Enrollment Trends at Southwest Baptist

The student population at Southwest Baptist University is 2,386 (1,836 undergraduate and 550 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,426 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southwest Baptist is 76.95% which is decreased by 1,126 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 300 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

311 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -8.26% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,326 where 2,386 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.95% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.05% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,126 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 300 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.70 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southwest Baptist than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,812	2,962	1,052	1,910	850	300	550
2014-15	3,696 -116	2,952 -10	1,049 -3	1,903 -7	744 -106	285 -15	459 -91
2015-16	3,701 5	2,967 15	1,064 15	1,903 0	734 -10	285 0	449 -10
2016-17	3,691 -10	2,973 6	1,080 16	1,893 -10	718 -16	279 -6	439 -10
2017-18	3,592 -99	2,822 -151	1,017 -63	1,805 -88	770 52	273 -6	497 58
2018-19	3,357 -235	2,664 -158	972 -45	1,692 -113	693 -77	269 -4	424 -73
2019-20	3,281 -76	2,588 -76	933 -39	1,655 -37	693 0	282 13	411 -13
2020-21	3,039 -242	2,379 -209	871 -62	1,508 -147	660 -33	252 -30	408 -3
2021-22	2,709 -330	2,101 -278	773 -98	1,328 -180	608 -52	216 -36	392 -16
2022-23	2,386 -323	1,836 -265	696 -77	1,140 -188	550 -58	187 -29	363 -29
Average	3,326	2,624	951	1,674	702	263	439

Southwest Baptist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,624 where 1,836 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 Southwest Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,962	2,019	792	1,227	943	260	683
2014-15	2,952	2,011	795	1,216	941	254	687
2015-16	2,967	1,934	742	1,192	1,033	322	711
2016-17	2,973	1,868	724	1,144	1,105	356	749
2017-18	2,822	1,835	720	1,115	987	297	690
2018-19	2,664	1,780	687	1,093	884	285	599
2019-20	2,588	1,701	650	1,051	887	283	604
2020-21	2,379	1,593	627	966	786	244	542
2021-22	2,101	1,352	528	824	749	245	504
2022-23	1,836	1,209	500	709	627	196	431
Average	2,624	2,624	677	1,054	2,624	274	620

Southwest Baptist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 702 where 550 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 Southwest Baptist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	850	282	117	165	568	183	385
2014-15	744	291	124	167	453	161	292
2015-16	734	275	125	150	459	160	299
2016-17	718	291	135	156	427	144	283
2017-18	770	279	135	144	491	138	353
2018-19	693	294	137	157	399	132	267
2019-20	693	270	135	135	423	147	276
2020-21	660	276	121	155	384	131	253
2021-22	608	259	109	150	349	107	242
2022-23	550	242	98	144	308	89	219
Average	702	702	124	152	702	139	287

Southwest Baptist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.99%. The percentage was 69.39% 10 years ago and Southwest Baptist still has a high percentage of white students. 1.17% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.15% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southwest 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	24	37	151	43	11	2,645	36
2014-15	27	42	150	51	4	2,605	46
2015-16	26	39	144	66	5	2,557	31
2016-17	20	31	150	69	8	2,623	34
2017-18	29	28	148	68	5	2,563	28
2018-19	26	30	123	73	6	2,373	27
2019-20	17	31	127	82	5	2,208	36
2020-21	20	30	112	92	4	2,030	34
2021-22	16	30	102	80	6	1,768	43
2022-23	14	28	99	76	4	1,670	44
Average	22	33	131	70	6	2,304	36

Southwest Baptist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

311 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 decreased -8.26% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southwest Baptist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,696	339	562	2,795
2015-16	3,701	159	353	3,189
2016-17	3,691	400	696	2,595
2017-18	3,592	386	660	2,546
2018-19	3,357	347	687	2,323
2019-20	3,281	409	736	2,136
2020-21	3,039	309	902	1,828
2021-22	2,709	324	857	1,528
2022-23	2,386	311	763	1,312
Average	3,272	332	691	2,250

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