Enrollment Trends at SEBTS

The student population at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary is 2,764 (679 undergraduate and 2,085 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 498 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SEBTS is 24.57% which is increased by 239 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 259 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.42 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

1,023 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 54.07% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,838 where 2,764 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

24.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 75.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 239 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 259 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.42 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SEBTS than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,266	440	295	145	1,826	1,475	351
2014-15	2,748 482	516 76	358 63	158 13	2,232 406	1,835 360	397 46
2015-16	2,742 -6	431 -85	292 -66	139 -19	2,311 79	1,929 94	382 -15
2016-17	2,522 -220	376 -55	257 -35	119 -20	2,146 -165	1,788 -141	358 -24
2017-18	2,638 116	406 30	284 27	122 3	2,232 86	1,855 67	377 19
2018-19	3,140 502	520 114	375 91	145 23	2,620 388	2,128 273	492 115
2019-20	3,164 24	557 37	388 13	169 24	2,607 -13	2,094 -34	513 21
2020-21	3,343 179	897 340	556 168	341 172	2,446 -161	1,876 -218	570 57
2021-22	3,048 -295	775 -122	470 -86	305 -36	2,273 -173	1,712 -164	561 -9
2022-23	2,764 -284	679 -96	403 -67	276 -29	2,085 -188	1,545 -167	540 -21
Average	2,838	560	368	192	2,278	1,824	454

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 560 where 679 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	440	251	156	95	189	139	50
2014-15	516	297	199	98	219	159	60
2015-16	431	240	154	86	191	138	53
2016-17	376	236	146	90	140	111	29
2017-18	406	271	181	90	135	103	32
2018-19	520	312	213	99	208	162	46
2019-20	557	327	221	106	230	167	63
2020-21	897	385	270	115	512	286	226
2021-22	775	289	192	97	486	278	208
2022-23	679	267	170	97	412	233	179
Average	560	560	190	97	560	178	95

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,278 where 2,085 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 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,826	1,112	919	193	714	556	158
2014-15	2,232	1,238	1,045	193	994	790	204
2015-16	2,311	1,232	1,052	180	1,079	877	202
2016-17	2,146	1,212	1,035	177	934	753	181
2017-18	2,232	1,169	987	182	1,063	868	195
2018-19	2,620	1,302	1,087	215	1,318	1,041	277
2019-20	2,607	1,264	1,050	214	1,343	1,044	299
2020-21	2,446	1,220	986	234	1,226	890	336
2021-22	2,273	968	760	208	1,305	952	353
2022-23	2,085	1,000	793	207	1,085	752	333
Average	2,278	2,278	971	200	2,278	852	254

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.36%. The percentage was 86.36% 10 years ago and SEBTS still has a high percentage of white students. 4.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.59% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southeastern 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	8	52	57	51	0	1,957	3
2014-15	13	66	96	69	3	2,352	0
2015-16	16	75	104	128	0	2,245	0
2016-17	11	75	113	118	0	2,093	0
2017-18	11	88	135	125	0	2,182	0
2018-19	17	98	177	226	0	2,505	0
2019-20	17	170	159	236	0	2,495	0
2020-21	26	147	175	280	0	2,623	0
2021-22	23	172	143	195	4	2,416	0
2022-23	20	128	127	218	3	2,166	0
Average	16	107	129	165	1	2,303	0

Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,023 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 37% of total students. The number of online students has increased 54.07% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,748	664	740	1,344
2015-16	2,742	478	1,761	503
2016-17	2,522	580	447	1,495
2017-18	2,638	606	470	1,562
2018-19	3,140	716	726	1,698
2019-20	3,164	783	731	1,650
2020-21	3,319	859	894	1,566
2021-22	3,048	1,070	732	1,246
2022-23	2,764	1,023	722	1,019
Average	2,898	753	803	1,343

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