Enrollment Trends at MBU

The student population at Missouri Baptist University is 5,231 (4,549 undergraduate and 682 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 114 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at MBU is 86.96% which is increased by 599 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 713 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

693 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 60.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,284 where 5,231 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.96% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.04% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 599 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 713 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.53 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in MBU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,345	3,950	1,629	2,321	1,395	371	1,024
2014-15	5,322 -23	4,091 141	1,642 13	2,449 128	1,231 -164	312 -59	919 -105
2015-16	5,276 -46	4,170 79	1,584 -58	2,586 137	1,106 -125	276 -36	830 -89
2016-17	5,732 456	4,632 462	1,791 207	2,841 255	1,100 -6	279 3	821 -9
2017-18	5,488 -244	4,508 -124	1,746 -45	2,762 -79	980 -120	256 -23	724 -97
2018-19	5,292 -196	4,392 -116	1,688 -58	2,704 -58	900 -80	247 -9	653 -71
2019-20	5,309 17	4,436 44	1,802 114	2,634 -70	873 -27	229 -18	644 -9
2020-21	4,860 -449	4,046 -390	1,659 -143	2,387 -247	814 -59	215 -14	599 -45
2021-22	4,983 123	4,251 205	1,765 106	2,486 99	732 -82	181 -34	551 -48
2022-23	5,231 248	4,549 298	1,903 138	2,646 160	682 -50	161 -20	521 -30
Average	5,284	4,303	1,721	2,582	981	253	729

Missouri Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,303 where 4,549 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 Missouri Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,950	1,417	669	748	2,533	960	1,573
2014-15	4,091	1,389	690	699	2,702	952	1,750
2015-16	4,170	1,347	646	701	2,823	938	1,885
2016-17	4,632	1,440	685	755	3,192	1,106	2,086
2017-18	4,508	1,519	682	837	2,989	1,064	1,925
2018-19	4,392	1,471	663	808	2,921	1,025	1,896
2019-20	4,436	1,526	693	833	2,910	1,109	1,801
2020-21	4,046	1,380	632	748	2,666	1,027	1,639
2021-22	4,251	1,348	631	717	2,903	1,134	1,769
2022-23	4,549	1,390	649	741	3,159	1,254	1,905
Average	4,303	4,303	664	759	4,303	1,057	1,823

Missouri Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 981 where 682 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 Missouri Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,395	306	75	231	1,089	296	793
2014-15	1,231	245	53	192	986	259	727
2015-16	1,106	215	43	172	891	233	658
2016-17	1,100	203	36	167	897	243	654
2017-18	980	171	37	134	809	219	590
2018-19	900	137	56	81	763	191	572
2019-20	873	122	37	85	751	192	559
2020-21	814	129	39	90	685	176	509
2021-22	732	119	34	85	613	147	466
2022-23	682	125	29	96	557	132	425
Average	981	981	44	133	981	209	595

Missouri Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.50% and the percentage of black students is 5.62% at Missouri Baptist University. 0.90% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Missouri 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	18	54	331	95	2	3,614	75
2014-15	13	50	378	98	1	3,406	79
2015-16	9	46	363	74	2	3,166	91
2016-17	26	51	406	62	7	3,519	97
2017-18	40	59	419	40	12	3,443	77
2018-19	43	83	377	67	11	3,470	70
2019-20	49	76	361	59	9	3,303	82
2020-21	44	80	394	81	11	3,668	88
2021-22	40	93	384	86	9	3,749	102
2022-23	37	47	294	25	6	2,223	38
Average	32	64	371	69	7	3,356	80

Missouri Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

693 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 60.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Missouri Baptist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,322	433	872	4,017
2015-16	5,276	326	866	4,084
2016-17	5,732	406	943	4,383
2017-18	5,488	465	1,053	3,970
2018-19	5,292	526	1,103	3,663
2019-20	5,309	631	1,195	3,483
2020-21	4,860	640	1,179	3,041
2021-22	4,983	482	1,140	3,361
2022-23	5,231	693	1,035	3,503
Average	5,277	511	1,043	3,723

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