Enrollment Trends at Bethel

The student population at Bethel University is 1,292 (1,181 undergraduate and 111 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 512 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bethel is 91.41% which is decreased by 474 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 38 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

247 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 88.55% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,542 where 1,292 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 474 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 38 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.49 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Bethel than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,804	1,655	560	1,095	149	74	75
2014-15	1,792 -12	1,600 -55	558 -2	1,042 -53	192 43	85 11	107 32
2015-16	1,719 -73	1,489 -111	520 -38	969 -73	230 38	110 25	120 13
2016-17	1,639 -80	1,388 -101	495 -25	893 -76	251 21	94 -16	157 37
2017-18	1,513 -126	1,330 -58	483 -12	847 -46	183 -68	70 -24	113 -44
2018-19	1,513 0	1,329 -1	467 -16	862 15	184 1	77 7	107 -6
2019-20	1,450 -63	1,273 -56	478 11	795 -67	177 -7	58 -19	119 12
2020-21	1,362 -88	1,195 -78	432 -46	763 -32	167 -10	59 1	108 -11
2021-22	1,339 -23	1,206 11	448 16	758 -5	133 -34	51 -8	82 -26
2022-23	1,292 -47	1,181 -25	472 24	709 -49	111 -22	46 -5	65 -17
Average	1,542	1,365	491	873	178	72	105

Bethel University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,365 where 1,181 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 Bethel University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,655	1,302	466	836	353	94	259
2014-15	1,600	1,227	458	769	373	100	273
2015-16	1,489	1,168	442	726	321	78	243
2016-17	1,388	1,128	431	697	260	64	196
2017-18	1,330	1,044	411	633	286	72	214
2018-19	1,329	1,060	415	645	269	52	217
2019-20	1,273	1,018	403	615	255	75	180
2020-21	1,195	1,002	381	621	193	51	142
2021-22	1,206	1,021	390	631	185	58	127
2022-23	1,181	1,021	424	597	160	48	112
Average	1,365	1,365	422	677	1,365	69	196

Bethel University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 178 where 111 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 Bethel University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	149	31	11	20	118	63	55
2014-15	192	25	7	18	167	78	89
2015-16	230	45	20	25	185	90	95
2016-17	251	59	19	40	192	75	117
2017-18	183	39	15	24	144	55	89
2018-19	184	42	20	22	142	57	85
2019-20	177	31	13	18	146	45	101
2020-21	167	43	17	26	124	42	82
2021-22	133	38	18	20	95	33	62
2022-23	111	28	14	14	83	32	51
Average	178	178	15	23	178	57	83

Bethel University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.65%. The percentage was 78.10% 10 years ago and Bethel still has a high percentage of white students. 1.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.43% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bethel 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	5	9	216	96	6	1,409	39
2014-15	6	14	178	102	9	1,409	45
2015-16	7	22	184	107	4	1,323	49
2016-17	4	26	178	116	3	1,209	68
2017-18	1	24	155	118	0	1,097	82
2018-19	3	19	153	143	0	1,032	119
2019-20	4	18	157	150	0	971	98
2020-21	2	18	133	131	0	939	74
2021-22	2	32	118	137	0	911	67
2022-23	2	25	96	134	0	887	54
Average	4	21	157	123	2	1,119	70

Bethel University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

247 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 88.55% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bethel University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,792	131	235	1,426
2015-16	1,719	162	251	1,306
2016-17	1,639	177	300	1,162
2017-18	1,513	196	287	1,030
2018-19	1,513	233	234	1,046
2019-20	1,450	235	240	975
2020-21	1,362	262	250	850
2021-22	1,339	235	281	823
2022-23	1,292	247	300	745
Average	1,513	209	264	1,040

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