Enrollment Trends at Wesley Biblical Seminary

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 138 where 170 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

14.12% of total students is undergraduate students and 85.88% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 24 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 54 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.39 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in Wesley Biblical Seminary than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Wesley Biblical 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	92	0	0	0	92	71	21
2016-17	83 -9	0	0	0	83 -9	60 -11	23 2
2017-18	76 -7	0	0	0	76 -7	53 -7	23
2018-19	67 -9	0	0	0	67 -9	39 -14	28 5
2019-20	137 70	0	0	0	137 70	90 51	47 19
2020-21	158 21	0	0	0	158 21	103 13	55 8
2021-22	251 93	20 20	9 9	11 11	231 73	132 29	99 44
2022-23	180 -71	19 -1	12 3	7 -4	161 -70	111 -21	50 -49
2023-24	163 -17	27 8	17 5	10 3	136 -25	103 -8	33 -17
2024-25	170 7	24 -3	15 -2	9 -1	146 10	107 4	39 6
Average	138	9	5	4	129	87	42

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9 where 24 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 Wesley Biblical 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	20	1	0	1	19	9	10
2022-23	19	4	2	2	15	10	5
2023-24	27	6	4	2	21	13	8
2024-25	24	1	0	1	23	15	8
Average	9	9	1	1	9	5	3

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 129 where 146 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 Wesley Biblical 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	92	10	7	3	82	64	18
2016-17	83	9	4	5	74	56	18
2017-18	76	12	8	4	64	45	19
2018-19	67	7	3	4	60	36	24
2019-20	137	22	17	5	115	73	42
2020-21	158	25	20	5	133	83	50
2021-22	231	65	37	28	166	95	71
2022-23	161	33	28	5	128	83	45
2023-24	136	34	28	6	102	75	27
2024-25	146	24	19	5	122	88	34
Average	129	129	17	7	129	70	35

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.53%. The percentage was 48.91% 10 years ago and Wesley Biblical Seminary still has a high percentage of white students. 1.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 27.65% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 48.91% to 53.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 1.76%. Black student enrollment decreased from 32.61% to 27.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.09% to 7.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6308 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6543 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Wesley Biblical 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	0	30	1	0	45	0
2016-17	0	0	42	2	0	35	0
2017-18	0	0	28	1	0	33	1
2018-19	0	0	24	1	0	35	0
2019-20	1	0	33	2	0	50	3
2020-21	0	2	31	1	0	43	0
2021-22	1	3	88	28	0	113	2
2022-23	0	3	60	3	0	73	1
2023-24	0	3	59	6	1	80	1
2024-25	0	3	47	13	1	91	1
Average	0	1	44	6	0	60	1