The Grand Total Enrollment for all the students -- part-time and full-time, undergrad and grad -- is estimated to be 2450 for the 2018-2019 school year.
Last year 2800 was the estimate from WutBJU’s data with an actual Grand Total of 2850.
This year the numbers are down 400.
Look at the graph. Remember that the red circle is an estimate.
Why the sudden plummet? It doesn’t take a Stats class to figure it out. Look:
The yellow highlight above is an estimate of the first-time Freshman based on the Summer Orientation numbers. But look at the confirmed submitted-to-the-State First-Time Freshmen enrollment. The last four years has been consistently under 600 -- the lowest first-year classes since Bob Jones University has been in Greenville.
Sure, Steve Pettit is holding things steady -- but steady isn’t good enough. And Now, BJU seems to be feeling the full impact of those low numbers. Now.
And what does that do to the bottom line?