Enrollment Trends at Moody Bible Institute

The student population at Moody Bible Institute is 2,410 (1,753 undergraduate and 657 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,299 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Moody Bible Institute is 72.74% which is decreased by 1,350 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 51 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.88 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

739 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -35.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,262 where 2,410 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,350 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 51 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.88 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in Moody Bible Institute than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Moody Bible Institute since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,709	3,103	1,726	1,377	606	369	237
2014-15	3,967 258	3,235 132	1,808 82	1,427 50	732 126	462 93	270 33
2015-16	3,922 -45	3,148 -87	1,738 -70	1,410 -17	774 42	508 46	266 -4
2016-17	3,601 -321	2,857 -291	1,572 -166	1,285 -125	744 -30	490 -18	254 -12
2017-18	3,442 -159	2,714 -143	1,467 -105	1,247 -38	728 -16	500 10	228 -26
2018-19	3,086 -356	2,446 -268	1,320 -147	1,126 -121	640 -88	434 -66	206 -22
2019-20	3,009 -77	2,275 -171	1,180 -140	1,095 -31	734 94	492 58	242 36
2020-21	2,870 -139	2,161 -114	1,124 -56	1,037 -58	709 -25	468 -24	241 -1
2021-22	2,606 -264	1,903 -258	980 -144	923 -114	703 -6	439 -29	264 23
2022-23	2,410 -196	1,753 -150	891 -89	862 -61	657 -46	393 -46	264 0
Average	3,262	2,560	1,381	1,179	703	456	247

Moody Bible Institute Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,560 where 1,753 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 Moody Bible Institute since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,103	2,413	1,303	1,110	690	423	267
2014-15	3,235	2,498	1,347	1,151	737	461	276
2015-16	3,148	2,494	1,336	1,158	654	402	252
2016-17	2,857	2,276	1,193	1,083	581	379	202
2017-18	2,714	2,164	1,122	1,042	550	345	205
2018-19	2,446	1,924	999	925	522	321	201
2019-20	2,275	1,769	881	888	506	299	207
2020-21	2,161	1,736	866	870	425	258	167
2021-22	1,903	1,511	748	763	392	232	160
2022-23	1,753	1,382	674	708	371	217	154
Average	2,560	2,560	1,047	970	2,560	334	209

Moody Bible Institute Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 703 where 657 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 Moody Bible Institute since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	606	188	110	78	418	259	159
2014-15	732	210	119	91	522	343	179
2015-16	774	255	160	95	519	348	171
2016-17	744	245	151	94	499	339	160
2017-18	728	265	167	98	463	333	130
2018-19	640	232	145	87	408	289	119
2019-20	734	248	145	103	486	347	139
2020-21	709	235	159	76	474	309	165
2021-22	703	203	120	83	500	319	181
2022-23	657	204	121	83	453	272	181
Average	703	703	140	89	703	316	158

Moody Bible Institute Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.10%. The percentage was 59.40% 10 years ago and Moody Bible Institute still has a high percentage of white students. 3.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.38% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Moody Bible Institute 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	118	203	166	8	2,203	59
2014-15	4	114	231	184	7	2,334	76
2015-16	4	138	232	196	8	2,212	75
2016-17	6	141	199	197	4	2,017	68
2017-18	3	144	205	189	4	1,922	75
2018-19	6	138	204	188	5	1,726	82
2019-20	7	135	242	192	7	1,655	82
2020-21	4	109	211	222	1	1,628	76
2021-22	6	107	204	204	1	1,472	67
2022-23	6	96	202	195	2	1,352	71
Average	6	124	213	193	5	1,852	73

Moody Bible Institute Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

739 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -35.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Moody Bible Institute from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,967	1,146	185	2,636
2015-16	3,922	634	211	3,077
2016-17	3,601	999	231	2,371
2017-18	3,442	971	228	2,243
2018-19	3,086	954	327	1,805
2019-20	3,009	1,063	202	1,744
2020-21	2,870	953	141	1,776
2021-22	2,606	840	132	1,634
2022-23	2,410	739	226	1,445
Average	3,213	922	209	2,081

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