Enrollment Trends at Bethel

The student population at Bethel University is 3,546 (2,592 undergraduate and 954 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 794 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bethel is 73.10% which is decreased by 688 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 106 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

837 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 145.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,887 where 3,546 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.10% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.90% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 688 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 106 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 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	4,340	3,280	1,211	2,069	1,060	379	681
2014-15	3,979 -361	3,045 -235	1,152 -59	1,893 -176	934 -126	331 -48	603 -78
2015-16	3,952 -27	2,983 -62	1,140 -12	1,843 -50	969 35	314 -17	655 52
2016-17	4,016 64	2,964 -19	1,132 -8	1,832 -11	1,052 83	330 16	722 67
2017-18	3,797 -219	2,901 -63	1,101 -31	1,800 -32	896 -156	273 -57	623 -99
2018-19	3,692 -105	2,856 -45	1,082 -19	1,774 -26	836 -60	243 -30	593 -30
2019-20	4,005 313	2,799 -57	1,035 -47	1,764 -10	1,206 370	443 200	763 170
2020-21	3,814 -191	2,722 -77	1,019 -16	1,703 -61	1,092 -114	368 -75	724 -39
2021-22	3,731 -83	2,653 -69	1,033 14	1,620 -83	1,078 -14	350 -18	728 4
2022-23	3,546 -185	2,592 -61	1,033 0	1,559 -61	954 -124	312 -38	642 -86
Average	3,887	2,880	1,094	1,786	1,008	334	673

Bethel University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,880 where 2,592 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	3,280	2,614	1,001	1,613	666	210	456
2014-15	3,045	2,577	988	1,589	468	164	304
2015-16	2,983	2,444	947	1,497	539	193	346
2016-17	2,964	2,455	962	1,493	509	170	339
2017-18	2,901	2,407	926	1,481	494	175	319
2018-19	2,856	2,417	921	1,496	439	161	278
2019-20	2,799	2,327	866	1,461	472	169	303
2020-21	2,722	2,313	886	1,427	409	133	276
2021-22	2,653	2,121	849	1,272	532	184	348
2022-23	2,592	2,018	812	1,206	574	221	353
Average	2,880	2,880	916	1,454	2,880	178	332

Bethel University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,008 where 954 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	1,060	328	116	212	732	263	469
2014-15	934	384	123	261	550	208	342
2015-16	969	386	111	275	583	203	380
2016-17	1,052	311	88	223	741	242	499
2017-18	896	314	75	239	582	198	384
2018-19	836	384	92	292	452	151	301
2019-20	1,206	401	103	298	805	340	465
2020-21	1,092	394	83	311	698	285	413
2021-22	1,078	345	65	280	733	285	448
2022-23	954	319	70	249	635	242	393
Average	1,008	1,008	93	264	1,008	242	409

Bethel University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.99%. The percentage was 82.47% 10 years ago and Bethel still has a high percentage of white students. 4.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.77% 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	3	136	267	81	2	3,579	86
2014-15	5	133	226	104	2	3,286	87
2015-16	9	145	211	152	2	2,964	80
2016-17	10	128	204	165	10	2,744	94
2017-18	17	129	189	168	6	2,793	124
2018-19	18	150	173	163	4	2,798	135
2019-20	23	174	203	189	4	3,059	145
2020-21	17	175	208	183	10	2,952	137
2021-22	13	196	216	206	8	2,873	108
2022-23	16	175	240	211	6	2,659	127
Average	13	154	214	162	5	2,971	112

Bethel University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

837 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 145.45% 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	3,979	341	196	3,442
2015-16	3,952	496	233	3,223
2016-17	4,016	454	425	3,137
2017-18	3,797	528	233	3,036
2018-19	3,692	527	680	2,485
2019-20	4,005	962	607	2,436
2020-21	3,814	1,089	1,634	1,091
2021-22	3,731	994	1,200	1,537
2022-23	3,546	837	1,563	1,146
Average	3,837	692	752	2,393

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