Enrollment Trends at Bemidji State

The student population at Bemidji State University is 4,023 (3,677 undergraduate and 346 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 940 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bemidji State is 91.40% which is decreased by 1,050 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 110 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,443 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 65.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,825 where 4,023 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.40% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.60% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,050 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 110 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bemidji State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,963	4,727	2,092	2,635	236	75	161
2014-15	4,986 23	4,754 27	2,094 2	2,660 25	232 -4	87 12	145 -16
2015-16	5,081 95	4,791 37	2,057 -37	2,734 74	290 58	95 8	195 50
2016-17	5,138 57	4,808 17	2,065 8	2,743 9	330 40	98 3	232 37
2017-18	5,195 57	4,815 7	2,037 -28	2,778 35	380 50	118 20	262 30
2018-19	5,111 -84	4,690 -125	2,016 -21	2,674 -104	421 41	140 22	281 19
2019-20	4,897 -214	4,490 -200	1,928 -88	2,562 -112	407 -14	143 3	264 -17
2020-21	4,577 -320	4,165 -325	1,790 -138	2,375 -187	412 5	154 11	258 -6
2021-22	4,279 -298	3,877 -288	1,646 -144	2,231 -144	402 -10	153 -1	249 -9
2022-23	4,023 -256	3,677 -200	1,526 -120	2,151 -80	346 -56	144 -9	202 -47
Average	4,825	4,479	1,925	2,554	346	121	225

Bemidji State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,479 where 3,677 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 Bemidji State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,727	3,518	1,681	1,837	1,209	411	798
2014-15	4,754	3,498	1,656	1,842	1,256	438	818
2015-16	4,791	3,394	1,570	1,824	1,397	487	910
2016-17	4,808	3,430	1,589	1,841	1,378	476	902
2017-18	4,815	3,333	1,512	1,821	1,482	525	957
2018-19	4,690	3,289	1,549	1,740	1,401	467	934
2019-20	4,490	3,058	1,437	1,621	1,432	491	941
2020-21	4,165	2,753	1,252	1,501	1,412	538	874
2021-22	3,877	2,550	1,164	1,386	1,327	482	845
2022-23	3,677	2,327	1,063	1,264	1,350	463	887
Average	4,479	4,479	1,447	1,668	4,479	478	887

Bemidji State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 346 where 346 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 Bemidji State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	236	33	13	20	203	62	141
2014-15	232	26	12	14	206	75	131
2015-16	290	74	31	43	216	64	152
2016-17	330	69	21	48	261	77	184
2017-18	380	76	23	53	304	95	209
2018-19	421	63	22	41	358	118	240
2019-20	407	59	28	31	348	115	233
2020-21	412	81	37	44	331	117	214
2021-22	402	82	32	50	320	121	199
2022-23	346	81	38	43	265	106	159
Average	346	346	26	39	346	95	186

Bemidji State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.93%. The percentage was 83.54% 10 years ago and Bemidji State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.69% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bemidji State 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	121	47	91	72	2	4,146	128
2014-15	130	51	83	94	1	4,108	151
2015-16	119	54	89	116	0	4,157	146
2016-17	135	54	104	125	3	4,146	169
2017-18	138	62	108	124	5	4,211	166
2018-19	139	58	114	141	5	4,135	175
2019-20	134	54	119	142	4	3,914	184
2020-21	140	55	120	129	4	3,630	196
2021-22	143	64	109	120	2	3,362	206
2022-23	127	68	98	123	2	3,095	202
Average	133	57	104	119	3	3,890	172

Bemidji State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,443 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bemidji State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,986	871	923	3,192
2015-16	5,081	1,019	1,021	3,041
2016-17	5,138	1,102	956	3,080
2017-18	5,195	1,246	929	3,020
2018-19	5,111	1,371	884	2,856
2019-20	4,897	1,343	870	2,684
2020-21	4,577	1,225	1,121	2,231
2021-22	4,279	1,489	1,069	1,721
2022-23	4,023	1,443	986	1,594
Average	4,810	1,234	973	2,602

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