Enrollment Trends at MBTS

The student population at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary is 3,772 (1,009 undergraduate and 2,763 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,640 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MBTS is 26.75% which is increased by 748 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,892 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.24 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

1,780 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 398.60% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,456 where 3,772 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

26.75% of total students is undergraduate students and 73.25% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 748 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,892 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.24 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in MBTS than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,132	261	190	71	871	745	126
2014-15	1,369 237	351 90	244 54	107 36	1,018 147	875 130	143 17
2015-16	1,419 50	325 -26	217 -27	108 1	1,094 76	937 62	157 14
2016-17	1,848 429	450 125	305 88	145 37	1,398 304	1,180 243	218 61
2017-18	2,239 391	418 -32	308 3	110 -35	1,821 423	1,588 408	233 15
2018-19	2,797 558	592 174	441 133	151 41	2,205 384	1,910 322	295 62
2019-20	3,038 241	670 78	479 38	191 40	2,368 163	2,053 143	315 20
2020-21	3,432 394	880 210	598 119	282 91	2,552 184	2,203 150	349 34
2021-22	3,514 82	942 62	630 32	312 30	2,572 20	2,214 11	358 9
2022-23	3,772 258	1,009 67	651 21	358 46	2,763 191	2,392 178	371 13
Average	2,456	590	406	184	1,866	1,610	257

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 590 where 1,009 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 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	261	153	97	56	108	93	15
2014-15	351	192	129	63	159	115	44
2015-16	325	184	128	56	141	89	52
2016-17	450	210	142	68	240	163	77
2017-18	418	232	172	60	186	136	50
2018-19	592	280	204	76	312	237	75
2019-20	670	362	267	95	308	212	96
2020-21	880	401	284	117	479	314	165
2021-22	942	440	319	121	502	311	191
2022-23	1,009	421	296	125	588	355	233
Average	590	590	204	84	590	203	100

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,866 where 2,763 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 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	871	615	533	82	256	212	44
2014-15	1,018	703	610	93	315	265	50
2015-16	1,094	750	650	100	344	287	57
2016-17	1,398	882	760	122	516	420	96
2017-18	1,821	1,254	1,125	129	567	463	104
2018-19	2,205	1,377	1,236	141	828	674	154
2019-20	2,368	1,506	1,352	154	862	701	161
2020-21	2,552	1,456	1,311	145	1,096	892	204
2021-22	2,572	1,515	1,349	166	1,057	865	192
2022-23	2,763	1,509	1,349	160	1,254	1,043	211
Average	1,866	1,866	1,028	129	1,866	582	127

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.90%. The percentage was 55.92% 10 years ago and MBTS still has a high percentage of white students. 5.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary 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	9	127	67	34	0	633	81
2014-15	4	139	91	44	0	876	14
2015-16	12	119	74	56	0	934	18
2016-17	15	138	119	67	1	1,218	26
2017-18	18	175	121	77	1	1,492	33
2018-19	25	339	157	124	1	1,817	20
2019-20	24	358	155	129	2	1,907	17
2020-21	25	430	147	199	0	2,089	16
2021-22	25	311	130	195	2	2,140	25
2022-23	27	217	146	187	6	2,184	44
Average	18	235	121	111	1	1,529	29

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,780 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 398.60% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,369	357	174	838
2015-16	1,419	421	161	837
2016-17	1,848	602	305	941
2017-18	2,239	765	336	1,138
2018-19	2,797	1,060	218	1,519
2019-20	3,038	1,103	379	1,556
2020-21	3,432	1,356	449	1,627
2021-22	3,514	1,822	363	1,329
2022-23	3,772	1,780	397	1,595
Average	2,603	1,030	309	1,264

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