Student Population at San Diego State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
37,402	32,194	5,208

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 37,402 students have enrolled in San Diego State University with 32,194 undergraduate and 5,208 graduate students.

By gender, 15,692 male and 21,710 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)).

1,456 students are enrolled exclusively, and 19,356 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

San Diego State University has a total of 37,402 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 32,194 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 5,208 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 15,692 male and 21,710 female students (the male-female ratio is 42:58) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	37,402	32,194	5,208
Men	15,692	13,815	1,877
Women	21,710	18,379	3,331

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,762 White, 1,468 Black, and 4,757 Asian students out of a total of 37,402 are attending at San Diego State University. 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	84	30	54
Asian	4,757	2,136	2,621
Black	1,468	605	863
Hispanic	12,976	4,991	7,985
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	111	48	63
White	12,762	5,388	7,374
Two or more races	2,476	1,073	1,403
Race Unknown	1,158	561	597

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	68	24	44
Asian	4,272	1,990	2,282
Black	1,264	535	729
Hispanic	11,228	4,449	6,779
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	79	38	41
White	11,086	4,749	6,337
Two or more races	2,227	987	1,240
Race Unknown	940	476	464

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	16	6	10
Asian	485	146	339
Black	204	70	134
Hispanic	1,748	542	1,206
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	32	10	22
White	1,676	639	1,037
Two or more races	249	86	163
Race Unknown	218	85	133

Student Age Distribution

By age, San Diego State has 480 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 30,087 students under 25 years old, and 7,315 students over 25 years old out of 37,402 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 480 students are younger than 18 and 10 students are older than 65. San Diego State has 28,430 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 3,764 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,657 graduate students aged under 25 and 3,551 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	480	343	137
18-19	10,837	6,624	4,213
20-21	11,291	6,741	4,550
22-24	7,479	3,896	3,583
25-29	3,945	2,121	1,824
30-34	1,556	849	707
35-39	755	434	321
40-49	759	502	257
50-64	277	184	93
Over 65	23	16	7

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	480	343	137
18-19	10,837	6,624	4,213
20-21	11,199	6,678	4,521
22-24	5,914	2,855	3,059
25-29	2,198	1,036	1,162
30-34	815	425	390
35-39	363	179	184
40-49	277	164	113
50-64	101	66	35
Over 65	10	9	1

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 San Diego State University, 1,456 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 19,356 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,367 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 89 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	37,402	1,456	19,356
Undergraduate	32,194	932	18,509
Graduate	5,208	524	847

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,367	45	44
Undergraduate	893	29	10
Graduate	474	16	34

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 32,194 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,273 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.27%.3,810 students have transferred in as full-time status and 463 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	24,824
Transfer-in Full-time	3,810
Regular Part-time	3,097
Transfer-in Part-time	463

Student Population at San Diego State University

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