Enrollment Trends at SBTS

The student population at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary is 4,266 (1,018 undergraduate and 3,248 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,040 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SBTS is 23.86% which is increased by 295 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 745 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.29 to 1 which means that majority of population is on male students.

953 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 49.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,964 where 4,266 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

23.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 76.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 295 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 745 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.29 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in SBTS than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,226	723	460	263	2,503	2,208	295
2014-15	3,416 190	798 75	498 38	300 37	2,618 115	2,296 88	322 27
2015-16	3,671 255	975 177	595 97	380 80	2,696 78	2,371 75	325 3
2016-17	3,929 258	1,073 98	627 32	446 66	2,856 160	2,506 135	350 25
2017-18	4,083 154	1,066 -7	639 12	427 -19	3,017 161	2,648 142	369 19
2018-19	4,121 38	983 -83	571 -68	412 -15	3,138 121	2,745 97	393 24
2019-20	4,139 18	894 -89	486 -85	408 -4	3,245 107	2,840 95	405 12
2020-21	4,337 198	964 70	493 7	471 63	3,373 128	2,932 92	441 36
2021-22	4,448 111	1,019 55	546 53	473 2	3,429 56	2,956 24	473 32
2022-23	4,266 -182	1,018 -1	542 -4	476 3	3,248 -181	2,757 -199	491 18
Average	3,964	951	546	406	3,012	2,626	386

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 951 where 1,018 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 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	723	433	269	164	290	191	99
2014-15	798	477	310	167	321	188	133
2015-16	975	605	369	236	370	226	144
2016-17	1,073	616	370	246	457	257	200
2017-18	1,066	599	360	239	467	279	188
2018-19	983	611	339	272	372	232	140
2019-20	894	588	317	271	306	169	137
2020-21	964	593	301	292	371	192	179
2021-22	1,019	639	334	305	380	212	168
2022-23	1,018	662	349	313	356	193	163
Average	951	951	332	251	951	214	155

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,012 where 3,248 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 The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,503	1,511	1,347	164	992	861	131
2014-15	2,618	1,481	1,309	172	1,137	987	150
2015-16	2,696	1,522	1,337	185	1,174	1,034	140
2016-17	2,856	1,523	1,347	176	1,333	1,159	174
2017-18	3,017	1,509	1,342	167	1,508	1,306	202
2018-19	3,138	1,525	1,360	165	1,613	1,385	228
2019-20	3,245	1,591	1,418	173	1,654	1,422	232
2020-21	3,373	1,577	1,410	167	1,796	1,522	274
2021-22	3,429	1,596	1,428	168	1,833	1,528	305
2022-23	3,248	1,426	1,238	188	1,822	1,519	303
Average	3,012	3,012	1,354	173	3,012	1,272	214

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.81%. The percentage was 83.26% 10 years ago and SBTS still has a high percentage of white students. 3.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.88% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The Southern 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	22	258	129	89	0	2,686	12
2014-15	20	233	152	126	0	2,828	0
2015-16	29	282	136	136	0	2,972	9
2016-17	25	292	174	213	0	3,147	6
2017-18	13	282	182	186	5	3,362	7
2018-19	11	144	147	105	5	3,225	1
2019-20	11	158	135	98	8	3,185	2
2020-21	5	166	107	94	6	3,324	0
2021-22	2	162	128	95	4	3,336	1
2022-23	2	155	123	71	3	3,234	2
Average	14	213	141	121	3	3,130	4

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

953 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 49.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,416	636	305	2,475
2015-16	3,671	780	323	2,568
2016-17	3,929	1,154	294	2,481
2017-18	4,083	1,304	1,585	1,194
2018-19	4,121	647	936	2,538
2019-20	4,139	607	898	2,634
2020-21	4,337	977	1,247	2,113
2021-22	4,448	987	1,326	2,135
2022-23	4,266	953	1,379	1,934
Average	4,046	894	921	2,230

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