Enrollment Trends at SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 582 where 319 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

62.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 305 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 55 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.69 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUM Bible 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	569	503	276	227	66	36	30
2016-17	651 82	556 53	302 26	254 27	95 29	64 28	31 1
2017-18	638 -13	512 -44	261 -41	251 -3	126 31	80 16	46 15
2018-19	636 -2	447 -65	218 -43	229 -22	189 63	126 46	63 17
2019-20	626 -10	459 12	233 15	226 -3	167 -22	102 -24	65 2
2020-21	584 -42	417 -42	199 -34	218 -8	167	109 7	58 -7
2021-22	628 44	416 -1	210 11	206 -12	212 45	144 35	68 10
2022-23	662 34	416	211 1	205 -1	246 34	170 26	76 8
2023-24	508 -154	318 -98	169 -42	149 -56	190 -56	123 -47	67 -9
2024-25	319 -189	198 -120	119 -50	79 -70	121 -69	70 -53	51 -16
Average	582	424	220	204	158	102	56

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 424 where 198 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 SUM Bible 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	503	455	247	208	48	29	19
2016-17	556	493	259	234	63	43	20
2017-18	512	444	222	222	68	39	29
2018-19	447	384	190	194	63	28	35
2019-20	459	391	198	193	68	35	33
2020-21	417	350	176	174	67	23	44
2021-22	416	352	180	172	64	30	34
2022-23	416	280	139	141	136	72	64
2023-24	318	173	96	77	145	73	72
2024-25	198	143	89	54	55	30	25
Average	424	424	180	167	424	40	38

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 158 where 121 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 SUM Bible 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	66	34	16	18	32	20	12
2016-17	95	57	41	16	38	23	15
2017-18	126	67	36	31	59	44	15
2018-19	189	150	103	47	39	23	16
2019-20	167	140	87	53	27	15	12
2020-21	167	134	88	46	33	21	12
2021-22	212	163	116	47	49	28	21
2022-23	246	176	121	55	70	49	21
2023-24	190	147	93	54	43	30	13
2024-25	121	102	62	40	19	8	11
Average	158	158	76	41	158	26	15

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.65% and the percentage of black students is 28.21% at SUM Bible College and Theological Seminary. 16.30% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.03% to 26.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.68% to 16.30%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.88% to 28.21%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 21.79% to 18.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7857 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6883 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUM Bible 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	0	38	79	124	2	279	5
2016-17	1	64	120	144	3	286	8
2017-18	4	77	106	136	3	284	3
2018-19	3	77	170	126	4	247	4
2019-20	3	70	165	141	6	230	1
2020-21	2	77	150	134	8	199	3
2021-22	1	18	57	134	7	180	2
2022-23	3	17	59	112	7	170	1
2023-24	21	10	42	92	1	118	3
2024-25	13	52	90	60	3	85	2
Average	5	50	104	120	4	208	3