Enrollment Trends at Chico State

The student population at California State University-Chico is 14,183 (12,981 undergraduate and 1,202 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,173 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Chico State is 91.53% which is decreased by 2,309 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 136 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,703 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 393.62% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,761 where 14,183 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,309 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 136 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Chico State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at California State University-Chico since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,356	15,290	7,348	7,942	1,066	337	729
2014-15	17,287 931	16,079 789	7,694 346	8,385 443	1,208 142	413 76	795 66
2015-16	17,220 -67	16,127 48	7,669 -25	8,458 73	1,093 -115	373 -40	720 -75
2016-17	17,557 337	16,471 344	7,802 133	8,669 211	1,086 -7	349 -24	737 17
2017-18	17,875 318	16,710 239	7,860 58	8,850 181	1,165 79	354 5	811 74
2018-19	17,578 -297	16,483 -227	7,751 -109	8,732 -118	1,095 -70	320 -34	775 -36
2019-20	17,110 -468	16,164 -319	7,574 -177	8,590 -142	946 -149	266 -54	680 -95
2020-21	16,746 -364	15,747 -417	7,226 -348	8,521 -69	999 53	270 4	729 49
2021-22	15,702 -1,044	14,462 -1,285	6,586 -640	7,876 -645	1,240 241	417 147	823 94
2022-23	14,183 -1,519	12,981 -1,481	5,939 -647	7,042 -834	1,202 -38	398 -19	804 -19
Average	16,761	15,651	7,345	8,307	1,110	350	760

California State University-Chico Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 15,651 where 12,981 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Chico since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,290	14,207	6,805	7,402	1,083	543	540
2014-15	16,079	14,884	7,088	7,796	1,195	606	589
2015-16	16,127	14,934	7,043	7,891	1,193	626	567
2016-17	16,471	15,246	7,187	8,059	1,225	615	610
2017-18	16,710	15,446	7,252	8,194	1,264	608	656
2018-19	16,483	15,254	7,161	8,093	1,229	590	639
2019-20	16,164	15,000	7,021	7,979	1,164	553	611
2020-21	15,747	14,228	6,450	7,778	1,519	776	743
2021-22	14,462	12,908	5,867	7,041	1,554	719	835
2022-23	12,981	11,584	5,295	6,289	1,397	644	753
Average	15,651	15,651	6,717	7,652	15,651	628	654

California State University-Chico Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,110 where 1,202 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at California State University-Chico since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,066	753	233	520	313	104	209
2014-15	1,208	887	292	595	321	121	200
2015-16	1,093	772	257	515	321	116	205
2016-17	1,086	759	222	537	327	127	200
2017-18	1,165	777	210	567	388	144	244
2018-19	1,095	747	208	539	348	112	236
2019-20	946	721	201	520	225	65	160
2020-21	999	751	195	556	248	75	173
2021-22	1,240	711	219	492	529	198	331
2022-23	1,202	722	225	497	480	173	307
Average	1,110	1,110	226	534	1,110	124	227

California State University-Chico Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.57% and the percentage of black students is 2.58% at California State University-Chico. 5.70% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Chico over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	102	907	296	3,618	23	8,565	780
2014-15	100	971	350	4,320	25	8,465	843
2015-16	98	991	403	4,811	26	7,900	886
2016-17	100	982	426	5,278	33	7,720	936
2017-18	97	940	445	5,645	34	7,700	968
2018-19	90	958	459	5,833	38	7,555	911
2019-20	90	937	461	5,786	40	7,465	902
2020-21	85	911	468	5,864	39	7,319	904
2021-22	74	894	428	5,580	38	6,803	818
2022-23	56	808	366	5,192	27	6,179	752
Average	89	930	410	5,193	32	7,567	870

California State University-Chico Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,703 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 393.62% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Chico from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,287	345	5,396	11,546
2015-16	17,220	368	4,280	12,572
2016-17	17,557	406	4,824	12,327
2017-18	17,875	514	4,693	12,668
2018-19	17,578	529	4,803	12,246
2019-20	17,110	568	5,456	11,086
2020-21	16,746	15,669	1,064	13
2021-22	15,702	3,334	10,804	1,564
2022-23	14,183	1,703	8,526	3,954
Average	16,806	2,604	5,538	8,664

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