Enrollment Trends at Fresno State

The student population at California State University-Fresno is 23,999 (21,354 undergraduate and 2,645 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 939 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Fresno State is 88.98% which is increased by 1,059 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 120 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

812 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 172.48% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,408 where 23,999 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.98% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.02% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,059 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 120 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Fresno State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	23,060	20,295	8,754	11,541	2,765	928	1,837
2014-15	23,179 119	20,511 216	8,778 24	11,733 192	2,668 -97	921 -7	1,747 -90
2015-16	24,136 957	21,482 971	9,142 364	12,340 607	2,654 -14	910 -11	1,744 -3
2016-17	24,405 269	21,530 48	9,125 -17	12,405 65	2,875 221	956 46	1,919 175
2017-18	25,325 920	22,261 731	9,378 253	12,883 478	3,064 189	1,025 69	2,039 120
2018-19	25,137 -188	22,125 -136	9,108 -270	13,017 134	3,012 -52	982 -43	2,030 -9
2019-20	24,298 -839	21,541 -584	8,834 -274	12,707 -310	2,757 -255	880 -102	1,877 -153
2020-21	25,497 1,199	22,704 1,163	9,209 375	13,495 788	2,793 36	891 11	1,902 25
2021-22	25,047 -450	22,187 -517	8,852 -357	13,335 -160	2,860 67	967 76	1,893 -9
2022-23	23,999 -1,048	21,354 -833	8,696 -156	12,658 -677	2,645 -215	888 -79	1,757 -136
Average	24,408	21,599	8,988	12,611	2,809	935	1,875

California State University-Fresno Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 21,599 where 21,354 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-Fresno since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,295	17,571	7,471	10,100	2,724	1,283	1,441
2014-15	20,511	17,745	7,409	10,336	2,766	1,369	1,397
2015-16	21,482	18,671	7,782	10,889	2,811	1,360	1,451
2016-17	21,530	18,843	7,873	10,970	2,687	1,252	1,435
2017-18	22,261	19,432	8,037	11,395	2,829	1,341	1,488
2018-19	22,125	19,369	7,841	11,528	2,756	1,267	1,489
2019-20	21,541	18,901	7,635	11,266	2,640	1,199	1,441
2020-21	22,704	19,297	7,623	11,674	3,407	1,586	1,821
2021-22	22,187	18,516	7,226	11,290	3,671	1,626	2,045
2022-23	21,354	17,563	7,010	10,553	3,791	1,686	2,105
Average	21,599	21,599	7,591	11,000	21,599	1,397	1,611

California State University-Fresno Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,809 where 2,645 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-Fresno since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,765	1,940	641	1,299	825	287	538
2014-15	2,668	1,899	623	1,276	769	298	471
2015-16	2,654	1,858	614	1,244	796	296	500
2016-17	2,875	2,092	649	1,443	783	307	476
2017-18	3,064	2,114	678	1,436	950	347	603
2018-19	3,012	2,075	618	1,457	937	364	573
2019-20	2,757	1,895	553	1,342	862	327	535
2020-21	2,793	1,916	576	1,340	877	315	562
2021-22	2,860	1,991	633	1,358	869	334	535
2022-23	2,645	1,849	587	1,262	796	301	495
Average	2,809	2,809	617	1,346	2,809	318	529

California State University-Fresno Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 16.90% and the percentage of black students is 2.80% at California State University-Fresno. 12.00% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at California State University-Fresno 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	93	3,445	940	9,367	59	6,027	672
2014-15	82	3,424	822	10,049	54	5,645	671
2015-16	75	3,388	785	11,048	44	5,409	694
2016-17	88	3,352	746	11,651	40	5,157	677
2017-18	102	3,423	753	12,442	43	4,982	720
2018-19	105	3,245	694	12,844	44	4,820	698
2019-20	98	3,041	642	12,801	44	4,606	656
2020-21	106	3,084	712	13,939	48	4,670	682
2021-22	85	3,036	708	14,009	40	4,460	645
2022-23	69	2,881	672	14,189	32	4,055	573
Average	90	3,232	747	12,234	45	4,983	669

California State University-Fresno Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

812 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 172.48% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at California State University-Fresno from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	23,179	298	5,210	17,671
2015-16	24,136	322	6,358	17,456
2016-17	24,405	264	6,632	17,509
2017-18	25,325	296	6,903	18,126
2018-19	25,137	231	6,013	18,893
2019-20	24,298	232	7,379	16,687
2020-21	25,497	24,324	998	175
2021-22	25,047	3,207	17,956	3,884
2022-23	23,999	812	12,144	11,043
Average	24,558	3,332	7,733	13,494

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