Enrollment Trends at Belhaven

The student population at Belhaven University is 3,627 (1,501 undergraduate and 2,126 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 398 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Belhaven is 41.38% which is decreased by 1,248 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 850 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.14 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

2,158 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 116.02% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,350 where 3,627 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

41.38% of total students is undergraduate students and 58.62% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,248 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 850 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.14 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Belhaven than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Belhaven University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,025	2,749	1,050	1,699	1,276	377	899
2014-15	4,114 89	2,566 -183	915 -135	1,651 -48	1,548 272	384 7	1,164 265
2015-16	4,463 349	2,763 197	964 49	1,799 148	1,700 152	423 39	1,277 113
2016-17	4,758 295	2,714 -49	938 -26	1,776 -23	2,044 344	500 77	1,544 267
2017-18	4,458 -300	2,482 -232	854 -84	1,628 -148	1,976 -68	481 -19	1,495 -49
2018-19	4,205 -253	2,307 -175	801 -53	1,506 -122	1,898 -78	489 8	1,409 -86
2019-20	4,574 369	2,369 62	838 37	1,531 25	2,205 307	614 125	1,591 182
2020-21	4,999 425	2,025 -344	721 -117	1,304 -227	2,974 769	748 134	2,226 635
2021-22	4,278 -721	1,714 -311	566 -155	1,148 -156	2,564 -410	664 -84	1,900 -326
2022-23	3,627 -651	1,501 -213	565 -1	936 -212	2,126 -438	591 -73	1,535 -365
Average	4,350	2,319	821	1,498	2,031	527	1,504

Belhaven University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,319 where 1,501 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Belhaven University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,749	1,242	558	684	1,507	492	1,015
2014-15	2,566	1,289	554	735	1,277	361	916
2015-16	2,763	1,408	586	822	1,355	378	977
2016-17	2,714	1,331	549	782	1,383	389	994
2017-18	2,482	1,248	507	741	1,234	347	887
2018-19	2,307	1,155	473	682	1,152	328	824
2019-20	2,369	1,199	499	700	1,170	339	831
2020-21	2,025	1,177	458	719	848	263	585
2021-22	1,714	1,105	411	694	609	155	454
2022-23	1,501	1,077	443	634	424	122	302
Average	2,319	2,319	504	719	2,319	317	779

Belhaven University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,031 where 2,126 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Belhaven University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,276	169	55	114	1,107	322	785
2014-15	1,548	170	39	131	1,378	345	1,033
2015-16	1,700	23	3	20	1,677	420	1,257
2016-17	2,044	28	9	19	2,016	491	1,525
2017-18	1,976	26	8	18	1,950	473	1,477
2018-19	1,898	33	11	22	1,865	478	1,387
2019-20	2,205	268	145	123	1,937	469	1,468
2020-21	2,974	318	139	179	2,656	609	2,047
2021-22	2,564	216	82	134	2,348	582	1,766
2022-23	2,126	112	41	71	2,014	550	1,464
Average	2,031	2,031	53	83	2,031	474	1,421

Belhaven University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.69% and the percentage of black students is 51.64% at Belhaven University. 0.44% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Belhaven University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	13	40	1,907	171	6	1,246	62
2014-15	23	20	2,253	144	7	1,155	61
2015-16	20	25	2,519	138	5	1,236	65
2016-17	28	30	2,680	148	4	1,318	72
2017-18	31	25	2,447	156	2	1,354	95
2018-19	28	34	2,194	157	3	1,297	105
2019-20	22	449	2,111	146	1	1,255	96
2020-21	21	548	2,646	128	3	1,169	100
2021-22	12	189	2,279	100	1	1,057	104
2022-23	21	16	1,873	93	2	968	115
Average	22	138	2,291	138	3	1,206	88

Belhaven University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,158 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 60% of total students. The number of online students has increased 116.02% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Belhaven University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,114	999	110	3,005
2015-16	4,463	1,420	151	2,892
2016-17	4,758	2,016	212	2,530
2017-18	4,458	1,755	173	2,530
2018-19	4,205	1,781	173	2,251
2019-20	4,574	1,831	369	2,374
2020-21	4,999	3,737	436	826
2021-22	4,278	2,619	338	1,321
2022-23	3,627	2,158	270	1,199
Average	4,386	2,035	248	2,103

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