Student Population at California State University-Long Beach

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
38,97332,9316,042
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 38,973 students have enrolled in California State University-Long Beach with 32,931 undergraduate and 6,042 graduate students.
By gender, 16,087 male and 22,886 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).
2,307 students are enrolled exclusively, and 19,002 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

California State University-Long Beach has a total of 38,973 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 32,931 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 6,042 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 16,087 male and 22,886 female students (the male-female ratio is 41:59) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total38,97332,9316,042
Men16,08713,7722,315
Women22,88619,1593,727

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 6,288 White, 1,422 Black, and 8,114 Asian students out of a total of 38,973 are attending at California State University-Long Beach. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American432023
Asian8,1143,7104,404
Black1,422553869
Hispanic18,9327,22211,710
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders853550
White6,2882,6373,651
Two or more races1,689707982
Race Unknown899415484
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American361818
Asian7,2033,3543,849
Black1,167459708
Hispanic16,3916,37910,012
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders743242
White5,0662,1762,890
Two or more races1,462622840
Race Unknown654310344
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American725
Asian911356555
Black25594161
Hispanic2,5418431,698
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1138
White1,222461761
Two or more races22785142
Race Unknown245105140

Student Age Distribution

By age, Cal State Long Beach has 540 students under 18 years old and 30 students over 65 years old. There are 29,366 students under 25 years old, and 9,607 students over 25 years old out of 38,973 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 540 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. Cal State Long Beach has 27,570 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 5,361 students aged 25 and over.
It has 1,796 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,246 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18540359181
18-199,2675,7323,535
20-2110,2176,2503,967
22-249,3425,1424,200
25-295,5643,0352,529
30-342,1881,231957
35-39857498359
40-49719461258
50-6424916287
Over 65301614
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18540359181
18-199,2675,7323,535
20-2110,1336,2003,933
22-247,6304,0863,544
25-293,4021,7091,693
30-341,120593527
35-39415220195
40-49294178116
50-641147341
Over 651697
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At California State University-Long Beach, 2,307 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,002 students are enrolled in some online courses.
2,256 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 51 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students38,9732,30719,002
Undergraduate32,9311,52417,539
Graduate6,0427831,463
Online Student Population by Locality
California ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,2561734
Undergraduate1,499520
Graduate7571214

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 32,931 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 3,964 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 12.04%.3,354 students have transferred in as full-time status and 610 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time24,356
Transfer-in Full-time3,354
Regular Part-time4,611
Transfer-in Part-time610
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