Enrollment Trends at Grace College and Theological Seminary

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,121 where 2,304 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

77.91% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.09% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 127 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 128 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Grace College and Theological Seminary than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Grace College and Theological 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	2,303	1,922	839	1,083	381	240	141
2016-17	2,300 -3	1,901 -21	843 4	1,058 -25	399 18	217 -23	182 41
2017-18	2,156 -144	1,762 -139	710 -133	1,052 -6	394 -5	198 -19	196 14
2018-19	2,029 -127	1,625 -137	620 -90	1,005 -47	404 10	208 10	196
2019-20	1,957 -72	1,619 -6	626 6	993 -12	338 -66	172 -36	166 -30
2020-21	1,901 -56	1,587 -32	612 -14	975 -18	314 -24	173 1	141 -25
2021-22	1,919 18	1,598 11	609 -3	989 14	321 7	173	148 7
2022-23	2,065 146	1,709 111	666 57	1,043 54	356 35	195 22	161 13
2023-24	2,271 206	1,817 108	706 40	1,111 68	454 98	251 56	203 42
2024-25	2,304 33	1,795 -22	700 -6	1,095 -16	509 55	282 31	227 24
Average	2,121	1,734	693	1,040	387	211	176

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,734 where 1,795 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 Grace College and Theological 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	1,922	1,484	618	866	438	221	217
2016-17	1,901	1,488	626	862	413	217	196
2017-18	1,762	1,439	569	870	323	141	182
2018-19	1,625	1,381	534	847	244	86	158
2019-20	1,619	1,385	534	851	234	92	142
2020-21	1,587	1,361	517	844	226	95	131
2021-22	1,598	1,413	534	879	185	75	110
2022-23	1,709	1,464	558	906	245	108	137
2023-24	1,817	1,533	584	949	284	122	162
2024-25	1,795	1,556	611	945	239	89	150
Average	1,734	1,734	569	882	1,734	125	159

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 387 where 509 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 Grace College and Theological 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	381	153	90	63	228	150	78
2016-17	399	156	70	86	243	147	96
2017-18	394	109	45	64	285	153	132
2018-19	404	109	50	59	295	158	137
2019-20	338	54	18	36	284	154	130
2020-21	314	65	27	38	249	146	103
2021-22	321	80	29	51	241	144	97
2022-23	356	72	20	52	284	175	109
2023-24	454	110	36	74	344	215	129
2024-25	509	137	53	84	372	229	143
Average	387	387	44	61	387	167	115

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.78%. The percentage was 73.64% 10 years ago and Grace College and Theological Seminary still has a high percentage of white students. 1.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 73.64% to 77.78%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.04% to 1.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.95% to 3.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.73% to 7.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3874 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4534 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grace College and Theological 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	10	24	114	86	2	1,696	41
2016-17	5	40	131	113	1	1,712	47
2017-18	6	31	90	111	1	1,677	54
2018-19	3	39	85	116	3	1,613	40
2019-20	2	28	84	144	1	1,523	36
2020-21	2	29	81	123	0	1,489	46
2021-22	2	31	87	145	2	1,486	50
2022-23	5	34	81	144	3	1,632	52
2023-24	3	38	90	167	6	1,762	66
2024-25	10	38	91	165	8	1,792	58
Average	5	33	93	131	3	1,638	49