Enrollment Trends at Bellarmine

The student population at Bellarmine University is 2,970 (2,343 undergraduate and 627 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 449 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bellarmine is 78.89% which is decreased by 250 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 199 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

166 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,472 where 2,970 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.89% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.11% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 250 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 199 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.68 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bellarmine than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,419	2,593	945	1,648	826	251	575
2014-15	3,609 190	2,585 -8	921 -24	1,664 16	1,024 198	258 7	766 191
2015-16	3,846 237	2,651 66	930 9	1,721 57	1,195 171	283 25	912 146
2016-17	3,973 127	2,647 -4	946 16	1,701 -20	1,326 131	283 0	1,043 131
2017-18	3,757 -216	2,544 -103	907 -39	1,637 -64	1,213 -113	286 3	927 -116
2018-19	3,369 -388	2,552 8	925 18	1,627 -10	817 -396	257 -29	560 -367
2019-20	3,331 -38	2,553 1	912 -13	1,641 14	778 -39	273 16	505 -55
2020-21	3,293 -38	2,484 -69	909 -3	1,575 -66	809 31	255 -18	554 49
2021-22	3,149 -144	2,407 -77	895 -14	1,512 -63	742 -67	251 -4	491 -63
2022-23	2,970 -179	2,343 -64	899 4	1,444 -68	627 -115	208 -43	419 -72
Average	3,472	2,536	919	1,617	936	261	675

Bellarmine University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,536 where 2,343 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 Bellarmine University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,593	2,378	882	1,496	215	63	152
2014-15	2,585	2,383	856	1,527	202	65	137
2015-16	2,651	2,459	851	1,608	192	79	113
2016-17	2,647	2,473	881	1,592	174	65	109
2017-18	2,544	2,410	855	1,555	134	52	82
2018-19	2,552	2,408	871	1,537	144	54	90
2019-20	2,553	2,416	854	1,562	137	58	79
2020-21	2,484	2,369	863	1,506	115	46	69
2021-22	2,407	2,291	841	1,450	116	54	62
2022-23	2,343	2,222	843	1,379	121	56	65
Average	2,536	2,536	860	1,521	2,536	59	96

Bellarmine University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 936 where 627 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 Bellarmine University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	826	304	116	188	522	135	387
2014-15	1,024	341	114	227	683	144	539
2015-16	1,195	317	112	205	878	171	707
2016-17	1,326	307	108	199	1,019	175	844
2017-18	1,213	319	122	197	894	164	730
2018-19	817	354	147	207	463	110	353
2019-20	778	356	164	192	422	109	313
2020-21	809	363	154	209	446	101	345
2021-22	742	326	142	184	416	109	307
2022-23	627	294	113	181	333	95	238
Average	936	936	129	199	936	131	476

Bellarmine University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.91%. The percentage was 83.53% 10 years ago and Bellarmine still has a high percentage of white students. 2.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.45% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bellarmine 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	9	61	152	103	4	2,856	71
2014-15	9	65	196	101	5	2,964	97
2015-16	10	71	238	98	5	3,175	100
2016-17	13	71	234	109	4	3,174	95
2017-18	6	77	225	116	3	3,018	110
2018-19	5	72	204	119	2	2,644	120
2019-20	8	79	218	155	3	2,551	125
2020-21	5	76	224	176	2	2,532	144
2021-22	7	82	237	196	3	2,386	144
2022-23	5	87	251	198	4	2,195	133
Average	8	74	218	137	4	2,750	114

Bellarmine University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

166 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bellarmine University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,609	0	0	3,609
2015-16	3,846	21	11	3,814
2016-17	3,973	56	3	3,914
2017-18	3,757	79	82	3,596
2018-19	3,369	116	171	3,082
2019-20	3,331	125	261	2,945
2020-21	3,293	166	305	2,822
2021-22	3,149	173	230	2,746
2022-23	2,970	166	385	2,419
Average	3,477	100	161	3,216

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