Enrollment Trends at CBU

The student population at California Baptist University is 11,495 (8,334 undergraduate and 3,161 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,351 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CBU is 72.50% which is increased by 2,537 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,814 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,766 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 121.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,857 where 11,495 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.50% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.50% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,537 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,814 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.94 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in CBU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,144	5,797	2,105	3,692	1,347	350	997
2014-15	7,957 813	6,435 638	2,363 258	4,072 380	1,522 175	391 41	1,131 134
2015-16	8,541 584	6,630 195	2,469 106	4,161 89	1,911 389	504 113	1,407 276
2016-17	9,157 616	6,937 307	2,550 81	4,387 226	2,220 309	635 131	1,585 178
2017-18	9,941 784	7,414 477	2,777 227	4,637 250	2,527 307	686 51	1,841 256
2018-19	10,486 545	7,855 441	2,956 179	4,899 262	2,631 104	736 50	1,895 54
2019-20	11,045 559	8,190 335	3,081 125	5,109 210	2,855 224	835 99	2,020 125
2020-21	11,317 272	8,109 -81	2,990 -91	5,119 10	3,208 353	899 64	2,309 289
2021-22	11,489 172	8,252 143	3,013 23	5,239 120	3,237 29	848 -51	2,389 80
2022-23	11,495 6	8,334 82	3,057 44	5,277 38	3,161 -76	858 10	2,303 -86
Average	9,857	7,395	2,736	4,659	2,462	674	1,788

California Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,395 where 8,334 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 California Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,797	5,086	1,861	3,225	711	244	467
2014-15	6,435	5,571	2,083	3,488	864	280	584
2015-16	6,630	5,674	2,147	3,527	956	322	634
2016-17	6,937	5,885	2,168	3,717	1,052	382	670
2017-18	7,414	6,367	2,408	3,959	1,047	369	678
2018-19	7,855	6,859	2,617	4,242	996	339	657
2019-20	8,190	7,333	2,770	4,563	857	311	546
2020-21	8,109	7,243	2,701	4,542	866	289	577
2021-22	8,252	7,314	2,706	4,608	938	307	631
2022-23	8,334	7,232	2,675	4,557	1,102	382	720
Average	7,395	7,395	2,414	4,043	7,395	323	616

California Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,462 where 3,161 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 California Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,347	778	194	584	569	156	413
2014-15	1,522	788	197	591	734	194	540
2015-16	1,911	932	235	697	979	269	710
2016-17	2,220	1,202	333	869	1,018	302	716
2017-18	2,527	1,406	388	1,018	1,121	298	823
2018-19	2,631	1,501	408	1,093	1,130	328	802
2019-20	2,855	1,621	445	1,176	1,234	390	844
2020-21	3,208	1,854	458	1,396	1,354	441	913
2021-22	3,237	2,130	532	1,598	1,107	316	791
2022-23	3,161	2,122	541	1,581	1,039	317	722
Average	2,462	2,462	373	1,060	2,462	301	727

California Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.50% and the percentage of black students is 8.42% at California Baptist University. 6.29% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California Baptist 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	52	356	646	2,115	62	3,201	185
2014-15	57	398	665	2,524	73	3,250	361
2015-16	51	418	701	2,858	70	3,335	416
2016-17	57	452	794	3,176	96	3,446	457
2017-18	55	528	802	3,478	95	3,772	545
2018-19	60	566	813	3,822	95	3,941	555
2019-20	63	692	854	4,026	97	4,019	584
2020-21	62	754	917	4,327	86	3,832	594
2021-22	61	760	962	4,552	100	3,764	609
2022-23	63	723	968	4,620	86	3,736	611
Average	58	565	812	3,550	86	3,630	492

California Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,766 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 121.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California Baptist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,957	1,246	2,233	4,478
2015-16	8,541	1,793	2,165	4,583
2016-17	9,157	2,066	2,381	4,710
2017-18	9,941	2,234	2,293	5,414
2018-19	10,486	2,273	3,372	4,841
2019-20	11,045	2,335	3,777	4,933
2020-21	11,317	2,580	6,776	1,961
2021-22	11,489	2,512	3,638	5,339
2022-23	11,495	2,766	3,947	4,782
Average	10,159	2,201	3,398	4,560

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