	310	218	5	1,101	12
2023-24	54	26	292	240	5	1,172	7
2024-25	58	31	296	248	4	1,131	4
Average	25	16	304	196	4	1,024	35