Enrollment Trends at Bethany

The student population at Bethany College is 623 (599 undergraduate and 24 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 103 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bethany is 96.15% which is decreased by 94 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 9 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

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

School Home 2023 Student Population

There are multiple same-named institutes of Bethany College. This page describes a school located in Bethany, WV. You may want to view a school located in another city and/or state on the Bethany College locations page.

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 640 where 623 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.15% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.85% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 94 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 9 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Bethany than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	726	693	390	303	33	16	17
2014-15	757 31	727 34	423 33	304 1	30 -3	16 0	14 -3
2015-16	737 -20	710 -17	421 -2	289 -15	27 -3	16 0	11 -3
2016-17	680 -57	645 -65	392 -29	253 -36	35 8	19 3	16 5
2017-18	628 -52	601 -44	364 -28	237 -16	27 -8	12 -7	15 -1
2018-19	581 -47	557 -44	334 -30	223 -14	24 -3	11 -1	13 -2
2019-20	535 -46	516 -41	281 -53	235 12	19 -5	8 -3	11 -2
2020-21	576 41	569 53	321 40	248 13	7 -12	4 -4	3 -8
2021-22	559 -17	545 -24	286 -35	259 11	14 7	10 6	4 1
2022-23	623 64	599 54	334 48	265 6	24 10	13 3	11 7
Average	640	616	355	262	24	13	12

Bethany College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 616 where 599 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 Bethany College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	693	690	388	302	3	2	1
2014-15	727	719	421	298	8	2	6
2015-16	710	703	417	286	7	4	3
2016-17	645	641	388	253	4	4	0
2017-18	601	594	360	234	7	4	3
2018-19	557	553	332	221	4	2	2
2019-20	516	511	279	232	5	2	3
2020-21	569	561	317	244	8	4	4
2021-22	545	538	285	253	7	1	6
2022-23	599	593	333	260	6	1	5
Average	616	616	352	258	616	3	3

Bethany College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 24 where 24 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 Bethany College since 2013.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	33	28	13	15	5	3	2
2014-15	30	26	12	14	4	4	0
2015-16	27	23	14	9	4	2	2
2016-17	35	26	15	11	9	4	5
2017-18	27	23	11	12	4	1	3
2018-19	24	21	11	10	3	0	3
2019-20	19	18	8	10	1	0	1
2020-21	7	6	3	3	1	1	0
2021-22	14	14	10	4	0	0	0
2022-23	24	0	0	0	24	13	11
Average	24	24	10	9	24	3	3

Bethany College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.97%. The percentage was 59.09% 10 years ago and Bethany still has a high percentage of white students. 0.16% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.93% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethany College 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	0	1	141	23	0	429	12
2014-15	4	1	142	31	3	417	18
2015-16	4	2	129	38	1	378	13
2016-17	2	4	128	38	1	345	18
2017-18	11	5	125	28	2	344	4
2018-19	6	5	126	29	3	318	13
2019-20	0	1	101	26	1	302	32
2020-21	1	5	124	27	3	318	34
2021-22	3	1	82	40	2	295	14
2022-23	2	1	93	38	1	330	24
Average	3	3	119	32	2	348	18

Bethany College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 0% 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 Bethany College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	757	0	0	757
2015-16	737	0	30	707
2016-17	680	0	10	670
2017-18	628	0	0	628
2018-19	581	0	0	581
2019-20	535	0	0	535
2020-21	576	0	0	576
2021-22	559	0	0	559
2022-23	623	1	55	567
Average	631	0	11	620

Most Searched West Virginia Colleges (last 30 days)

4-Year Colleges

West Virginia University Public, four-years | Morgantown
Marshall University Public, four-years | Huntington
Shepherd University Public, four-years | Shepherdstown
University of Charleston Private, four-years | Charleston
West Virginia State University Public, four-years | Institute
American Public University System Private, four-years | Charles Town
Potomac State College of West Virginia University Public, four-years | Keyser
Fairmont State University Public, four-years | Fairmont
Scott College of Cosmetology Private, 2-4 years | Wheeling
Salem University Private, four-years | Salem

compare schools

Graduate

West Virginia University Public, four-years | Morgantown
American Public University System Private, four-years | Charles Town
Concord University Public, four-years | Athens
West Virginia State University Public, four-years | Institute
Marshall University Public, four-years | Huntington
Salem University Private, four-years | Salem
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine Public, four-years | Lewisburg
Bethany College Private, four-years | Bethany
Shepherd University Public, four-years | Shepherdstown
Future Generations University Private, four-years | Franklin

compare schools

Online Schools

BridgeValley Community & Technical College Public, 2-4 years | South Charleston
West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown Private, four-years | Morgantown
Glenville State University Public, four-years | Glenville
Bluefield State University Public, four-years | Bluefield
West Virginia Wesleyan College Private, four-years | Buckhannon
Marshall University Public, four-years | Huntington
Salem University Private, four-years | Salem
Martinsburg College Private, four-years | Martinsburg
Fairmont State University Public, four-years | Fairmont
American Public University System Private, four-years | Charles Town

compare schools

Trade Schools

Monongalia County Technical Education Center Public, Less than 2-years | Morgantown
Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing Public, Less than 2-years | Parkersburg
Academy of Careers and Technology Public, Less than 2-years | Beckley
Fred W Eberle Technical Center Public, 2-4 years | Buckhannon
Mercer County Technical Education Center Public, 2-4 years | Princeton
West Virginia University Hospital Departments of Rad Tech and Nutrition Private, four-years | Morgantown
Cabell County Career Technology Center Public, Less than 2-years | Huntington
Ralph R Willis Career and Technical Center Public, Less than 2-years | Stollings
Huntington School of Beauty Culture Private, 2-4 years | Huntington
Scott College of Cosmetology Private, 2-4 years | Wheeling

compare schools