Student Population at San Francisco State University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
25,282	21,961	3,321

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 25,282 students have enrolled in San Francisco State University with 21,961 undergraduate and 3,321 graduate students.

By gender, 10,934 male and 14,348 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)).

3,034 students are enrolled exclusively, and 14,727 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 Francisco State University has a total of 25,282 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 21,961 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,321 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 10,934 male and 14,348 female students (the male-female ratio is 43:57) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	25,282	21,961	3,321
Men	10,934	9,749	1,185
Women	14,348	12,212	2,136

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 4,376 White, 1,472 Black, and 6,031 Asian students out of a total of 25,282 are attending at San Francisco 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	38	15	23
Asian	6,031	2,930	3,101
Black	1,472	571	901
Hispanic	9,237	3,540	5,697
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	147	68	79
White	4,376	1,951	2,425
Two or more races	1,311	561	750
Race Unknown	1,347	633	714

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	30	11	19
Asian	5,341	2,711	2,630
Black	1,302	523	779
Hispanic	8,426	3,279	5,147
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	136	64	72
White	3,402	1,588	1,814
Two or more races	1,160	515	645
Race Unknown	1,177	552	625

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	4	4
Asian	690	219	471
Black	170	48	122
Hispanic	811	261	550
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	11	4	7
White	974	363	611
Two or more races	151	46	105
Race Unknown	170	81	89

Student Age Distribution

By age, San Francisco State has 890 students under 18 years old and 23 students over 65 years old. There are 18,551 students under 25 years old, and 6,731 students over 25 years old out of 25,282 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 890 students are younger than 18 and 11 students are older than 65. San Francisco State has 17,729 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 4,232 students aged 25 and over.

It has 822 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,499 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	890	519	371
18-19	5,713	3,369	2,344
20-21	5,930	3,605	2,325
22-24	6,018	3,234	2,784
25-29	3,699	1,901	1,798
30-34	1,391	777	614
35-39	673	363	310
40-49	645	401	244
50-64	300	173	127
Over 65	23	6	17

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	890	519	371
18-19	5,713	3,369	2,344
20-21	5,888	3,576	2,312
22-24	5,238	2,704	2,534
25-29	2,529	1,158	1,371
30-34	882	456	426
35-39	374	188	186
40-49	308	177	131
50-64	128	62	66
Over 65	11	3	8

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 Francisco State University, 3,034 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 14,727 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,905 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 129 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	25,282	3,034	14,727
Undergraduate	21,961	2,526	13,312
Graduate	3,321	508	1,415

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,905	32	97
Undergraduate	2,432	18	76
Graduate	473	14	21

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 21,961 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 2,304 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 10.49%.1,966 students have transferred in as full-time status and 338 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	15,413
Transfer-in Full-time	1,966
Regular Part-time	4,244
Transfer-in Part-time	338

Student Population at San Francisco State University

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