Student Population at California State University-Northridge

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
37,579	32,181	5,398

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 37,579 students have enrolled in California State University-Northridge with 32,181 undergraduate and 5,398 graduate students.

By gender, 16,582 male and 20,997 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (9,858 students in average - public Master's College and University (larger programs)).

3,333 students are enrolled exclusively, and 18,503 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-Northridge has a total of 37,579 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 32,181 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,398 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 16,582 male and 20,997 female students (the male-female ratio is 44:56) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	37,579	32,181	5,398
Men	16,582	14,710	1,872
Women	20,997	17,471	3,526

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,535 White, 1,750 Black, and 3,344 Asian students out of a total of 37,579 are attending at California State University-Northridge. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	28	12	16
Asian	3,344	1,776	1,568
Black	1,750	705	1,045
Hispanic	20,107	8,281	11,826
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	52	25	27
White	7,535	3,599	3,936
Two or more races	1,110	509	601
Race Unknown	2,023	784	1,239

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	20	10	10
Asian	2,937	1,616	1,321
Black	1,585	664	921
Hispanic	18,129	7,687	10,442
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	50	24	26
White	6,288	3,170	3,118
Two or more races	970	468	502
Race Unknown	1,124	527	597

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	2	6
Asian	407	160	247
Black	165	41	124
Hispanic	1,978	594	1,384
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	2	1	1
White	1,247	429	818
Two or more races	140	41	99
Race Unknown	899	257	642

Student Age Distribution

By age, CSUN has 552 students under 18 years old and 43 students over 65 years old. There are 26,735 students under 25 years old, and 10,844 students over 25 years old out of 37,579 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 552 students are younger than 18 and 20 students are older than 65. CSUN has 25,484 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 6,697 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,251 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,147 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	552	317	235
18-19	8,095	4,412	3,683
20-21	8,939	5,141	3,798
22-24	9,149	4,725	4,424
25-29	5,794	3,198	2,596
30-34	2,330	1,394	936
35-39	1,107	675	432
40-49	1,131	805	326
50-64	439	303	136
Over 65	43	27	16

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	552	317	235
18-19	8,095	4,412	3,683
20-21	8,866	5,101	3,765
22-24	7,971	3,995	3,976
25-29	3,957	1,996	1,961
30-34	1,392	773	619
35-39	601	352	249
40-49	530	370	160
50-64	197	140	57
Over 65	20	15	5

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

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-Northridge, 3,333 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 18,503 students are enrolled in some online courses.

3,213 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 120 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	37,579	3,333	18,503
Undergraduate	32,181	2,123	17,387
Graduate	5,398	1,210	1,116

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	3,213	95	25
Undergraduate	2,088	17	18
Graduate	1,125	78	7

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 32,181 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 5,076 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 15.77%.3,910 students have transferred in as full-time status and 1,166 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	22,278
Transfer-in Full-time	3,910
Regular Part-time	4,827
Transfer-in Part-time	1,166

Student Population at California State University-Northridge

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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